Uferstudios GmbH became a network partner of the project "Making a Difference" in 2018. Since March 2024, Uferstudios GmbH is the project's administrator. The project is committed to change in the Berlin dance scene and our work through the promotion of a self-confident and visible community of dancers, choreographers and performers with disabilities. These agents expand the scope of contemporary dance through and aesthetic of difference, in which their perspectives, corporalities and perceptions offer new impulses. Despite the breadth and scope of the Berlin dance scene, there is still a lack of dance with and primarily by artists with disabilities.

In turn, the central principle of "Making a Difference" is to provide artistic and non-artistic leadership and expert positions to people with disabilities, in the belief that social equality requires equal participation at the organizational and decision-making level.

As a network partner of "Making a Difference", Uferstudios hosts workshops, research labs and lectures across the year. Furthermore, Uferstudios offers one residence per year for deaf, disabled and chronically ill dancemakers.

"Making a Difference" is funded by berlin Senate Departement for Culture and Community. From 2018 until 2024 the project had been funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund through funds from the Federal Government Representative for Culture and Media, as well as by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe / Co-Production Fund.

Publication

Under the title "Making a Difference 2018 - 2024. Developing, cultivating and strengthening anti-ableist practice in the field of dance", the team and project partners of "Making a Difference" look back on the last six years. Interviews with artists and reports on developments in the network's partner organizations provide insights into the project practice to date. The publication also contains classifications of our perspectives on disability, ableism, privilege and audism as well as practical recommendations for anti-ableist working practices in the cultural sector and beyond.

You can download the publication here.