PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT

A seminar and advisory service for qualification in the context of movement art for freelancers in the fields of dance, circus, movement theater or art education.

Developing. Professionalizing. Networking. 

Regardless of whether you have been on the market for a long time or you are just starting, PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT support you in your freelance work in the field of the performing arts.


We are offering seminars, workshops and consulting for individuals or small group in the following areas:

 

  • Funding and applications
  • Marketing and public relations
  • Business administration/law
  • Technical production skills
  • Organization of your artistic work
  • Movement Sciences


Take your chance for a free further education with a certificate of your participation, orientation on the cultural market, intensive support by the project team and the lecturers, a dialog with experts, exchanges with other artists, network opportunities... Each person can participate for 40 hours free of charge. Registration is required.

 

We are looking forward to participants from the fields of dance, circus, movement theater or art pedagogy: artists, choreographers, dramaturges, dancers, dance & circus pedagogues, performers, production managers, project developers, cultural managers and any others related to these fields who are interested.


Consultation

The topics for the consultings - individually or in small groups - are freely selectable. Send us an email with your questions or needs. No matter if you have questions about your business, the direction of your artistic activity, studies or professional orientation, further qualifications, concepts and projects. We are connecting you with the right experts. The consultations can serve as an open-ended orientation as well as a concrete goal-oriented question. Duration of the consultation: 60 - 120 minutes

 

Seminars and Workshops

In the seminars we emphasize a balance of knowledge input by the experts and a practical orientation with goal-oriented exercises and intensive exchange. In some workshops, we will focus on the practical, while working under the guidance of experts. Here you can reflect and develop your own projects, topics, materials or questions with the help of the expert and the other participants.


The project "Production and management - qualification in the context of movement art 4" is designed by Seneca Intensiv in cooperation with the Federal Association for Contemporary Circus.  It is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Thus, there are no fees for participation. 


Register via our Workshop Registration. If you have question, please contact: workshop@senecaintensiv.de.

We also welcome proposals for future seminars and workshops. This will enable us to plan further dates and topics.


If you have any questions, please contact us - by email or phone - we will be happy to advise you!


For complaints or feedback on our program, please contact: kontakt@senecaintensiv.de.


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Next Seminars/Workshops:

  • 15. & 21. & 22. & 28.05 // Mediation Competence - Inclusive Work

    This workshop invites participants to question and reimagine the body in movement. How do we define and impose "normality"?


    Rather than simply integrating diverse bodies into existing frameworks that maintain hierarchies of ability and form, we will investigate how to create genuine spaces of inclusion - spaces where differences are recognized as sources of creative potential and new movement vocabularies.


    Through both practical exercises and theoretical discussion, together, we will gain an overview of how each individual's unique corporeality becomes a valid starting point for exploration and expression.


    This seminar challenges us to move beyond the binary of "able/disabled" bodies, considering instead how each person's physical/mental reality offers distinctive possibilities for movement research.


    With: Lia Gusein-Zade


    When: May 15 & 21 & 22 & 28 // 10:45 am to 3:15 pm


    Where: Georg-Knorr-Str. 4/ Building 10/ Courtyard entrance! 12681 Berlin


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  • 14.06. // From funding approval to proof of utilisation [ENG]

    The seminar is about...


    • how to deal with funding, the financial plan and accounting during the project period.
    • Tips to make accounting (easier) (contracts, invoices, cost control, filing)
    • Everything you need to know about project completion with factual report, list of receipts etc. 

    The seminar will be held in English.


    With: Melina Gerstemann


    When: 14.06. // 10:00 to 14:30


    Where: Georg-Knorr-Str. 4/ Building 10/ Entrance via the courtyard / 12681 Berlin


    REGISTRATION


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    Melina Gerstemann has been working as a cultural producer in the independent scene for over 17 years, including Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Showcase Beat Le Mot, Ensemble p&s, Netzwerk Freier Theater / Fonds Darstellende Künste. Strategic and individual advice for artists and projects; interdisciplinary: support with applications, text work, etc.


    More information: melinagerstemann.com

  • 20.06. // KSK - Everything you need to know about artists' social insurance for performers

    With: Alexander Schwarz


    Date: 20.06.2025 // 09:30 to 14:00


    Location: Seneca Intensiv Studios - Georg-Knorr-Str. 4/ Building 10/ Courtyard entrance | 12681 Berlin


    REGISTRATION

  • 21.06. // Trailer & Showreels - the essence of a good video [ENG]

    With: Lukas Stelter


    When: 21.06. // 10:00 to 16:00


    Where: SENECA INTENSIV Studios, Georg-Knorr-Str. 4 | House 10 - entrance via the courtyard | 12681 Berlin


    REGISTRATION

  • 27.06. // How to AUDITION // Deadline for Registration: 13.06.

    In HOW TO AUDITION we go through a quasi-real audition together with the elements email application (cover letter, CV and showreel) and written feedback, with 1 day of face-to-face audition. As a special gimmick, each participant receives personal feedback at the end and questions are answered.


    HOW TO AUDITION is a format that makes it possible to actively experience an audition day and to deal with the associated challenges. This in a protected environment.


    As a professional dancer and choreographer with company work, Julia Maria Koch will guide you through this workshop and the audition process. She uses her experience and feedback to convey requirements, tips and tricks.


    For professional dancers, dealing with the topic of auditions is unavoidable, but it need not and should not be a topic of fear. The more you know about it, the more confident and secure your performance and your own feelings will be.


    An audition day with larger international companies usually consists of a technique class (often contemporary ballet), company repertoire, a solo you bring with you and an interview.


    In between, there is often a ‘sifting’ process, but some choreographers also want to see everything the dancers have to offer before making a decision.


    With: Julia Maria Koch


    Date of presence: 27.6.2025 // 9 am - 4pm 


    Location: Danceworks Studios / ehem. Osramhöfe, Oudenarder Str. 16-20/Eingang A08, 2. Stock, 13347 Berlin


    Deadline for Registration: 13.06.


    ANMELDUNG

  • 28.06. // Let's talk...and listen to each other! Kommunikation in künstlerischen Prozessen

    The workshop invites participants to reflect on their own communication and offers space for exchange and self-awareness.  We explore: What can we do to improve the quality of our communication in artistic processes? How do we want to work? The basics of non-violent communication according to M. Rosenberg will be introduced in various exercises. We will try out the method of empathic listening and giving feedback and ask ourselves: What are our actual needs in a good collaboration?



    Methods/approach


    • Theory impulses (no lecture)
    • Partner work, discussion rounds, role plays
    • Writing, silence
    • Movement, somatic movement, play

    Previous experience is not necessary, I will adapt the workshop to the needs of the group.


    The workshop will be held in German and English.


    With: Birte Hendriks


    When: 28.06. // 10:00 to 16:00


    Where: Seneca Intensiv Studios, Georg-Knorr-Str. 4 // House 10 - entrance via the courtyard // 1st floor // 12681 Berlin


    REGISTRATION


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    Birte Hendricks: Degree in Education/German Studies, dance teacher, trainer in non-violent communication, freelance lecturer in child and youth work, in higher education, in the performing arts, for cultural organizations in Germany and abroad. The focus of her work is to open up sustainable spaces of experience for people through the combination of body and language.

  • 17.07. // How to AUDITION // Deadline for Registration: 02.07.

    In HOW TO AUDITION we go through a quasi-real audition together with the elements email application (cover letter, CV and showreel) and written feedback, with 1 day of face-to-face audition. As a special gimmick, each participant receives personal feedback at the end and questions are answered.


    HOW TO AUDITION is a format that makes it possible to actively experience an audition day and to deal with the associated challenges. This in a protected environment.


    As a professional dancer and choreographer with company work, Julia Maria Koch will guide you through this workshop and the audition process. She uses her experience and feedback to convey requirements, tips and tricks.


    For professional dancers, dealing with the topic of auditions is unavoidable, but it need not and should not be a topic of fear. The more you know about it, the more confident and secure your performance and your own feelings will be.


    An audition day with larger international companies usually consists of a technique class (often contemporary ballet), company repertoire, a solo you bring with you and an interview.


    In between, there is often a ‘sifting’ process, but some choreographers also want to see everything the dancers have to offer before making a decision.


    With: Julia Maria Koch


    Date of presence: 17.07.2025 // 9 am - 4pm 


    Location: Danceworks Studios / ehem. Osramhöfe, Oudenarder Str. 16-20/Eingang A08, 2. Stock, 13347 Berlin


    Deadline for Registration: 02.07.


    ANMELDUNG

  • tba // Motion Capture - the dancing Body in the digital Space

    With: Christoph Seeligmüller


    Date: tba


    Location: Dock 11, Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin


    REGISTRATION

  • tba // Inside BERLIN CIRCUS FESTIVAL

    From the idea to the philosophy, from the planning to the realisation, from the commitment to the financing of the Berlin Circus Festival.


    Festival director Josa Kölbel and producer Farina Berndt make their work transparent and give an insight into the professional organisation of one of the largest circus festivals in Germany.


    Topics & contents:


    • Networking, co-operations, curating
    • Cultural promotion and sponsoring
    • Creative management and team,
    • Labour law or contractual issues, challenges, moments of happiness, matters of the heart.

    Who is it for?


    • Open to interested people, especially artists, cultural producers, production staff, intermediaries, stakeholder

    With: Josa Kölbel & Farina Berndt


    Date: tba


    Location: Büro BCF Solider Str. 106, 13359 Berlin


    REGISTRATION

ARCHIVE

  • History of Performing Arts
    • Die Säulen der Moderne. Laban, Bausch, Forsythe (Norbert Servos)
    • Tanzgeschichte im Überblick 1-3 (Lena Kunz)
    • Geschichte des Klassischen Tanzes (Dr. Katja Vaghi)
    • Tanzgeschichte Jazz- & Musical (Leslie Unger)
    • Geschichte & Entwicklung des Zeitgenössischen Tanzes (Dr. Katja Vaghi)
    • Urban Dance Geschichte (Manu Neubauer)

  • Funding, Legal Affairs and Public Relations
    • Wegweiser Förderung - Guide to Funding (GER/ENG) (Josephine Reinisch)
    • Be a Jury Member' Project Description Writing workshop (ENG) (Christine Elbel)
    • Mein Förderantrag! (Melina Gerstemann)
    • Applying for cultural funding. concept & budget (ENG) (Melina Gerstemann)
    • Von der Förderzusage bis zum Verwendungsnachweis (Melina Gerstemann) 
    • Datenschutz- & Urheberrecht für Künstler:innen (GER/ENG) (Janett Wunderlich) 
    • Target group oriented Marketing (ENG/GER) (Sandra Elligiers)
    • Kulturförderung beantragen. Konzept- & Budgeterstellung (GER) (Melina Gerstemann)
    • Social Media Kompetenz (Sarah Tehranian)
    • Klassische Pressearbeit (Nora Gores)
    • Tanz im Text I Tanz beschreiben – Schreibwerkstatt (Lena Kunz)
    • Betriebswirtschaftliche & Rechtliche Grundlagen für Künstler:innen (Dietmar Zimmer)


  • Artistic Work
    • Key elements of film editing and dramaturgy part I and II (ENG) (Gosia Gajdemska)
    • Bühnenbild - von der Idee zur Umsetzung (Tamara Kanfer)
    • Lichttechnik & Lichtdesign. Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten für die Bühne (GER) (Asier Solana im Dock11 Art Theater)
    • Dancing Lights (Teo Vlad)
    • The Camera Work an The Art of Projection Making, Mapping, Capturing, Scenography (ENG) (Dario Jurilli)
    • Rigging-Grundlagen & Sicherheit in der Luftartistik (Jana Korb)
    • 'espace ouvert' and the body. Tanz, Circus und Körpertheater im öffentlichem Raum (Pablo Volo)
    • Durch Sprache wirken - Kommunikation in künstlerischen Prozessen (Geraldine Mormin)
    • Moving Arts in Photography (Sven Hagolani)
    • Moving Body & Moving Camera 1 + 2 Theoretical introduction, contexts, production & practical exercises (Gosia Gajdemska)
    • Berufsfeld Tanz- & Bewegungspädagogik - Bereiche, Anforderungen, Perspektiven (Tina Weiler)
    • Dance for Life - Professional Perspectives in Dance (Robert Schulz)
    • Berufliche Perspektiven für Artist:innen (Andrea Wittwer)
    • Musikgeschichte und angewandte Musiktheorie/ Moderne und Gegenwart / Musik - Jazz und elektronische Musik (Ulrike Buschendorf)
    • Musik - Moderne und Gegenwart (Ulrike Buschendorf)
    • Musikdramaturgie und digitale Musikbearbeitung (Anja Weber)
    • Best friends, hardest critics - Dramaturgie für Tanz (Katja Kettner)
    • Self-Positioning as an artist (Philip Golle)
    • Research Methods & Organisation in Movement and Performance (Howard Katz)