Nicole Fiedler - Head of Funding and Projects und co-manager of the project Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin

Nicole Fieder has been working at the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (German Dance Association) since 2016 and is responsible for the DTD's funding and projects and co-manages the project Creative Corss Collaborations Berlin. From 2020 to 2024, she co-managed the Neustart Kultur programme DIS-TANZEN and was part of the lead team of the funding programme Kreativ-Transfer . Nicole coordinates the Association of German Dance Archives and, as team representative, is available to answer any confidential questions on behalf of the team. With a bachelor's degree in Italian and musicology (Humboldt University of Berlin) and a MA study in dance studies, she also works as a ballroom dance teacher, passing on her joy of dancing.

Michael Freundt - Managing Director

Michael Freundt studied theatre science, philosophy and dance science at the theatre academy "Hans Otto" and the university of Leipzig. He worked as a freelance journalist and critic, among others for zitty, Wochenpost, Theater der Zeit and Berliner Zeitung. He belonged to the directors' team of numerous independent theatre projects and worked for euro-scene Leipzig from 1997 till 2002. After his collaboration on productions in the genres of theatre, dance and ancient music Michael Freundt became deputy managing director of Internationales Theater Institut (ITI) - Zentrum Deutschland at the beginning of 2003. Since 2004, Michael Freundt has been involved in the meetings of Ständige Konferenz Tanz, he coordinated its development into a registered association, and in March 2006 was named managing director of SK Tanz, now called Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.

Jana Grünewald - co-manager for Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin

Jana Grünewald has been working at the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (German Dance Association) since 2013, where she co-manages the project Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin (CCCberlin) and oversees the informal producer network InfoPlus and the Europe-wide network PAMPA (Producers, Agents, Managers in the Performing Arts). From 2019 to 2025 she was part of the lead team of the Kreativ-Transfer funding programme and oversaw its predecessor project "Export Fund - Focus Dance" (2026-18). From 2015 to May 2023, she was part of the editorial team at touring artists, the information and advice service for artists and cultural professionals working internationally.
She worked for the Sisyphos nightclub in artist management and accounting from 2013 to 2016. Jana has a Bachelor of Dance (Codarts) and a BA in Social Sciences (Humboldt University of Berlin).

Sophia Herzog - Projects Coordinator for Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin

Sophia Herzog is a contemporary dancer, dance educator, and producer. Her artistic work explores human connection, interaction, and accessibility in dance performance. As a founding member of KNOT Kollektiv, she develops interactive and interdisciplinary productions that have been presented internationally. Her choreographic research has been supported by Tanznetz Freiburg, the Performing Arts Programme Berlin, and FELD Theater, with a focus on participatory and accessible performance formats.Alongside her artistic practice, she has extensive teaching experience in cultural and educational contexts, with a focus on contemporary dance and ballet. Her approach combines movement research with individual artistic development. Sophia also coordinates the volunteers of b12 in Berlin and is responsible for the festival’s on-site operations. Since 2020, Sophia Herzog has been working with the German Dance Association, initially within the funding programme Kreativ-Transfer and currently on the Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin project.

Alexa Junge - Public Relations

Alexa Junge studied Ethnology and Religion at Freie Universität Berlin and at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with the focus on Hinduism, Medical Anthropology and Dance. Since 2007, she has worked in the area of culture management, among others as assistant to the artistic and organizational direction of Zukunft@BPhil, the education department of the Berlin Philharmonic, and at Tanzplan Potsdam: artists in residence teaching and research program at fabrik Potsdam. Since 2007, she has worked freelance in the area of dance at the International Theaterinstitut ITI Germany. Since 2013, she has been responsible for public relations at Dachverband Tanz Deutschland and from 2014 to 2024 for office management at the Gesellschaft für Tanzforschung.

Kerstin Karge Lorenz – Project Coordinator for the Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin program

Kerstin Karge Lorenz brings experience from architecture (weißensee kunsthochschule berlin), gallery operations, and cultural management. At the bildungswerk des bbk berlin, she established herself over the course of eleven years in event organization. Since 2009, she has been active as a coordinator for project spaces, particularly in the independent scene in the field of art in context; in 2010, she co-founded the Network of Independent Berlin Project Spaces and Initiatives, coordinated it for a long time, and was actively involved in Berlin’s cultural policy. She has also handled public relations and press work as well as exhibition coordination for several Berlin art festivals and individual artistic projects. Since March 2023, she has been working for the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, and since May 2023, she has been working with great pleasure at the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, where she is responsible for the visual arts division. She was part of the Kreativ Transfer team until the end of 2025 and has since joined the Creative Cross Collaborations Berlin team.

Christina Menne - Office Management

Christina Menne completed her training as a stage dancer and dance educator at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie—University of Music and Theater (Codarts Rotterdam) in the Netherlands, as well as at the Fachschule für Tanz in Leipzig. She subsequently worked at numerous theaters and cultural institutions in Germany and the Netherlands, including the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen, the Städtische Bühnen Münster, the Stadttheater Konstanz, the Luxor Theater in Rotterdam, and the Musical Theater Füssen.

Before the birth of her second daughter, she took over as head of the dance department at the Heinrich Schütz Conservatory in Dresden. In addition, she served as a dance consultant for the Association of German Music Schools in Saxony (Verband Deutscher Musikschulen Sachsen e. V.) and as a mentor in the dance education program at the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden, specializing in modern dance, children’s dance, and jazz dance.

From 2023 to 2025, in cooperation with the Leo Kestenberg Music School, she taught dance as an integral part of the music curriculum at the secondary school on Berlinickeplatz.

In 2012, she founded the KINDERTANZPROJEKT BETHANIEN, which she has led ever since. That same year, she also took over as office manager for the umbrella organization Tanz Deutschland.

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Nicola von Stillfried - Project management cultural-political dialog TANZPAKT / qualification formats

After studying languages and literature in Berlin and spending time in Barcelona and Caracas, Nicola von Stillfried took over production at the Theater am Halleschen Ufer (HAU 2), where she started to build up an international artist management team. At the Milan-based production company Change Performing Arts, she produced and distributed interdisciplinary co-productions for theaters and festivals worldwide. She worked as an assistant for GLITZ. Contemporary Art Project and as a PR and media manager. Since December 2020, Nicola von Stillfried has been working in cultural-political dialog of TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund to network, qualify and strengthen the dance scene.

Giulia Vitali – Praktikantin

Nach ihrem Masterabschluss in Kunst, Museologie und Kuratorischen Studien mit den Schwerpunkten Visuelle Kulturwissenschaften und Zeitgenössische Kunst an der Universität Bologna ist Giulia nach Berlin gezogen, wo sie derzeit ein Praktikum beim Dachverband Tanz Deutschland absolviert. In Italien arbeitete sie für verschiedene Festivals und Kulturorganisationen, die an der Schnittstelle von bildender Kunst, Performance, Theater, Videokunst und Tanz tätig sind, und kooperierte mit unabhängigen Künstlerkollektiven, um ihre kuratorischen Projekte voranzutreiben.