SPOTTED
SPOTTED is the first dance guest performance network in Lower Saxony and a model project of the State Association of Independent Performing Arts in Lower Saxony and the cooperative TANZKOOP.
What is SPOTTED?
SPOTTED is comprised of municipal theaters, INTHEGA theaters, and independent theaters. Launched by the TANZKOOP cooperative and the Lower Saxony State Association of Independent Performing Arts, the three-year program will enable high-caliber dance guest performances throughout Lower Saxony. The dance pieces to tour as part of SPOTTED will be selected by an independent jury of experts. A total of ten dance guest performances have already been spotted throughout Lower Saxony in 2024.
This year we are already looking forward to the next ten dance guest performances!
Within the framework of several public calls for dance artists, specific guest performance dates, including mediation services, are offered at the participating Lower Saxony theatres.
The ever-growing network of theaters and the selected dance pieces can be found below, at www.laft.de, and on Instagram at @tanzkoop. Make fun of us, make fun of dance!
The SPOTTED network of theaters includes the Theater Hameln, Theater im Werkraum Göttingen (boat people project), Jahrmarkttheater Bostelwiebeck, Lessingtheater Wolfenbüttel, Theater Metronom Visselhövede, QUARTIER Theater Hannover, Schlosstheater Celle, Theater Nienburg, JAM Meppen!
To be continued!
Calls for tender: The next call for tender is expected to be published in autumn 25.
Who is SPOTTED?
The SPOTTED network is constantly growing and consists of the following venues and artists:
Theater Hamelin
The Großes Haus (Grand House), built in 1951/52, opened in January 1953, and extensively renovated in 1990/91, seats a good 700 spectators. Numerous performances of various stage genres take place here from September to May/June: drama and comedy, opera, operetta and musicals, classical concerts and ballet, as well as theater for children and young people. The TAB is the studio of the Theater Hameln and is an abbreviation for "Theater auf der Bühne" (Theater on the Stage). Since the original Kleines Haus had to make way for the new Weserbergland Center in the 1990s, the TAB now offers a suitable space for "small-scale" performances. Up to 150 spectators can sit on the stage and experience theater up close.

Workshop
Since 2009, the boatpeope project has been working as an independent theater in Göttingen in various constellations, focusing on the themes of flight and migration. Their work focuses on sociopolitical issues and the possibilities of political theater. They strive for multi-perspectiveness both in their programming and in the composition of their artistic teams and partners in their projects. Together, they search for themes, forms, and narrative strategies to make theater accessible to a diverse audience today. In addition to their own productions, the project includes an established socio-cultural program, which is modified and adapted in format, target groups, and content depending on demand and themes. In February 2019, they moved into and furnished the WERKRAUM on Stresemannstraße in Göttingen. The WERKRAUM has space for approximately 80 spectators and is located in the Weststadt district of Göttingen next to Levinscher Park, about a 10-minute bike ride from the train station.

Fairground Theater
The Jahrmarkttheater is an independent theater with its own venue in the village of Bostelwiebeck, which has a population of 45, in the Uelzen district. It has been producing large-scale traveling theater performances in the summer since 2008 and has been presenting its own productions since 2013, along with guest performances by other independent theaters in the converted cowshed. It reaches a large audience from the surrounding area and far beyond. In recent years, the Jahrmarkttheater has increasingly hosted other artists who use the venue as a residency for their own research and productions. In 2021, the Jahrmarkttheater was awarded the German Federal Theater Prize.

Lessing Theater Wolfenbüttel
The Lessing Theater Wolfenbüttel is a guest theater that grew out of the enthusiasm of Wolfenbüttel's citizens for theater. Around 140 productions in the genres of drama, musical theater, concerts, dance, WortReich, and young theater are on the program each year. The annual KulturSommer festival, featuring concerts by international bands, takes place on the theater forecourt. In September, the Theaterfest heralds the new season. The Lessing Theater sees itself as a meeting place for all generations on a variety of occasions, including its theater education work. Interested parties can take the stage themselves in the theater clubs and dance workshops. A diverse theater-related program is available for schools and daycare centers. The theater experience can be rounded out in the atmospheric winter gardens, where the restaurant offers an excellent selection of drinks and light meals.

Theater Metronom
Theater Metronom was founded in 1985 by actress and theater educator Karin Schroeder and director and actor Andreas Goehrt as a touring theater. On the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath, near Visselhövede, lies the village of Hütthof. It is a village with 12 residents and a theater with 120 seats. In 1994, Theater Metronom converted a former warehouse on a farm into a theater with a unique charm. This theater offers a varied program with approximately 60 performances per year. The theater presents its own productions in the evening program, children's and youth theater plays, guest performances by other theaters, and the work of theater projects.

Theater an der Glocksee
Behind its graffiti-covered facade on the alternative Glocksee site lies the tradition-rich THEATER AN DER GLOCKSEE. Long considered an "insider tip on the Ihme River," the group makes constant reinvention its principle, continually forging new connections, and, as an artistically reactive research laboratory, also pushes the boundaries of its permanent venue with an interdisciplinary program. Its themes and working methods are constantly evolving and currently include crossovers between science and culture, the testing of multi-part long-term projects, and research into the digital plus for theater. A diverse audience meets in the transformable stage space, which can accommodate up to 100 seats depending on the production, with a cozy foyer that always provides space for direct encounters between artists and audience. In 2021, the theater was awarded the German Federal Theater Prize.

Theater an der Glocksee
Behind its graffiti-covered facade on the alternative Glocksee site lies the tradition-rich THEATER AN DER GLOCKSEE. Long considered an "insider tip on the Ihme River," the group makes constant reinvention its principle, continually forging new connections, and, as an artistically reactive research laboratory, also pushes the boundaries of its permanent venue with an interdisciplinary program. Its themes and working methods are constantly evolving and currently include crossovers between science and culture, the testing of multi-part long-term projects, and research into the digital plus for theater. A diverse audience meets in the transformable stage space, which can accommodate up to 100 seats depending on the production, with a cozy foyer that always provides space for direct encounters between artists and audience. In 2021, the theater was awarded the German Federal Theater Prize.

SPOTTED is a model project of the Lower Saxony State Association of Independent Performing Arts and the TANZKOOP cooperative. The project will be funded in 2025 by the Lower Saxony Foundation, the Braunschweig Cultural Heritage Foundation, the Hameln-Pyrmont Regional Council, the Stade Regional Council, and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture as part of Tanznetz Niedersachsen.







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