Tanzplan Quarterly Review
3rd quarter 2007
4th of July
Press conference at K3 – Centre for Choreography / Tanzplan Hamburg
First visit to the building site / rebuilding works on Hall P1
5th and 6th of July
Choreography conference in Cologne
A conference was held at the Cologne University of Music/TANZ course - Studiotheater on the topic of "Choreographieren Reflektieren" („Reflecting choreography“). Participants included Christiane Berger, Kerstin Evert, Susanne Foellmer, Yvonne Hardt. The conference was funded by Tanzplan Deutschland.
7th and 28th of July
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Zwischen Distanz und Nähe (Between distance and closeness): Dramaturgy in contemporary dance with Susanne Foellmer.
11th – 13th of July
Audition
The second, practical part of the entrance examination for the “SODA Solo / Dance / Authorship“ Masters course took place at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“. Of the 83 applicants 27 participated in the audition and 10 were accepted.
13th and 14th of July
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Talking about dance with Janine Schulze
August
Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz (HZT) – Pilot project Tanzplan Berlin in cooperation with the international dance festival TANZ IM AUGUST 2007
Students from the HZT Berlin participated together with other dancers in two workshops held as part of the Tanz im August festival: “The Deconstruction of Ballet” with Janet Panetta from New York (20th to 24th of August + 27th to 31st of August) and “Dance Techniques for Contemporary Bodies” with Milli Bitterli from Vienna (27th to 31st of August).
The students from the HZT Berlin also participated in a temporary ‘laboratory’ created by the choreography students from the ex.e.r.ce programme from Montpellier. Working under the motto, KNOWLEDGE AND FUN (K.A.F.), they created a space in the midst of the festival events in which they could talk, read, write, document, produce and perform together. From the 19th –31st of August daily.
25. and 26. August
Take-off: Junger Tanz. Tanzplan Düsseldorf: Workshop for choreographers and composers
As part of Take-off: Junger Tanz, Tanzplan Düsseldorf , the tanzhaus nrw together with the Tonhalle Düsseldorf is holding a workshop designed for professional choreographers and composers interested in interdisciplinary artistic work with children and young people. The workshops on the 25th and 26th of August aim to promote the exchange of ideas and experience, the conception of individual projects and the development of prospects for future cooperation between dance and music. Funding is available for the projects submitted at the conclusion.
5. September
Tanzplan Jugendclub K3
The Tanzplan Jugendclub K3 starts under the direction of choreographer and dance educator Friederike Lampert and in cooperation with the Fachverband Darstellendes Spiel, Gabriele Bähr – theater macht schule (theatre goes to school). Participation is open to pupils aged 15 and over who are interested in dance, who want to come once a week to get to know different dance techniques and choreographic methods of working, and who would like to be involved in two annual dance performances, which will be staged as part of the Tanzplan Hamburg at Kampnagel. Rehearsals and training are on Wednesdays from 5 – 7 pm. The Jugendclub K3’s first performance is planned for February 2008.
6. September
Press conference in Düsseldorf
A press conference was held from 10-11am with Dr. Veronika Dübgen, Bertram Müller, Martina Kessel, representatives from all venues, choreographer Silke Z., and two performers from her production "machtMut" on the occasion of the 2nd take-off Festival.
September 14th and 15th
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3 Produktionspraxis im Schweinsgalopp (production practice at a gallop) with Honne Dohrmann
September 22nd and 23rd
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Event technology: Introduction to the basics with Markus Both / Holger Duwe / Jörn Walter, 10 am - 5 pm
July 10th to 13th
Xtra FREI - Festival and forum for projects of the independant contemporary dance scene within Norddeutsches Tanztreffen – Tanzplan Bremen
steptext dance project and Tanzplan Bremen invite to the first festival of contemporary dance projects from the northern part of Germany: Xtra FREI. Independant companies and young choreographers of city theaters present their works at the Schwankhalle Bremen. Choreographers and companies from Hamburg, Hannover, Braunschweig, Bremen and the project ensemble PET_1 of Tanzlabor_21 Tanzplan Frankfurt Rhein_Main show their current projects, workshops, forums and panel discussions complete the programm.
July 20th - August 5th 2007
Tanzplan Potsdam: Artists in Residence: Arbeitswochen Choreografie #2 - Working Together
Just as it did last year, the fabrik will also hold the Arbeitswochen Choreografie (Choreography Workweeks) this summer. It is a platform for young choreographers, who will be able to work for two weeks in the Potsdam Studios. The focus in 06 was on solo works, but in 07 the joint starting point will be the topic of „Working Together“. ‘Collaboration’ has become a buzzword in the area of dance in recent years. But how can collaboration be (variously) implemented in the choreographic working process? Which methods of working meet which needs, and how does a specific method of working influence the choreographic product? The fabrik has invited five groups from Berlin, London, Stockholm and Zagreb to discuss and try out collaborative forms of work in collective workshops (with Antonia Baehr and Litó Walkey among others) both as part of an exchange with international mentors, and of course in work on individual projects.
The groups will present the results of their work in an Open Studio on August 4th at 6 pm.
July 23rd to August 3rd
Tanzplan Dresden: Sommerwerkstatt Muse7_07 (Summer Workshop)
Muse7_07 - the first summer workshop of Tanzplan Dresden takes place at the Palucca Schule Dresden and is aimed at dancers, choreographers, musicians, and children. The workshop includes courses in classical and contemporary dance, Forsythe Improvisation Technologies, Iyengar Yoga, theory of composition and script in dance, as well as special children's courses. In addition, the summer workshop offers creative residencies to young choreographers who can apply as a team to create contemporary dance works from an experimental approach (Closing date for applications is June 12th).
July 25th and 26th
Access to Dance. Tanzplan München: "anna tanzt II”
The second school project, part of the expanded Children’s and Young People’s Program of the Bavarian State Ballet, takes place as part of “studies” from Access to Dance. Tanzplan München. Around 110 students from the 8th form of the St. Anna Gymnasium and a class from the Berufsschule zur Berufsvorbereitung am Bogenhauser Kirchplatz (Bogenhauser Kirchplatz Vocational Training School) will work on developing their own choreography throughout the entire month of July under the direction of Berlin choreographer Nadja Raszewski and dancers and educators from the Bavarian State Ballet and from the Dance and School e.V.
The project began in summer 2006 and it was the idea of the Director of the St. Anna Gymnasium, Dr. Ingrid Neuner, to hold it for the first time together with the Bavarian State Ballet in their rehearsal rooms. They were an exciting and inspiring four weeks of non-competitive teamwork, concentration and passion, focused on an artistic product, which was then proudly presented to the public.
August 25th and 26th
Workshop for choreographers and composers
Within the context of „Take-off: Junger Tanz. Tanzplan Düsseldorf“, a workshop is organised by tanzhaus nrw in cooperation with Tonhalle Düsseldorf. It aims at choreographers and composers who are interested in the interdisciplinary work for children and adolescents. The workshop wants to stimulate an exchange of experiences, to formulate own projects and to develope perspectives for a future cooperation between dance and music. Financial support for projects can be obtained after the workshop.
September 15th and 16th
Masters Course in Contemporary Dance Education / Frankfurt
Within the framework of TANZLABOR_21, the Masters Course in Contemporary Dance Education under the direction of Prof. Kurt Koegel starts in the winter semester 07/08 at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt Main (HfMDK). The second selection process for the Masters Course is held on September15th and 16th in the Ausbildungsbereich ZuKT, HfMDK, Eschersheimer Landstr. 29 – 39, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.
September
Kursprogramm (course programme) / Hamburg
The program of courses in Cultural Management and Production Practice continues.
September 14th (5 p.m. - 10 p.m.) and September 15th (11a.m. - 4 p.m.): “Production procedures at full speed” with Honne Dohrmann
September 22nd and 23rd, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.: “Event organisation techniques: introduction to basics” with Markus Both, Holger Duwe and Jörn Walter.
September 13th – October 6th
2nd Festival Junger Tanz / Düsseldorf
Within the framework of “Tanzplan Düsseldorf”, the second “Take-off: Junger Tanz” Festival launches on September 13th. Children and young people are invited to experience the art of dance in stage performances, to visit rehearsals, take part in workshops and a large dance camp until 6th October. The festival will show the wide variety of artistic expression possible within the discipline of dance in more than 20 performances and a dozen workshops at five locations in Düsseldorf (tanzhaus nrw, Junges Schauspielhaus, Forum Freies Theater, Neuer Tanz and Tonhalle) with among others: Danstheater Aya (NL), De Stilte (NL), Dschungel Wien (A), Gudrun Lange/Marlin de Haan (D), Leandro Kees (D), Membros (BRA), Silke Z. (D), Katja F.M. Wolf / Renat Safiullin (D).
September 15th and 16th
A Body is as a Body isn’t (Virtual bodies)/Potsdam
Virtuality describes a room and a time of pure potential. In moments of virtuality bodies emerge from predetermined patterns and pictures – and enter into being, in the zone between the real and the imagined. The experimental symposium “A BODY IS AS A BODY ISN’T” gathers artistic and theoretical suggestions which try to make virtual reality recognizable and something that can be experienced. A simultaneousness of text, image, experience, movement, bodies, exhibition and observation will be set up in a large-scale installation supporting a three-dimensional network. Performances, films, videos, talks, installations. Programme during one night and one day with an overnight stay in the Black-Box. With Antonia Baehr, Alessio Bonaccorsi, Lisa Buck and Trilby Cox, Stephan Geene, Frédéric Gies, Stefan Pente, Ines Schaber, Tim Stüttgen, Rut Waldeyer and Gisa Schraml, William Wheeler, Laurie Young, and others. Curated by Stefan Pente and William Wheeler.
September 21st
Shaum: Première in Bremen
The première of a dance by Helge Letonja with a new composition by Jörg Ritzenhoff will be performed within the framework of Tanzplan Bremen – Norddeutsches Tanztreffen (North German dance meeting). Further performances: September 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29th 2007 at 8 p.m. in the Schwankhalle. Choreography: Helge Letonja; Dance: Anna Bussey, Virginia Gimeno Folgado, Günther Grollitsch, Jordi Vilaseca Lorite, Vanessa Pérez Tejedor; Lighting design: Frauke Richter; Production: steptext dance project, Bremen.
September 24th-30th
School Project and Vocational Training with Ana Catalina Roman / Munich
There are various school projects and further training courses in the programme area “studies” as part of “access to dance. Tanzplan München”, which are organized and coordinated by the association “Tanz und Schule e.V.”. The Spanish dancer Ana C. Roman will direct a 5-day school dance project in September at the Münchner Joseph von Fraunhofer Realschule and will spend 4 lessons a day working with a 9th class (aged 14). At the end of the project a small presentation of the work will be shown to the school.
Leading on from this school project, over a 3-day period, Ana C. Roman will present her methods of working to the project leaders (dancers and dance teachers) from “Tanz und Schule e.V.” in the framework of further training for teachers and at the same time will explain the structure of the school project and make it comprehensible and accessible.
September 25th
Dance in schools-Project / Frankfurt
“Die Jungs von Herder” (The Boys from Herder), IGS Herder Schule: The third project this year is aimed at a target group which is the most unlikely to be attracted to contemporary dance: boys! Nicole Peisl – dancer from the Forsythe Company – with teachers from the Herderschule has put together a group of boys from the 6th and 7th classes (aged 12-13) and as a creative team will work on a performance during the next few weeks. Performance on 25.9.07 at 7 p.m. in the Aula of the IGS Herder Schule, Wittelsbacher Allee 6-12, 60316 Frankfurt.
3rd quarter 2007
4th of JulyPress conference at K3 – Centre for Choreography / Tanzplan Hamburg
First visit to the building site / rebuilding works on Hall P1
5th and 6th of July
Choreography conference in Cologne
A conference was held at the Cologne University of Music/TANZ course - Studiotheater on the topic of "Choreographieren Reflektieren" („Reflecting choreography“). Participants included Christiane Berger, Kerstin Evert, Susanne Foellmer, Yvonne Hardt. The conference was funded by Tanzplan Deutschland.
7th and 28th of July
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Zwischen Distanz und Nähe (Between distance and closeness): Dramaturgy in contemporary dance with Susanne Foellmer.
11th – 13th of July
Audition
The second, practical part of the entrance examination for the “SODA Solo / Dance / Authorship“ Masters course took place at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“. Of the 83 applicants 27 participated in the audition and 10 were accepted.
13th and 14th of July
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Talking about dance with Janine Schulze
August
Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz (HZT) – Pilot project Tanzplan Berlin in cooperation with the international dance festival TANZ IM AUGUST 2007
Students from the HZT Berlin participated together with other dancers in two workshops held as part of the Tanz im August festival: “The Deconstruction of Ballet” with Janet Panetta from New York (20th to 24th of August + 27th to 31st of August) and “Dance Techniques for Contemporary Bodies” with Milli Bitterli from Vienna (27th to 31st of August).
The students from the HZT Berlin also participated in a temporary ‘laboratory’ created by the choreography students from the ex.e.r.ce programme from Montpellier. Working under the motto, KNOWLEDGE AND FUN (K.A.F.), they created a space in the midst of the festival events in which they could talk, read, write, document, produce and perform together. From the 19th –31st of August daily.
25. and 26. August
Take-off: Junger Tanz. Tanzplan Düsseldorf: Workshop for choreographers and composers
As part of Take-off: Junger Tanz, Tanzplan Düsseldorf , the tanzhaus nrw together with the Tonhalle Düsseldorf is holding a workshop designed for professional choreographers and composers interested in interdisciplinary artistic work with children and young people. The workshops on the 25th and 26th of August aim to promote the exchange of ideas and experience, the conception of individual projects and the development of prospects for future cooperation between dance and music. Funding is available for the projects submitted at the conclusion.
5. September
Tanzplan Jugendclub K3
The Tanzplan Jugendclub K3 starts under the direction of choreographer and dance educator Friederike Lampert and in cooperation with the Fachverband Darstellendes Spiel, Gabriele Bähr – theater macht schule (theatre goes to school). Participation is open to pupils aged 15 and over who are interested in dance, who want to come once a week to get to know different dance techniques and choreographic methods of working, and who would like to be involved in two annual dance performances, which will be staged as part of the Tanzplan Hamburg at Kampnagel. Rehearsals and training are on Wednesdays from 5 – 7 pm. The Jugendclub K3’s first performance is planned for February 2008.
6. September
Press conference in Düsseldorf
A press conference was held from 10-11am with Dr. Veronika Dübgen, Bertram Müller, Martina Kessel, representatives from all venues, choreographer Silke Z., and two performers from her production "machtMut" on the occasion of the 2nd take-off Festival.
September 14th and 15th
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3 Produktionspraxis im Schweinsgalopp (production practice at a gallop) with Honne Dohrmann
September 22nd and 23rd
Course programme in the area of culture management and production practice at K3
Event technology: Introduction to the basics with Markus Both / Holger Duwe / Jörn Walter, 10 am - 5 pm
July 10th to 13th
Xtra FREI - Festival and forum for projects of the independant contemporary dance scene within Norddeutsches Tanztreffen – Tanzplan Bremen
steptext dance project and Tanzplan Bremen invite to the first festival of contemporary dance projects from the northern part of Germany: Xtra FREI. Independant companies and young choreographers of city theaters present their works at the Schwankhalle Bremen. Choreographers and companies from Hamburg, Hannover, Braunschweig, Bremen and the project ensemble PET_1 of Tanzlabor_21 Tanzplan Frankfurt Rhein_Main show their current projects, workshops, forums and panel discussions complete the programm.
July 20th - August 5th 2007
Tanzplan Potsdam: Artists in Residence: Arbeitswochen Choreografie #2 - Working Together
Just as it did last year, the fabrik will also hold the Arbeitswochen Choreografie (Choreography Workweeks) this summer. It is a platform for young choreographers, who will be able to work for two weeks in the Potsdam Studios. The focus in 06 was on solo works, but in 07 the joint starting point will be the topic of „Working Together“. ‘Collaboration’ has become a buzzword in the area of dance in recent years. But how can collaboration be (variously) implemented in the choreographic working process? Which methods of working meet which needs, and how does a specific method of working influence the choreographic product? The fabrik has invited five groups from Berlin, London, Stockholm and Zagreb to discuss and try out collaborative forms of work in collective workshops (with Antonia Baehr and Litó Walkey among others) both as part of an exchange with international mentors, and of course in work on individual projects.
The groups will present the results of their work in an Open Studio on August 4th at 6 pm.
July 23rd to August 3rd
Tanzplan Dresden: Sommerwerkstatt Muse7_07 (Summer Workshop)
Muse7_07 - the first summer workshop of Tanzplan Dresden takes place at the Palucca Schule Dresden and is aimed at dancers, choreographers, musicians, and children. The workshop includes courses in classical and contemporary dance, Forsythe Improvisation Technologies, Iyengar Yoga, theory of composition and script in dance, as well as special children's courses. In addition, the summer workshop offers creative residencies to young choreographers who can apply as a team to create contemporary dance works from an experimental approach (Closing date for applications is June 12th).
July 25th and 26th
Access to Dance. Tanzplan München: "anna tanzt II”
The second school project, part of the expanded Children’s and Young People’s Program of the Bavarian State Ballet, takes place as part of “studies” from Access to Dance. Tanzplan München. Around 110 students from the 8th form of the St. Anna Gymnasium and a class from the Berufsschule zur Berufsvorbereitung am Bogenhauser Kirchplatz (Bogenhauser Kirchplatz Vocational Training School) will work on developing their own choreography throughout the entire month of July under the direction of Berlin choreographer Nadja Raszewski and dancers and educators from the Bavarian State Ballet and from the Dance and School e.V.
The project began in summer 2006 and it was the idea of the Director of the St. Anna Gymnasium, Dr. Ingrid Neuner, to hold it for the first time together with the Bavarian State Ballet in their rehearsal rooms. They were an exciting and inspiring four weeks of non-competitive teamwork, concentration and passion, focused on an artistic product, which was then proudly presented to the public.
August 25th and 26th
Workshop for choreographers and composers
Within the context of „Take-off: Junger Tanz. Tanzplan Düsseldorf“, a workshop is organised by tanzhaus nrw in cooperation with Tonhalle Düsseldorf. It aims at choreographers and composers who are interested in the interdisciplinary work for children and adolescents. The workshop wants to stimulate an exchange of experiences, to formulate own projects and to develope perspectives for a future cooperation between dance and music. Financial support for projects can be obtained after the workshop.
September 15th and 16th
Masters Course in Contemporary Dance Education / Frankfurt
Within the framework of TANZLABOR_21, the Masters Course in Contemporary Dance Education under the direction of Prof. Kurt Koegel starts in the winter semester 07/08 at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt Main (HfMDK). The second selection process for the Masters Course is held on September15th and 16th in the Ausbildungsbereich ZuKT, HfMDK, Eschersheimer Landstr. 29 – 39, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.
September
Kursprogramm (course programme) / Hamburg
The program of courses in Cultural Management and Production Practice continues.
September 14th (5 p.m. - 10 p.m.) and September 15th (11a.m. - 4 p.m.): “Production procedures at full speed” with Honne Dohrmann
September 22nd and 23rd, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.: “Event organisation techniques: introduction to basics” with Markus Both, Holger Duwe and Jörn Walter.
September 13th – October 6th
2nd Festival Junger Tanz / Düsseldorf
Within the framework of “Tanzplan Düsseldorf”, the second “Take-off: Junger Tanz” Festival launches on September 13th. Children and young people are invited to experience the art of dance in stage performances, to visit rehearsals, take part in workshops and a large dance camp until 6th October. The festival will show the wide variety of artistic expression possible within the discipline of dance in more than 20 performances and a dozen workshops at five locations in Düsseldorf (tanzhaus nrw, Junges Schauspielhaus, Forum Freies Theater, Neuer Tanz and Tonhalle) with among others: Danstheater Aya (NL), De Stilte (NL), Dschungel Wien (A), Gudrun Lange/Marlin de Haan (D), Leandro Kees (D), Membros (BRA), Silke Z. (D), Katja F.M. Wolf / Renat Safiullin (D).
September 15th and 16th
A Body is as a Body isn’t (Virtual bodies)/Potsdam
Virtuality describes a room and a time of pure potential. In moments of virtuality bodies emerge from predetermined patterns and pictures – and enter into being, in the zone between the real and the imagined. The experimental symposium “A BODY IS AS A BODY ISN’T” gathers artistic and theoretical suggestions which try to make virtual reality recognizable and something that can be experienced. A simultaneousness of text, image, experience, movement, bodies, exhibition and observation will be set up in a large-scale installation supporting a three-dimensional network. Performances, films, videos, talks, installations. Programme during one night and one day with an overnight stay in the Black-Box. With Antonia Baehr, Alessio Bonaccorsi, Lisa Buck and Trilby Cox, Stephan Geene, Frédéric Gies, Stefan Pente, Ines Schaber, Tim Stüttgen, Rut Waldeyer and Gisa Schraml, William Wheeler, Laurie Young, and others. Curated by Stefan Pente and William Wheeler.
September 21st
Shaum: Première in Bremen
The première of a dance by Helge Letonja with a new composition by Jörg Ritzenhoff will be performed within the framework of Tanzplan Bremen – Norddeutsches Tanztreffen (North German dance meeting). Further performances: September 22nd, 27th, 28th, 29th 2007 at 8 p.m. in the Schwankhalle. Choreography: Helge Letonja; Dance: Anna Bussey, Virginia Gimeno Folgado, Günther Grollitsch, Jordi Vilaseca Lorite, Vanessa Pérez Tejedor; Lighting design: Frauke Richter; Production: steptext dance project, Bremen.
September 24th-30th
School Project and Vocational Training with Ana Catalina Roman / Munich
There are various school projects and further training courses in the programme area “studies” as part of “access to dance. Tanzplan München”, which are organized and coordinated by the association “Tanz und Schule e.V.”. The Spanish dancer Ana C. Roman will direct a 5-day school dance project in September at the Münchner Joseph von Fraunhofer Realschule and will spend 4 lessons a day working with a 9th class (aged 14). At the end of the project a small presentation of the work will be shown to the school.
Leading on from this school project, over a 3-day period, Ana C. Roman will present her methods of working to the project leaders (dancers and dance teachers) from “Tanz und Schule e.V.” in the framework of further training for teachers and at the same time will explain the structure of the school project and make it comprehensible and accessible.
September 25th
Dance in schools-Project / Frankfurt
“Die Jungs von Herder” (The Boys from Herder), IGS Herder Schule: The third project this year is aimed at a target group which is the most unlikely to be attracted to contemporary dance: boys! Nicole Peisl – dancer from the Forsythe Company – with teachers from the Herderschule has put together a group of boys from the 6th and 7th classes (aged 12-13) and as a creative team will work on a performance during the next few weeks. Performance on 25.9.07 at 7 p.m. in the Aula of the IGS Herder Schule, Wittelsbacher Allee 6-12, 60316 Frankfurt.