PROJECTS
> Documentation 2017
The Art of Movement
The film by the young dancer Boglárka Börcsök looks at a piece of German-Hungarian dance history and studies the movement of the body within the context of political ideologies.
VERSUCH ÜBER DAS TURNEN (ESSAY ON GYMNASTICS)
The artist collective HAUPAKTION dedicated itself to the history of the German gymnastics movement and its choreographic material.
The Complete Expressionist - Musique Concrètre and Modern Dance
Christoph Winkler dedicated his project to the almost forgotten artist Ernest Berk who created unusual hybrids of music and choreography by combining modern dance and musique concrète.
FRIEDENSANLEITUNG FÜR JEDERMANN – THE 3rd GENERATION
Using the staging of Kriegsanleitung für jedermann as her starting point, the choreographer Yoshiko Waki was looking at Johann Kresnik and his importance for German dance history.
BAUTZNER STRASSE 107, PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Dresden’s independent dance scene is bringing the former Wigman School at Bautzner Straße 107 back to life with a programme including dance works, master classes and Workshops.
TIERFORME/L/N
The Berlin-based choreographer Martin Nachbar reproduced Simone Forti’s piece Sleep Walkers (aka Zoo Mantras). An extensive supplementary programme also provided a methodical and historical foundation for the current examination of the relationship between humans and animals.
PAST FORWARD
PAST FORWARD Theater Bielefeld reproduced Gerhard Bohner’s choreography Angst und Geometrie (Fear and Geometry) and brought it together in an artistic dialogue with three new creations.
SOS _ GERHARD BOHNER _ Tanzcompagnie Rubato
Jutta Hell and Dieter Baumann were passing on Bohner’s later work, which the choreographer developed with them in 1991, to a younger generation of dancers.
KARIN WAEHNER (1926-1999) – EIGENSINNIG IN ZWISCHENRÄUMEN (Wilful in Spaces)
The project was dedicated to the former Wigman student Karin Waehner, a pioneer of modern dance in France.