Johannesburg - Germany and South Africa - Dance and Theatre

Cover Up peers through the fourth wall

The German Trio, Mamaza, toy with the act of theatre in the Dance Umbrella piece Cover Up.More ...

„Clouds“ by William Forsythe; © Dominik Mentzos

What is Choreography?

Our understanding of choreography has changed, and that change coincided with the advent of “conceptual dance“.More ...

Eva Meyer-Keller „Pulling Strings“; © Eva Meyer-Keller

The Dance of Things

On contemporary stages, it is not only dancers who dance. Things are also set in motion, thus shifting the dividing line between subject and object.More ...

Jérôme Bel „Disabled Theatre“; © Theater Hora, Photo: Michael Bause

Dance as an Emancipatory Act

With the appearance here of different bodies, which do not comply with the prevalent concept of normality, the image that our society has of itself also changes.More ...

Paula Rosolen „Libretto“; photo: Jörn Lund

An Old Ally – Contemporary Inter-Relations in Dance and Music

The engagement with music has become a new source of inspiration for many choreographers.More ...

Bundesjugendballett (National Youth Ballet); © Marcus Renner

Dancers of Tomorrow

Made-to-measure and yet also versatile – this is what is expected of dance education today. The path to professionalism is closely linked to a new self-conception of the profession of dancer.More ...

CHOR(E)OGRAFIE / JOURNALISMUS: „kurze Stücke“ (i.e. CHO(I)ROGRAPHY / JOURNALISM: short pieces) by VA Wölfl; © VA Wölfl

Neuer Tanz and “kurze stücke / short pieces” – Installations for the Stage

With VA Wölfl everything revolves around the audience. Its reaction to what is happening becomes an active component of the performance.More ...

Theatertreffen 2013 | Berliner Festspiele; © Piero Chiussi

The 50th Berlin Theatertreffen

Founded in 1964, the Berliner Theatertreffen continues to hold its own as the most important showcase of German-language theatre. An interim appraisal.More ...

Detail of the cover of Dorothea von Hantelmann’s „How to Do Things With Art. Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Performativität von Kunst“. Zürich: diaphanes 2007

“How to Do Things With Art”: In the Thick of the Action

Few other words coined in recent years have spread as far and as fast as “performativity”.More ...

„Experience #1“ by Isabelle Schad; photo: Kailai Chen

Collectivity and Representations of Community in Dance

With its streams of data and traffic, the present age is creating new forms of community. Contemporary choreographers take them up, seeking the essence of togetherness.More ...

Annual meeting of the Dramaturgical Society “Speaking on Stage – and about Theatre”; © Wolfgang Katzameier

On the Stage, the Spoken Word Prevails

In January 2013 the annual meeting of the Dramaturgical Society took place in Munich; its theme: “Speaking on Stage – and about Theatre”More ...

Deutsches Theater Berlin, © Iko Freese, DRAMA

How Long Is the Present? Time structures in the theater

In the theatre, attention is formed, focused and temporally extended under special conditions. Of the peculiar experience of the present on stage.More ...

New Scope – The Concept of Writer-in-Residence at Theatres

The German-speaking theatre has been increasingly integrating playwrights into specific theatres. The concept of the writer-in-residence has been greatly expanded.More ...

Peter Handke's „Immer noch Sturm” (Still a Storm), Thalia Theater Hamburg; © Armin Smailovic

Family Teichoscopy – how theater makers explore national history

Authors and directors have recalled traumatic moments in the history of their homelands with autobiographical theater texts.More ...

Annemie Vanackere, artistic director at Hebbel am Ufer from September 2012; © Bresadola/drama-berlin.de

Hebbel am Ufer has opted for a strong international profile

In September 2012 the Flemish Annemie Vanackere will be succeeding the current manager Matthias Lilienthal at Hebbel Am Ufer.More ...

„Pina“, Aleš Čuček © NEUE ROAD MOVIES GmbH, photo: Donata Wenders

In Memory of Pina Bausch – Wim Wenders’ 3-D Film Pina

Wim Wenders has made a film tribute to dance choreographer Pina Bausch and a homage to her city, Wuppertal. A success story.More ...

Wrestling about quality; photo: Dirk Mehrwald, www.Ringerverband-SH.de

A Question of Time – Print or Online and how the Internet is Changing Theatre Criticism

In print media it is given less and less space, while at the same time the internet is accelerating theatre criticism to an undreamt of degree.More ...

Grupo de Rua, Niterói; Copyright: Bruno Beltrão

Bruno Beltrão: “We are interested in the formal elements of street dance, but we don’t worship them.”

The Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão reflects on the west’s obsession with documenting.More ...

Christoph Schlingensief; Photo: Aino Laberenz

Schlingensief’s Legacy

Christoph Schlingensief has left a very rich body of work, of which we shall be seeing and hearing much.More ...

From Joburg to Germany: The offside rules

From 13 May to 6 June 2010 - The Offside Rules is a coproduction of the Goethe-Institut South Africa, the Market Theatre and Constanza Macras/Dorky Park.More ...

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