Important Information for the festival + frequently asked questions!
Handling the privacy issue on photo/video material:
As some of the former participants already know, the contactfestival freiburg aims not only at the practice but also at the spreading of the dance form and the development of the Festival itself. For this reason, to show what Contact Improvisation and the Festival is about (in forums, our web page and the video documentary that comes forth every year), photos and video material will be taken during the Festival.
Please be advised that by applying and registering to this years contactfestival freiburg, you are automatically allowing the organizers to use -and authorize others to use for the same purpose- the images taken during the Festival for documentary reason (in paper, DVD, Internet or any other form), and resigning to make any claim in relation to any use of them.
Participants might as well take photos and videos during the Festival and publish them on their own Internet pages. Those «private photographers» need to provide the links, where they will publish them, to all participants (via the Festival Organisation). Participants can ask them to delete some image involving the claimant in a group of less than 6 people. Those «privates» are asked to follow the participants wish.
Accommodations at the Festival 2011!
If you do not want to sleep in the halls or in your own tent for free find here information about hotels in the city: Please read more in the pdf file.
Payment confirmations!
Please note, that we will not confirm the receiving of your payment on our account. If we didn't receive money till the middle of May you will get an email asking you to pay! You can also check on your own account if the money left your bank account or came back in case the numbers haven't been right! Just it would be to much work to do that one by one! Thank you for helping us!
Free bank transfers per SEPA!
Since 2008 there is a possibility for free money transfer from non-Euro-countries, based in Europe, called SEPA. The banks mainly from Switzerland and UK charged for money transfersto Germany. But still not all banks support the SEPA money transfer, so better ask your bank before! What does SEPA mean?
SEPA is the Single Euro Payments Area in existence since end-January 2008 where all payments are treated as domestic payments. With SEPA, money transfers in euros between all countries of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland are faster (max. 3 business days) and cheaper (usually free). The countries covered by SEPA are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Here you find a list of costs from Swiss Banks.
Children at the Festival
Children are very welcome at the Festival. Our wish is to integrate parents and their kids as much as possible into the festival process. We are offering childcare during the intensive in the morning. During other times, parents can organize childcare among themselves. The festival venue is surrounded by a park area which is great for resting and playing. We do not have an extra indoor space for kids. Even though we have had very good experiences with parents and their kids at our Festival in the past, we want to mention here again that the main focus of our Festival is the exploration and the sharing of the experience of Contact Improvisation. For more details about parents with kids see the PDF file here.
Work Exchange at the Festival
With the wish to make the festival accessible to everyone, we offer work exchange opportunities for those people who are travelling from far and need some financial support. These places are restricted.
So if you are interested to be a Helper at the Festival, please mark it in the registration form, write more about
your qualities: Besides many cleaning jobs and food preparation we also search for technicians/light and electric and child care during the morning intensives (means all classes and events are available accept the intensive in the mornings) and
let us know in case you are financially dependent on the «work exchange» opportunity. (do so in the «comment box» inside the registration).
We are happy to count on enthusiastic people who are willing to invest their energy, to commit to the tasks we can offer, to take responsibility and also to be supportive within their team.
To be a Helper in the festival can be a very rewarding experience if you enjoy to be part of «making» an event and could also be very frustrating if you «only» do it for economical reasons without realizing that this will demand you energy that will be taken away from your dance energy. The helpers pay a minimum of 100 Euro.
Please check-in with your self before applying as a Helper.
We will choose the team of helpers out of the applying participants and let you know until April 30th.
Info email in the spam Filter?
Please check regularly your Spam Filter. It happend several times that the emails didn't reach you because it landed in the spam filter. Search for the info(at) and registration(at) emails! If you still don't receive something contact us!
Reloud and cleaning of saved information of the browser!
Please delete regularly your saved information in the browser. At every browser it is a little different - if you have problems - just write us an email. Sometimes you just need to push the reloud button in your browser window to see the new information!
Early arrival or late departure from the festival!
Please note: It is not possible to sleep in the festival halls or camp outside before or after the festival. Please usethese options (early booking is recommended)
Workshops before and after!
Since so many are registring for the festival maybe you want to dance in a more intimate atmosphere and come to one of our workshops before and after the festival.
Photos + Films + Feedback from you!
Send us your pictures and films you made at the festival (or if you have links to a site). Also send us feedback any kind so we can make it better next year!
contact
contactfestival
freiburg
c/o B. Stahlberger
Marktstr. 9
76185 Karlsruhe