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| Tanzplattform Deutschland | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tanzplattform Deutschland |
| Formation | 2000 |
| Type | Cultural network |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Region | Germany |
| Language | German |
Tanzplattform Deutschland Tanzplattform Deutschland is a national platform for contemporary dance that convenes choreographers, companies, curators, presenters, festivals, and critics across Germany. It functions as a biennial showcase, development forum, and networking hub linking practitioners with institutions, funders, and international partners. The platform intersects with major German and European cultural institutions to present new works, critical discourse, and collaborative projects.
Tanzplattform Deutschland operates at the nexus of contemporary dance presentation and cultural policy, bringing together entities such as the Initiative Neue Musik, Stiftung Deutsches Theater, Theater der Welt, Tanz im August, and Hebbel am Ufer. It engages with producing organizations including Schaubühne, Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Kampnagel, and Sophiensaele. The platform functions as a site for artistic exchange with curatorial input from venues like Hellerau, Sophiensaele, Schauspielhaus Bochum, and international partners such as Festival d'Avignon, Venice Biennale, Edinburgh Festival, Jacques Offenbach institutions, and networks like European Dancehouse Network.
Initiated in 2000, Tanzplattform Deutschland was shaped by cultural stakeholders including the Bundesministerium für Kultur und Medien, regional ministries, and associations like Deutscher Kulturrat and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tanz. Early iterations convened alongside institutions such as Tanzraumberlin, Theater an der Wien, Staatstheater Hannover, and Münchner Kammerspiele. Over time the platform collaborated with presenters like Tanzmesse NRW, Hamburger Sprechwerk, Bayerische Staatsoper, and festivals including ImPulsTanz, Tanz im August, and München Biennale. Key policy moments involved discussions referencing frameworks associated with European Capital of Culture, Kultursommer, and funding instruments from Kulturstiftung des Bundes and Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
The organizing consortium comprises institutional partners such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsballett Berlin, regional houses like Theater Freiburg, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, and networks including KulturNetzwerk. An advisory board draws from figures associated with Akademie der Künste, Goethe-Institut, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, British Council, and the Institut français. Program decisions are informed by curators who have worked with Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, William Forsythe, Maguy Marin, Sasha Waltz, and companies like Tanzcompagnie Sasha Waltz, Rosas, and Company Wayne McGregor. Administrative partners often include municipal theatres such as Stadttheater Gießen and funding agencies like Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
Tanzplattform Deutschland stages a biennial showcase of premieres, research presentations, and symposiums featuring participants from institutions like Hamburger Theaternacht, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Kulturforum, and festivals including Mistake Festival and Noordung. Events encompass performances, panels, residencies, and commissioning labs with collaborators from European Choreographic Forum, TransArtists, DANCE-IN, and academic partners such as Universität der Künste Berlin, Folkwang Universität der Künste, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. The program often includes workshops led by artists linked to Pina Bausch, Maurice Béjart, Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown, and pedagogues from Moscow State Academy of Choreography traditions.
Funding partners span federal and state bodies such as Bundesministerium für Kultur und Medien, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa (Berlin), Kulturstiftung des Bundes, and various Landesministerien including Nordrhein-Westfalen Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft and Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst. Cultural partners include institutions like Goethe-Institut, British Council, Institut français, Polish Cultural Institute, and funding networks like European Cultural Foundation and Creative Europe. Sponsorship and cooperation have involved foundations including Körber-Stiftung, Adelbert von Chamisso Stiftung, Ruhrtriennale, and regional funds tied to municipalities such as Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.
Tanzplattform Deutschland has influenced programming at venues such as Schauspielhaus Zürich, Thalia Theater, Theater Basel, and festivals including Jacarta Dance Festival and Biennale de Lyon. Critics from publications like Die Zeit, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The Guardian, and Le Monde have covered its showcases. Academic analysis has appeared in journals tied to Tanzwissenschaft, Theaterwissenschaft, Performance Research, and institutions like ZKM and Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. The platform contributed to career development for artists now associated with Sasha Waltz & Guests, Pina Bausch Tanztheater, Rosas, and choreographers represented at Venice Biennale and Festival d'Avignon.
Artists, companies, and productions associated with the platform include choreographers and ensembles such as Sasha Waltz, Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Rosas, Wayne McGregor, Meg Stuart, Claudia Castellucci, Tscharls Perrault, John Neumeier, Marcel Ophüls collaborators, and productions staged subsequently at Hamburger Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Opernhaus Zürich, and Staatsoper Hannover. Presenters and curators have included figures from La Biennale di Venezia, Edinburgh International Festival, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Sadler's Wells, and Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Category:Dance in Germany