Created by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Tanzplan Deutschland intends to provide reliable support and funding for dance projects until 2010. It does not only strengthen the infrastructures that help maintain dance as an independent art, but also supports existing and developing initiatives, accompanying their projects with a steady dialogue. The “master plan” for dance does also work together with dancers and choreographers in facing the challenges involved in finding new ways to carry out their artistic ideas in the cultural and political climate that is.