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    FEATURE: CRITICISM

    The critics workplace © Franz Anton Cramer
    tanzconnexions explores the relevance, purpose, and background of criticism in a series of texts that highlight just how fruitful critique can be when it engages with the diverse cultural, political, and media contexts of contemporary dance. More ...

      REPORT

      [Cambodia] Making dance in response to contemporary realities
      A work exchange between choreographers from Cambodia, Indonesia, and Thailand
      By Toni Shapiro-Phim

      02.06.2011  ::  Eko Supriyanto, from Indonesia, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, from Cambodia, and Pichet Klunchun, from Thailand, came together for four days in December of 2010 to re-connect, and to learn from and about each other's approaches to creativity with the support of the Goethe Institute. More ...

      ESSAYS

      [Indonesia] Artistic Body Expression In Indonesian Society
      By Renee Sariwulan

      25.05.2010  ::  Few theories of the body have been formulated in Indonesia to date, and theoretical writings on the body are generally embedded within texts concerned with health, social, political, economic (industrial) and gender specific issues. I am yet to encounter a text which considers the body from an artistic perspective. More ...

      INTERVIEWS

      Jecko Siompo

      [Indonesia] Imagining what might be
      An interview with Jecko Siompo

      08.03.2011  ::  Following guest performances in the wider Asian region, Indonesian choreographer Jecko Siompo has risen to prominence over the last year after he was invited to present his work in Europe. Siompo is neither willing nor able to pin down his choreographic and cultural roots, and yet these questions lead us to the very heart of his dance practice. More ...

      OBSERVATIONS

      Faces © Bodi C.

      [Germany] Vietnam has many faces
      Nhiều Mặt (Faces), guest performance in Berlin's Hebbel am Ufer Theatre
      By Andreas Margara

      01.12.2011  ::  Breakdance – the current rage in young Vietnam. Members of the group "Big Toe" from Hanoi show how modern hip hop dance can be a medium for storytelling. In Berlin the young B-Boys performed a new version of their breakdance theatre piece Nhiều Mặt (Faces). More ...