New and practical info: Please bring a yoga mat and a blanket if you can – we will make ourselves comfortable on the floor during this session.

Behind this title lies the question of how precarious working conditions in the artistic field can embrace a sustainable, passionate and restorative practice. What keeps us going within fragmented employment and everyday experiences of uncertainty and competition? And, how do we balance passion and being on the edge of what we can manage with tasks such as: Writing funding applications, reports, doing research, meetings, reading, emails, being ill, being a parent, paying bills, having endless string of projects, and so forth? How do we manage that often the work behind the actual art piece costs us money? What would be fair practice and sustainable working conditions?

We invite you to join a sharing and conversation between the three artist and mums Marie Kaae, Sophia Mage and Dorte Bjerre Jensen. They will share their personal stories of how they manage (or not) the precarious situation of being an artist, teacher and parent. We will also include a few brilliant thoughts from Bojana Kunst, Cecilie Ullerup, and from the publication “WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?: Ideas for reaching fair working conditions in the arts.” And we also wish to open up for a conversation with everybody in the room…dare, share and care.

Peer to Peer is a series of artist-driven conversations focusing on professional sharings about dance, choreography, and its impact. You will meet colleagues in a facilitated yet casual space. Peer to Peer is about getting closer to your community and being curious about what is happening in the field – and with each other.

The invited artists will set the different topics and facilitate the conversations. The specific program for each event will be announced during the season.

We start by meeting for half an hour of informal chat and something to drink. Then we continue with the facilitated part by the invited guest(s) of the day. After the event, it is possible to hang out and continue the conversations.

This season, Peer to Peer takes place at Huset-KBH (Balsalen), Rådmandsstræde 13, 1466 Copenhagen K, 1st floor beside Spisehuset

The topic and format are chosen by the invited artist in collaboration with Dansehallerne. How you choose to participate in the conversations is up to you.

We meet approximately twice a month, and the event is in English. You do not need to sign up – just show up.

Peer to Peer X Project Center | October 12 | 5 – 7 pm | Huset-KBH

How come independent artists who have gained international recognition are still struggling to have career continuity? Kirsten Dehlholm has driven her career through a range of different uncertainties and with success – but how?

In this Peer to Peer, we have invited Kirsten Dehlholm, artistic director of Hotel Pro Forma, to share her journey through an industry where career continuity is reserved for the few. In conversation with cultural journalist Tore Leifer, Dehlholm will shed some light on the important turning points in her artistic career. Based on these, we will get to know how she has succeeded in maintaining and developing her career path within a profession with great uncertainties.

NB! This Peer to Peer is in Danish.

This Peer to Peer is a collaboration with the project center.

What is Peer to Peer?

Peer to Peer is a series of events focusing on professional sharings and conversations about dance, choreography, and its impact. You will meet colleagues in a facilitated yet casual space, where we share knowledge and are curious about what is happening in the field – and with each other.
During the season, we address different topics, and the individual events are facilitated by one or more invited artists.

We start by meeting for half an hour of informal conversation and something to drink in the café. Then we continue with presentations with invited guest(s) of the day. After the event, it is possible to continue the conversations in the café, where you can buy something to eat.

The topic and format are chosen by the invited artist in collaboration with Dansehallerne. How you choose to participate in the event is up to you.

In the autumn Peer to Peer will take place from 5-7 pm in Huset-KBH, Balsalen (1st floor next to Spisehuset), Rådhusstræde 13, 1466 Copenhagen.

Further information about the meeting will be communicated in advance on Dansehallerne’s website, Facebook and Instagram.

We regularly collect relevant topics and inspiration for the program, so feel free to send an email to producer Anna Katrine, akk@dansehallerne.dk, if you have any suggestions.