
DANCE AND MUSIC
What is Fusion Dance?
It's a coming together and connection. Moving to music and community. It's mixing dance styles in communication with your partner and the music. It works, trust us.
To read a description by Flouer Evelyn follow the link https://flouerdances.com/fusion-continuum/
For a short documentary on fusion dancing https://vimeo.com/393174510
What if I don't dance Fusion yet?
The workshops will be suitable for those who already have some partner dance experience in some dance form, or those who are comfortable movers. If you are an absolute beginner looking to dip your toes in, we recommend testing out a social or some dance classes first.
If this is your first fusion festival, we’ll provide you with a “newbie guide” for the festival to help you find your bearings.
What will the music be like?
We have a range of Djs from the international fusion dance community playing music with varying levels of energy from many musical styles and genres. We ask our DJs to take you on a quest with their sets, taking inspiration from our party themes.
If you’re really dedicated to hearing what our DJs might play, you can check them out on our Instagram page (insert), and try to find some of their sets on their own social media or spotify profiles.
I would love to DJ, how can I let you know?
We have filled our headline DJ roster, but we have a few slots left open to be filled by our participants. During registration, you can tick a box that you would like to DJ and we’ll be in touch.
REGISTRATION AND TICKETING
How does your ticketing work?
This year, we’re trying to allow you to make your own journey through the festival weekend. You can buy tickets independently for each day, and separately for workshops and parties.
This year, we have two different tracks of workshops. First, regular workshops are bookable on a first-come, first-served basis, and admission is open to all (with some dancing experience, but you judge for yourself whether you want to participate or not).
We also offer “masterclasses” with Flouer Evelyn and Mark Carpenter on Friday and Saturday afternoon. For these, you will have to apply, sending us a link to a video of you dancing (unless you participated in one of the Fusion Teacher Trainings in the past two years, or Track A at Camp Kaleidoscope). We aim for a level that will be challenging even for advanced dancers (5+ years of experience).
How are the tickets priced? What is the sliding scale?
Ticket pricing is on a sliding scale. The standard ticket price is what we have calculated to let us run this event and break roughly even. Those who are able to pay a little more can help support those who are only able to participate by paying a little less. Put in the amount you are willing to pay, and if it works out for us, we’ll let you participate for that price. Otherwise, we'll be in touch.
Can tickets be cancelled, sold on, or shared between people?
Tickets are only refundable until 2 weeks before the start of the event. During this time, we do not make ticket transfers. From 2 weeks before the start of the event, it is no longer possible to get a refund; however, you can transfer your ticket during this period. Please check with us if there is a waiting list — then we will put you in touch. Otherwise, you can attempt to find somebody to transfer the ticket to yourself.
A transferred ticket cannot be passed on at a price higher than the one originally paid. You will be responsible for organising payment between you and the person taking over your ticket. Send an email to the new ticket holder and us informing us of the transfer.
Note: It is not allowed to share your ticket.
I would like to volunteer, can I?
Fusionauts’ Quest needs you!
This event wouldn’t be possible without all the great vibes brought by our dancers, but also not without their help to keep things running.
We’ll be asking people who would like to help out with a door shift or registrations, bringing snacks, helping us clean up at the venues and some other small tasks. We’ll be asking you in the registration form what you might be interested in helping out with.
PARTIES, VIBES AND SAFER SPACES
Are there party themes?
Is there a dress code?
At Fusionauts’ Quest, we’re encouraging you to dress as you would like to be seen in the dance community.
We’d love it if you felt inspired by the themes for the parties we came up with, and we offer some ideas for how to do that. How you interpret these themes (if you wanna do so) is up to you.
Just to be clear, since we’re in Berlin: all attendants have to keep their genitals and nipples covered (this is a hard rule).
We also ask our participants to show cultural awareness and sensitivity when creating their outfits (but we will not police how you dress).
How “sexy” is the event going to be?
Dance can be many things — playful, energetic, dramatic, intimate, sensual, erotic, etc. We would like our participants to feel free to express themselves as they want to show up — both in how they dress and behave, but we have a few guidelines and hard rules for you.
First, any behaviour that violates our code of conduct (link) is not tolerated and can lead to exclusion from the event. If you need assistance with navigating a challenging situation, we will have a care team to support you.
Second, we rely on you as participants to be mindful of the people around you, and draw the line when a dance that has some “sexy energy” becomes mostly sexy energy with just a little dance. Similarly, we’d like you to be mindful of the remaining participants when interacting intimately with others off the dance floors (e.g. cuddling, kissing).
We draw a hard line at keeping your hands out of each other's pants and other clearly sexual behaviour.
Do you have a code of conduct?
Yes, all our participants have to agree to a code of conduct. You can find it here.
Will you have a care team?
Yes, our care team leads can be found on the DJs & Crew Page.
The care team, a.k.a. (Safer) Space Team, makes an effort to make your experience at Fusionaut’s Quest the best possible.
We’re all humans and terrestrial interactions are complicated - challenging situations do come up. We’re here as a backup in case
you need support dealing with them. If there is anything that worries you, we have an open ear for you. You can come to us at any
given moment during the workshops and parties or reach out to us virtually, during or after the event. You and your needs will be the center of our attention throughout our contact / the entire process of dealing with these situations and we will focus on how to help you vent or reflect and process by offering emotional support and different perspectives. While we will report any incident to the organizing team anonymously, no further actions will be taken without your knowledge and consent. If explicitly wished for, we will
consider mediating, informing the organizers about something that happened in detail, or taking other appropriate measures.
You can trust us to keep your confidentiality within the Space team and to try our best not to put more on your plate than you already
have sitting there.
The code of conduct is a condensation of what we believe are some core principles to facilitate good interactions. By participating in Fusionaut’s Quest, you implicitly agree that you are willing to act by these principles for the time of the festival. If you have breached it in a substantial way, we might take actions that foster your learning process and can, however, go as far as asking you to leave the event, if we deem the offered accountability as insufficient.
Do you have a photo policy?
As an attendant at Fusionauts’ Quest you have the right not to have your picture taken without being asked for permission first. Do not take pictures or videos of other attendants (including teachers,organizers and staff) without prior consent by those visible in the photograph or video. This includes people in the background.
If you would like to take pictures or videos please find a spot where nobody you haven’t asked is in your shot. We arrange a photo booth with decoration and equipment for you at each venue where you can get creative in taking pictures of you, your friends, your outfits and space.
There is one exception: if you dance in the “picture zone” during designated hours at the Saturday party, our photographer can take pictures of you. We will share them with all participants for their private collection, and after checking with the other people in the shot, you can put them on social media.
What about food and drinks?
At our preparty on Thuesday no own drinks are allowed.
Besides this, we encourage everyone to bring their water bottle with them (particularly to the workshops). Drinks are available for sale at the Friday, Saturday and Sunday party venues.
Around most of our venues there are plenty of options for buying food/dinner and fueling yourself for dancing.
We will be coordinating volunteers to bring some snacks to nibble on for some of the parties. But please don't expect a spacious buffet!
OTHER
How will you get information about the festival/updates during the festival?
We will use two channels of communication to get information to you:
We encourage you to join our Discord server with various channels for participants to get updates instantly (after registering).
We also send emails to all our participants with important updates.
Can we bring our children?
Our facilities are not child-friendly, so we think it’s best to organise another caretaker for the workshops and parties. If this is absolutely no option for you, but you want to come anyway, please get in touch first.
What can I do during the day if I have a party pass?
Explore Berlin (or sleep).
We’ll have an opt-in chat channel for all participants to connect with each other.
Will there be hosting?
We won't be organising hosting for the event. However we will set up a channel on Discord.



