Kanikani

Antonia Baehr: “For Faces” | © make up productions

Subversion with wit and intellect: Up-and-coming contemporary German choreographersen

They push the boundaries of dance to include so-called “laugh concerts” and explorations of nothingness – and never without a healthy dose of humour. ...
The winner of the German Dance Prize 2011; Photo: Ursula Kaufmann

The German Dance Prizeen

Since 1983, the Essen-based Deutsche Berufsverband für Tanzpädagogik (German professional association of dance) has been awarding the German Dance Prize. ...
Video viewing area at the National Dance Centre, Paris; photo: Franz Anton Cramer

Dance Archives and Digital Culture: The Current Situation in Germanyen

The internet and digital culture open up new opportunities in connection with cultivating the cultural heritage of dance. ...
Indonesien | Fitri Setyaningsih, scene from “Colors from the Inner Earth”; photo: Goethe-Institut

Tanzconnexions: An Innovative Joint Dance Project in the Pacific Regionen

Tanzconnexions has set itself the target of giving impetus to the dance scene in a region that to date has given little or no support to contemporary dance. ...
Samir Akika “Extended Teenage Era” (2007); Photo: Till Botterweck

Hip-hop and Classical Dance – No Contradiction!en

Hip-hop proved long ago that it has no need to fear artistic comparison with other dance genres. Storm, a German dancer, is one of France’s most popular breakers. ...

The productive Energy of Diversity – The Muffatwerk in Munichen

The Muffatwerk, founded in Munich in 1993, offers a wide-ranging cross-genre programme, and it is an international cultural hub. ...
Rosas', Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Steve Reich Evening; copyright: Herman Sorgelos

PACT Zollverein – At the Frontier of Dance and Performanceen

At PACT Zollverein in Essen, dance and performance are understood as cross-art forms and fields of research for the present and the future. ...

Website 'Tanzconnexions'   deutschenglish

provides a wealth of information on contemporary dance in the Asia-Pacific region and the European-influenced German dance scene.

50 Choreographers of Contemporary Dance

Portraits including biographies, a statement from the choreographer on his/her work and the assessment of a journalist

Dance videos

An idea of what 50 choreographers of contemporary dance are up to in their latest projects