On January 12th 2017, Heike Scharpff (Dipl. Psych.) is offering individual counseling for transitions at K3 (Kampnagel) in Hamburg. Counseling is free of charge and confidential.
Individual registration until January 10th 2017 at: info@stiftung-tanz.com
for dancers who are currently in the process of transitioning and would like to be part of a group to accompany them for this time…
This group will address all questions that may come up during this time: detachment from active dancing, overcoming grief, recognizing further potential, decision making for a new path, implementing a practical idea.
Every meeting will discuss a group theme plus time for personal concerns. Being part of a group is encouraging and supportive. The idea for this annual group comes from our French colleagues who are practising this format for many years in Paris.
Directors: Gabriele Naumann (Hamburg), Christine Bombosch (München), Heike Scharpff (Berlin).
Gabriele Naumann-Maerten: Transition Coach, licensed pedagogue, culture manager
Christine Bombosch: ex-dancer, clinical social worker M.A., IFS-therapist/counsellor, co-founder of Transition-in-Dance in Munich, currently working for the catholic railway mission Munich.
Heike Scharpff: project leader of the foundation DANCE Transition centre Germany, certified psychologist, theatre director, drama and theatre therapist.
structure: 3 meetings of 4 hours at intervals of 4 weeks 1 concluding meeting after 8 months
time plan: 1. meeting: February 2017 // 2. meeting: March 2017 // 3. meeting: April 2017 // 4. meeting: December 2017 (= final meeting)
Every city will find an individual date for the first meeting so that everyone interested will be able to attend.
Participation for the entire year will be 50,00 € for dancers.
Travel expenses can be reimbursed up to 25,00 € (roundtrip).
Please contact: heike.scharpff@stiftung-tanz.com
We are happy to announce the news: The special regulation about severance pay for dancers, in place since the 1th of January 2016 and applicable for all dancers (from 1th of September 2017 for everyone who danced until 31th of August 2016) will be changed in terms of minimum age: “The board of directors of the Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen decided to lower the age at which a dancer can apply for severance pay retroactive on 1th of January 2016 from 35 to 32.” (1)
“Dancers who have paid at least 60 months of contribution are entitled to indemnity. This implies if the dancer has given up the profession globally between the age of 32 and, at the latest, with the end of the theatrical season in which they turned 44, and is credibly able to show prove of retraining, further education or a business start-up.” (2)
IMPORTANT: This includes all work on stage, not just dancing!
Adapted source and cited source (1 und 2), clicked on 21.11.2016 at 13:00:portal.versorgungskammer.de/por…
For many dancers in transition BAföG is not an option due to their `age’, even though they are still relatively young when they start their new career paths. That is why it is extremely important to realistically and far-sightedly analyse the financials if you wish to study or take up further education!
According to the Studentenwerk, you need to include, preferably in a kind of chart, the expected institutional fees individual costs. To make this clearer:
Institutional fees = tuition fees per semester, registration and administration fees if applicable and depending on the school/university and field of study any additional costs (1)
Individual costs = housing/rent including bills, compulsory insurance such as health insurance, any other insurance for example accident insurance or personal liability, travelling costs for public transport and/or your own car, variable living costs (food, clothes, toiletries, culture etc.)
At the same time, you should look at your realistic (!) income situation with following options: BAföG, other scholarships, income from work, support from family members, own savings or capital, loans, state support such as “Wohngeld”. On the basis of this, you can then draw a realistic conclusion about your income and expenses prognosis:
Is studying/further education possible with no or minimal debt? If not, can expenses be significantly cut and reduced long term? Are there any similar but cheaper options to gain qualification (also look abroad) if I can’t afford studying full time? Would a part time or weekend qualification course be a cheaper option with similar chances for later employment?
We advice you to not do the calculations by yourself but seek help from competent reliable people you trust.
The foundation DANCE also offers individual, free of charge and of course confidential counselling regarding the financial questions of transitioning: 030 326 671 41 or:info@stiftung-tanz.com.
Lots of information, helpful tips and consultations can be found at the Studentenwerk:
www.studentenwerke.de/de…
(1) indirectly cited: likewise, clicked on 20.11.2016 at 13:45
If you want to estimate, how much studying will cost according to where you live, you can check out this link from ZEIT-online:
ranking.zeit.de/leb…
tamed Austria invites all interested parties to their twice annual interdisciplinary 4th symposium for dance medicine on 17th and 18th of February 2017 focusing on thematic impulses and exchanges in expertise. The vast an interdisciplinary programme consists of lectures, medical practical seminars and dance medicinal movement workshops on following main themes:
Breathing and torso in dance/ clinical symposium: dance medicinal orthopaedics and traumatology of the lower extremities – foot and ankle joints/ work accidents and insurance in dance/inner medicine: illness and sports, jetlag and performance/ nutrition and its influence on injuries.
The symposium is aimed at doctors (general practitioners, sports medicine, traumatologists orthopaedics, internists, doctors for physical medicine and rehabilitation) / therapists / sports- and nutritional scientists as well as dancers, dance teachers, trainers and supervisors of all dance divisions!
Location: Wolke 19 at the Ares Tower / Donau-City-Strasse 11 / 1220 Vienna
Early bird registration with concession until 15th of December 2016 (after that regular price until 15th of February 2017)
Daily fees for registration until 15th of December 2016: 110,00 € – 190,00 € and 120,00 € for both days. The fees include all lectures, practical seminars, workshops and movement sessions subject to choice and available places, multiple course communal lunch (buffet), all coffee breaks (two a day) and a welcome pack.
Detailed information for the event: www.tamed.eu/ver…
Adapted data-source, clicked on 23.11.2016 at 12:20
We already wrote in December 2015 that the housing benefit regulation has been reformed at the beginning of this year. The increased basic rent and additional costs for heating and warm water are taken further into account. (1) After the reform, housing benefit covers up to 30% of the monthly housing costs, considerably more than before 2016.
Wohngeld can specially benefit dancers in transition who are studying or training but don’t get BAföG (notice of rejection should be presented when applying for housing benefit). They are – as long as they don’t receive ALGII – entitled to housing benefit, of course dependant on the individual income and type of housing. Further information:www.wohngeld.org/stu…
If you want to find out if you are entitled to housing benefit you can use the so-called Wohngeld-Rechner: www.wohngeld.org/woh… (Advise: you should have your contract of rent and your monthly payslip or other proof of income at hand when doing this, as they need detailed information for the calculation) IMPORTANT: The online calculation doesn’t replace an official examination and calculation by the appropriate housing benefit authority, it is only a guideline.
The processing of the multiple page housing allowance form varies from community to community, but it takes at least four weeks. The entitlement, meaning the monthly housing benefit payed, starts from the date on the application so it is usually retroactive!
Information centres are located over the entire federal territory, they can be easily found by searching for the keywords “Wohngeld” and “Beratungsstellen” online and they offer competent, detailed and individual information.
(1) indirectly cited source, clicked on 23.11.2016 at 13:00: www.bmub.bund.de/the…
As our society is getting older, professions can be classified as very future-proof when they offer services for the elderly, for example hearing acoustics professionals. At the moment, there are no unemployed hearing acoustics professionals. Hearing impairments are on the rise, even with younger people, who need hearing aids. The profession is demanding: Acoustics professionals need competencies in electronics, anatomy, audiometry and psychology. Their skilled craftsmanship and technical know-how make hearing acoustics professionals very in demand specialists within the health sector. They work very closely with other specialists such as ear, nose and throat specialists.
Hearing acoustics is a crafts code recognized profession with three year long training. The practical part takes place in a hearing aids specialized company under the leadership of a hearing acoustics master craftsman. After the theoretical and practical basic education in the first year of training, the aim is to convey all the complex processes and competencies around caring for the hearing impaired. This includes for example the expert handling of the measuring and testing instruments to precisely determine the kind and extend of the hearing damage. The making of ear impressions is taught as well as the manufacturing of “otoplastics”, the ear pieces that have to be made individually for every hearing aid customer Then there is the fitting and the precise adjustment of the hearing aid according to the needs of the wearer.
All this theoretical know-how is taught in block courses at the vocational school for hearing acoustics in Lübeck. Courses take place three times a year for 4 until 5 weeks. The first exam is after half time. The course finishes with the apprentice examination.
Requirements: secondary school certificate, interpersonal skills, manual dexterity, technical interest.
From Heike Scharpff adapted source and further information here: www.der-hoerakustiker.de
Benefind is a search engine where you can enter the foundation DANCE as a favoured foundation. For every second search the foundation DANCE receives one cent as a donation. We would be very happy to see lively participation in 2017.
Further information here: www.benefind.de
A short instruction on using benefind here (posted on 12.12.2016 and 6.6.2016):www.facebook.com/Sti…
The office of the foundation DANCE is closed from 23th of December 2016 until 6th of January 2017. From 9th of January 2017 we are again at your service for all questions concerning transition for dancers as dance artists and dance acrobats.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Sabrina Sadowska, Heike Scharpff und Andrea Thomas