Dance

Since 1983, the Essen-based Deutsche Berufsverband für Tanzpädagogik (German professional association of dance) has been awarding the German Dance Prize.More ...

Dance as a radical art form of post-war modernity has influenced the works of visual artists in many and diverse ways - or has itself put art into choreographic contexts.More ...

They push the boundaries of dance to include so-called “laugh concerts” and explorations of nothingness – and never without a healthy dose of humour.More ...

Sasha Waltz is one of Germany’s most successful female choreographers. The film portrait “Garten der Lüste” (Garden of Earthly Delights) provides a good survey of her work to date and some of her best pieces are also available on DVD.More ...

In the focus of reflection. The term dance dramaturgy seems to be helpful when describing a new, multi-disciplinary and complex practice in contemporary dance.More ...

After five productive years “Tanzplan Deutschland” is drawing to a close – a farewell that leaves the creative operators themselves in charge of their affairs.More ...

Valeska Gert was one of the most influential artists of modern times – and no-one knows it. This is what co-curator Wolfgang Müller claims.More ...

The short film competition Choreographic Captures will take place for the fourth time in 2011. There will be a public screening of the winners at international festivals and at many cinemas.More ...

For dance, fabrik Potsdam is a “lighthouse” in the huge expanses of Brandenburg. Following the withdrawal of the German Federal Cultural Foundation from the Artists-in-Residency programme, politics once again has to be convinced what dance is really capable of achieving.More ...

In the book “Wissenskultur Tanz” 16 experts from diverse disciplines endeavour to explain which figures of knowledge are concealed in the written mediation, in particular, of this artistic genre.More ...

Two universities are cooperating with the independent dance scene in the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT).More ...

In a country like Germany, where dance is booming as never before, there is only one dance house. Its founder Bertram Müller improves structures.More ...