JOINT ADVENTURES

What JOINT ADVENTURES does

JOINT ADVENTURES – Walter Heun is a Munich-based cultural organization founded in 1991 by Walter Heun as a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen). The organization operates a portfolio of programs supporting contemporary dance in Germany and Europe. Its core activities fall into two categories: direct artistic programming — the annual TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA festival (now in its 36th edition, 4–14 August 2026), the SOLID GROUND Dance Academy Camp for advanced dance students, the Bavaria-focused ACCESS TO DANCE program (including the SYNAESTHETIX multimedia series and depARTures country-focus series), and the biennial SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award (€150,000 prize); and grant administration — running the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN), which channels federal and state funding into dance and theatre mobility, coproductions, and cross-state cooperation, jointly funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and 14 German federal states. The organization coordinates award programming with nine European partner institutions including Sadler's Wells, ImPulsTanz, Maison de la Danse, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

JOINT ADVENTURES does not sell a product. Its revenue model is a mix of ticket-based admission (workshops, festival performances, "pay what you want" ACCESS TO DANCE events) and non-commercial subsidies from federal, state, and municipal cultural budgets. The €18.5M NPN-STEPPING OUT budget administered during COVID-19 (555 projects across five rounds) represented pass-through aid, not retained revenue. Operating as a private sole proprietorship with approximately 8 employees, JOINT ADVENTURES has no outside investors, no parent entity, and no disclosed financials.

Operationally the organization combines direct event production with a digital grant-application portal (antragsportal.jointadventures.net), a regional dance information hub (accesstodance.de), a NEWSROOM video series covering Bavarian dance, and standard social media channels. Its sole proprietary technology assets are the application portal and the regional content platform — neither uses AI, ML, or proprietary models. Key partners include the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (SEDA originator), Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance (SOLID GROUND venue), the European Dance Training Institutes Network, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, and Diehl+Ritter (NEUSTART KULTUR co-administrators).

Name

JOINT ADVENTURES

Legal name

JOINT ADVENTURES – Walter Heun

Website

https://jointadventures.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JOINT ADVENTURES is a Munich-based performing arts organization founded in 1991 that produces the annual TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA dance festival and administers the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN), Germany's national funding program for contemporary dance and theater mobility co-financed by the federal government and 14 German states.

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Product category

Performing Arts / Cultural Dance Programming

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dancers, Choreographers & Dance Troupes Booking (HSACAHAD), Dance Performances (THAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Contemporary dance festival
• Dance funding programs
• Dance academy training
• Arts administration services
• European dance award

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

JOINT ADVENTURES operates the annual international TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA contemporary dance festival in Munich, runs the ACCESS TO DANCE Bavaria support program including event series such as SYNAESTHETIX and depARTures, and administers the national NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) funding portfolio (guest performance, coproduction, international guest performance, impulse funding, and the completed NPN-STEPPING OUT program) on behalf of the German federal government, 14 federal states, and partner institutions. It also co-coordinates the biennial SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award (€150,000).

Product overview

JOINT ADVENTURES is a Munich-based cultural organization operating a portfolio of dance and theater support programs. The core offerings include the annual TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA festival with its SOLID GROUND Dance Academy Camp, the ACCESS TO DANCE Bavaria support program featuring events like SYNAESTHETIX and depARTures, and the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) which administers multiple funding instruments including coproduction funds, guest performance funds, international guest performance support, and impulse funding for dance and theater across German federal states. The organization also coordinates the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award, Europe's most endowed dance prize (€150,000). All funding programs are administered through a digital application portal. These programs are funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) and 14 German federal states.

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Brands

• TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA: Annual contemporary dance festival held in Munich, Germany. The 36th edition is scheduled for August 4-14, 2026.
• ACCESS TO DANCE
• NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN)
• NPN-STEPPING OUT
• SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award
• SOLID GROUND – Challenging Space

Products and services

• TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA Annual international contemporary dance festival held in Munich, combining daytime workshops for professional and amateur dancers with evening performances by internationally renowned choreographers. Targets dancers, choreographers, and dance audiences.
• SOLID GROUND – Challenging Space (Dance Academy Camp) Intensive Dance Academy Camp for advanced dance and choreography students near graduation from leading European and international dance training institutes, providing professional development through choreographic labs, lectures, and trainings.
• ACCESS TO DANCE Year-round program to support and strengthen contemporary dance in Bavaria through interdisciplinary activities, residencies, and institutional networking, including series such as SYNAESTHETIX and depARTures. Funded by the City of Munich's Kulturreferat and BLZT.
• NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ (NPN) National funding program supporting mobility and exchange of contemporary dance and theater productions on national, European, and international levels. Includes the Guest Performance Fund, Coproduction Fund, International Guest Performance Fund, Impulsförderung, and the now-completed NPN-STEPPING OUT program.
• NPN Coproduction Fund for Dance Funding program supporting creation of new dance productions requiring cross-regional coproduction partners. Grants range from €10,000 to €50,000, covering up to 50% of total production costs.
• NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance Funding program supporting guest performances of dance productions between German federal states, enabling national distribution and accessibility of contemporary dance.
• NPN International Guest Performance Fund for Dance Funding program supporting German-based dance companies and artists invited to perform abroad, subsidizing up to 50% of production costs analogous to programmer fees, with additional support based on country groupings.
• NPN Impulsförderung Tanz & Theater Impulse funding model supporting cross-federal-state cooperation in contemporary dance and theater, with grant ranges from €2,000 to €25,000 across four funding areas: Residencies, Network Exchange, Research, and Event Series.
• SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award Biennial European dance prize of €150,000 awarded to promising artists worldwide who are relatively unknown in Europe due to their artistic discourse or social/cultural background. Includes guaranteed guest performance invitations at nine partner institutions across Europe.
• SYNAESTHETIX Hybrid multimedia art event series within ACCESS TO DANCE, blending dance performance, concert, DJ set, media art, and club experiences with live-generated visuals and immersive sensory experiences.

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Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiator of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation created the award in honor of Jorge Salavisa and hosts the award ceremony biennially in Lisbon. The foundation coordinates the award together with eight European dance institutions including JOINT ADVENTURES.
• Maison de la Danse / Biennale de la Danse (Lyon, France)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners as part of the prize package.
• ImPulsTanz – Internationales Tanzfestival Wien (Vienna, Austria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Dansehallerne (Copenhagen, Denmark)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• KVS – Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (Brussels, Belgium)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Sadler's Wells (London, United Kingdom)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona, Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna, Austria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award. Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee ETS (Florence, Italy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of nine partner institutions of the SEDA – Salavisa European Dance Award (listed as a ninth partner in the 2026 edition). Provides guest performance invitations for award winners.
• Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999, alongside JOINT ADVENTURES and others, working with the federal and state governments to establish the national touring support model.
• Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik (Hamburg, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999.
• Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999.
• Theater im Pfalzbau (Ludwigshafen, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999.
• tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999.
• Bayerischer Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance funds ACCESS TO DANCE from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art. Jointly supports programs to strengthen contemporary dance in Munich and Bavaria.
• Tanzbasis e.V. (Munich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmbrella association of Munich dance organizations and institutions that initiated ACCESS TO DANCE in 2006 in the context of Tanzplan Deutschland. Members include JOINT ADVENTURES, tanznetz.de, K. Kieser Verlag, Muffatwerk, Dance researchers, Fokus Tanz, and Bettina Wagner-Bergelt.
• Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance (Munich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of SOLID GROUND – Challenging Space, the annual Dance Academy Camp held during TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA. Provides venue and institutional framework for the professional development camp.
• European Dance Training Institutes NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of leading European dance academies (CDSH Hamburg, DDSKS Copenhagen, Folkwang Essen, HfMT Köln, HZT Berlin, HKAPA Hong Kong, LCDS London, MUK Vienna, Trinity Laban London, Iwanson Munich) that collaborate with JOINT ADVENTURES on SOLID GROUND, exchanging students and faculty.
• Dachverband Tanz Deutschland e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTogether with JOINT ADVENTURES and Diehl+Ritter, forms the consortium implementing the NEUSTART KULTUR dance assistance program (€20 million federal aid package) alongside TANZPAKT RECONNECT and DIS-TANZEN.
• Diehl+Ritter (non-profit cultural organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit cultural organization that co-developed and coordinates the NEUSTART KULTUR federal dance support program together with JOINT ADVENTURES and Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
• Bureau Ritter (Munich)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the NEUSTART KULTUR dance assistance program, implementing TANZPAKT RECONNECT alongside NPN-STEPPING OUT and DIS-TANZEN.

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Direct peers

• Dance4: UK-based contemporary dance development organisation based in Nottingham, focused on artist development, international collaboration, and presenting emerging choreographic work. Comparable in mission to ACCESS TO DANCE / NPN's development role, with smaller scope and a regional rather than national footprint.
• Tanzquartier Wien: Vienna's leading centre for contemporary dance and performance, producing residencies, international co-productions, and education programmes. Highly comparable in workshop + performance programming; a SEDA partner.
• ImPulsTanz — Vienna International Dance Festival: One of Europe's largest contemporary dance festivals, combining workshops, research projects, performances, and artist development in Vienna each summer. Closely comparable format and scale to TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA; a SEDA partner.
• La Biennale de la Danse de Lyon: Major European contemporary dance biennial with parallel professional programming, workshops, and international guest performances. Comparable festival format and pan-European positioning to TANZWERKSTATT EUROPA; SEDA partner.
• Sadler's Wells: London-based contemporary dance house and producer of new work, with international touring, education, and artist development programming. Directly comparable in mission (presenting + developing contemporary dance internationally); a SEDA partner and therefore co-peer rather than head-to-head competitor.
• Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik: Hamburg's international performing arts centre with broad contemporary dance and theatre programming, residency support and international touring. Comparably structured around presenting international contemporary work; one of six founding presenters of the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999 alongside JOINT ADVENTURES.
• Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) Berlin: Berlin's leading contemporary performing arts venue with three houses, hosting international dance and theatre productions, festivals, and discursive programmes. Comparably oriented to international contemporary dance presentation; co-founded the NPN Guest Performance Fund for Dance in 1999.
• Mercat de les Flors: Barcelona's "dance house" — public centre dedicated to creating, producing and presenting contemporary dance, with international and community programming. Closely comparable institutional scope and SEDA partner.
• Maison de la Danse / Biennale de la Danse (Lyon): Lyon's dance presenting venue and biennale producer, focused on contemporary dance distribution and audience development. Comparable festival + venue combination and pan-European focus; SEDA partner.

Broad incumbents

• Centre National de la Danse (CND): French national resource centre for dance, providing documentation, residencies, training programmes, and audience development for the wider dance sector. Broader public-mission mandate than JOINT ADVENTURES but comparable combination of resources, professional development, and sector infrastructure.

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