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SABINE GEHM
Direction Dance Congress 2013 (D)
After the first two editions 2006 in Berlin and 2009 in Hamburg, she directs together with Katharina von Wilcke the third Dance Congress 2013 in Düsseldorf. Besides, she has been the artistic director of the international festival TANZ Bremen since 2004 and works as a freelance curator and culture manager. Between 2001 and 2005, she coordinated the international network for performing arts ‘Junge Hunde’ which she co-founded. A graduate of cultural studies, she was a dramaturge and project director of diverse festivals (‘Junge Hunde’, ‘Independence Days’, ‘Tanzplattform Deutschland’ etc.) at Kampnagel from 1994 to 2001. She was previously responsible for organising the International Hamburg Summer Theatre Festival. Co-editor of the publications ‚Wissen in Bewegung’/‘Knowledge in Motion‘ (transcript, 2007).
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GABRIELE GIERZ
Choreographer (D)
studied literary studies (main emphasis on theatre and media) at the Universität Hamburg, was trained to become a dance pedagogue for modern expression dance at the Konservatorium Wien and completed complementary studies with Rosalia Chladek. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the Department of Dance of Ohio State University. Since then she has been developing and directing artistic dance projects and teaching contemporary dance as a choreographer, dancer and dance pedagogue. One of her current focuses is on working with the My Way-Ensemble, a dance company of dancers between 62 and 84 years of age, regularly developing and staging full-length theatre productions.
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PATRICIA GIMENO
Dancer, performer, dance pedagogue (ES/D)
started her education in ballet in Córdoba when she was six years old, and continued dancing ballet for fifteen years. While finishing her degree in Psychology in Holland, a new chapter in her career opened when Patricia was introduced to contemporary dance. Since then, she has been travelling around Europe, USA and India, exploring and investigating different forms of contemporary dance. Her continuous desire to learn led her to Frankfurt where, since April 2012, she is student of the Master’s Program for Contemporary Dance Pedagogy at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
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MIRANDA GLIKSON
Dancer (AUS/D)
received her Dance Performance Degree 1994 with Queensland University of Technology (AUS). She performed with The Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Tanzcompagnie Giessen, Bodytalk Bonn, GM Dance Cologne, diverse dance theatre projects and in her own ongoing choreographic work. Glikson worked as Company Trainer and Choreographic Assistant with Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg/Nordwest Tanz 2009 – 2011. She is a guest teacher for companies and institutions in Germany and Australia and regular collaborator and performer with music ensemble Giessen Imporovisers Pool. Her photographic practice includes several exhibitions in Germany, and involvement in/initiation of community arts projects integrating photographic tools with body work. She is student of the Master’s Program for Contemporary Dance Pedagogy at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts.
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DAMIAN GMUER
Dancer, choreographer (D)
studied at the Schweizer Ballettschule Zürich/International Dance School, received his Bachelor of Arts at the Open University, Milton Keynes/U.K. and studied musicology and cultural studies at the Hochschule Bremen. Since 1995 he has been dancing internationally with the most various companies (among others, Iceland Dance Company, MS Schrittmacher, Bern Ballett). He learned capoeira in Brazil with the Capoeira Companhia Pernas Pro Ar, where he completed his training in 2011 as a Graduado of CPPA – Graduated Capoerista. Since 2006 he has been teaching in Switzerland, Germany and Brazil, among other places.
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LAURENT GOLDRING
Visual artist, (F)
works since 1995 on representation in general and of the body in particular. As visual artist he had numerous exhibitions (Centre Pompidou, Foundation Gulbenkian, Fondation Cartier et al.) in his work he questions the actual domination of analogical images (photo, movies, video) by insisting on its great indigence. As choreographer he worked with, among others, Saskia Holbling, Sandrine Buring, Isabelle Schad, Louise Lecavallier and Benoît Lachambre Germana Civera, Bernhard Lang, Donata d’Urso, JM Rabeux, Benoît Lachambre, and Xavier Le Roy.
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MIRJAM GURTNER
© Hugo GlendinningDancer (CH/UK)
grew up in Switzerland and trained at Basel Theatre, the Vienna State Opera and the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She joined Transitions Dance Company in London and completed her studies with an MA in Dance Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance. In 2009 she moved to Berlin where she focussed on her own work that has been performed in London, Berlin and Ireland, most recently collaborated with visual artist Lise Chevalier for ‘DreamWalking XXIV, II’ (2010) and multidisciplinary artist Javier Cura, creating the duet ‘Inside, Outside, On!’ (2011). She has taught contemporary dance and led creative workshops throughout Europe.
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NEDJIMA HADJ-BENCHELABI
Curator (B)
Born in Algiers, Nedjma Hadj-Benchelabi lives and works in Brussels. She performed as member of the theater company Dito'Dito Brussels and worked with the Royal Flemish Theatre, Brussels. Since 2009 she has been a programmer at the European Cultural Centre les Halles de Schaerbeek where she initiated a program on Contemporary Literature and Performing Arts of the Arab world. In 2013, she was associate curator of “Daba Maroc” the artistic contemporary Moroccan season in Belgium. She published diverse articles such as “La dignité au bout des doigts. Revolutions Arabes”, “Un socle pour danser“, “Aujourd'hui Maroc x Belgique. Regards croisés.” hors série Daba Maroc. -
ADHAM HAFEZ
Choreographer, composer (EGY)
studied Contemporary dance at the Cairo Opera House, Western Classical Music Theory and History at Helwan University, Literature and Critical Theory at Ain Shams University, and Opera Singing at the Vocal Studio of Professor Dr. Neveen Allouba. He is founder of HaRaKa: Egypt’s first Dance Research, Development and Archive project; ‘Cairography’, Egypt’s only critical writing publication for choreography and performance studies, and ‘TransDance’, the series of transdisciplinary festivals on dance and performance
Adham works in Egypt producing performances, publications, initiating festivals, programming international artists residencies and research and educational programs, archiving Contemporary Dance Choreography in Egypt, as well as presenting his own work of performances, compositions and installations internationally.
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PROF. NIK HAFFNER
© Bettina StoessDancer, choreographer (D)
is working as a freelance choreographer making work for stage, film and exhibition. His interest in collaborative practises has led to developing projects with artists from many disciplines, e.g. with Christina Ciupke, Anna Williams, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion. He was a founding member of the group commerce (1999 – 2009), dancer with William Forsythe and Frankfurt Ballet (1994 – 2000) and artist in residence at ZKM Centre for Arts and Media. He has been teaching internationally and since 2008 is professor at the at Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT).
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CLAUDIA HANFGARN
Dancer, choreographer (D)
is a dancer, choreographer and qualified dance pedagogue. Since the end of the 1980s, she has been teaching, as an active dancer, both teachers and pupils at schools of general education. Since 2000 she has been directing in cooperation with the City of Bremerhaven the dance-pedagogical project Schultanz TAPST, which she initiated. Her projects have gained nationwide recognition: 2005 ‘Kinder zum Olymp!’ and 2010 ‘Mixed Up’. Since November 2012, TAPST has coordinated, among others, the Tanzfonds partners Stadttheater and Marktschule in Bremerhaven.
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HOLGER HARTUNG
Theater scholar (D)
has studied Theatre (with a focus on dance studies), North America studies and media and communication at Freie Universität Berlin. In his thesis he examined the aesthetics and use of video and film in contemporary dance. Currently he is assistant director and coordinator of the International Research Center ‘Interweaving Performance Cultures’ at Freie Universität Berlin. His dissertation project is concerned with the notion of ‘Tears, Cracks and Ruptures as Performative Spaces of the In-Between.’ He works as associate researcher for Tanzkongress 2013.
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DEBORAH HAY
© Rino RizziChoreographer (USA)
was trained to become a dancer by Merce Cunningham and Mia Slavenska in the 1960s and danced with the Cunningham Dance Company. Deborah Hay was a member of the Judson Dance Theater Company and in 1967 made a name for herself internationally as a choreographer. Her work mainly pursues the approach of dance dealing with other forms of art and of calling into question the distinction between trained and untrained performers. In the late 1990s, Hay focused almost exclusively on solos based on her new, experimental choreographic method. In her current phase of work, she is redefining this method in collaboration with highly qualified dancers. In 2013, after two years of working with Motion Bank, a project of the Forsythe Company, an interactive website dedicated to Deborah Hay’s choreographic aesthetics will be launched.
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DR. WALLACE HEIM
Author, philosopher (UK)
researches, writes and teaches on performance and nature and she does this in many places. She is co-editor of the Ashden Directory and Nature Performed. She is a research fellow at the Social Sculpture Research Unit, Oxford Brookes University and a trustee for PLATFORM. Her doctorate in philosophy was on performance, change and ethics.
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CLAUDIA HENNE
Journalist (D)
studied German studies and political science at the Freie Universität Berlin. From 1982 to 2002, Claudia Henne worked as a “permanent freelance” editor, presenter, author, and critic for the cultural programmes of the radio station Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and other ARD broadcasters. Her main focuses are dance, fine art and cultural policies. She occasionally writes for print media such as the dance periodical ‘tanz’. Since 2002 she has been working as a permanently employed editor at Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg and since 2009 as an editor in the radio station’s multimedia main department of culture.
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BRUNO HEYNDERICKX
Artistic director, Carte Blanche (NO)
After graduating in 1986, from the Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet, Antwerp, Bruno Heynderickx made an international career dancing for some of Europe’s renowned dance companies such as Scapino, Ballet du Nord, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Rui Horta Stage Works and more. In 1998, Heynderickx became artistic assistant of Rui Horta and went on to restage several of his works as well as working as guest teacher with different European dance companies. In 2000 Heynderickx aided Horta in the development of the multi-disciplinary arts and residency centre O Espaço do Tempo. In 2004, he began to manage and disseminate the work of several other artists/companies, founding the CAMPAI vzw in 2005, a trans-national production and management agency based in Belgium. Since August 2008 Heynderickx has been CEO and Artistic Director of the Norwegian National Company for Contemporary Dance Carte Blanche in Norway.
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MILLICENT HODSON
Choreographer (USA/UK)
Kenneth Archer, scenic consultant and art historian, and Millicent Hodson, choreographer, dance historian and graphic artist, reside in London and work through Ballets Old & New, to reconstruct modern masterpieces of dance and design as well as to create new works for the theatre. Archer and Hodson have reconstructed ballets by Nijinsky and Balanchine for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and by Börlin for De Mare’s Ballets Suedois, staging their productions for the world’s major ballet companies. They exhibit their drawings internationally and publish widely in the dance press. Archer's books include ‘Nicholas Roerich’ (1999) and a monograph on Roerich (2000 in Russian). Hodson’s books include ‘Nijinsky’s Crime Against Grace for Le Sacre du Printemps’ (1996) and ‘Nijinsky’s Bloomsbury Ballet, Jeux’ (2008).
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MEINRAD HUBER
Cultural manager (D)
worked for the Scala Theater in Ludwigsburg in the 1990s, where he programmed the jazz festival for many years. From 1987 to 2001 he directed the Theaterfestival Isny. With Claudia Bauer he founded the production office ecotopia dance productions and travelled with Ismael Ivo and his productions to may countries in Europe and South America. Since the opening of Theater Burghof in Lörrach in 1998, he has been responsible for its contemporary dance programme. From 1996 to 2009 he was the dance and theatre curator of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Since 2009 he has mainly been organising the tours of Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, Grupo Corpo, La La La Human Steps, Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and 2, Quasar Companhia de Dança, and São Paulo Companhia de Dança.
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JOA HUG
Choreographer (D)
studied History, Political Science and Sociology at the Universities of Freiburg and Oregon/Eugene (US), and Choreography at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. He worked as independent dancer with Body Weather Amsterdam a. o. and completed his M. A. on Artistic Research at the University of Amsterdam (2009). Based in Berlin, he initiated the Artistic Research Lab_Berlin and currently follows the doctoral artistic research programme at the Theatre Academy Helsinki. His investigation into the relationship between sensory perception and reflection connects practice-as-research with questioning the epistemological and methodological potential of artistic research.
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SILKE HURTZ
Movement pedagogue (D)
works as a dance social therapist and Ashtanga-Yoga teacher (BDY/EYU).
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DR. PIRKKO HUSEMANN
Theatre scholar, dance dramaturge (D)
worked 2008 – 2012 as curator for dance at Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, responsible a.o. for the festivals Tanz im August and Context. 2008 PhD at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Univeristy Frankfurt/Main with a dissertation on the choreographic working methods of Xavier Le Roy and Thomas Lehmen („Choreography as Critical Pracitce“ transcript: Bielefeld 2009). 2006 research associate for the Tanzkongress Deutschland in Berlin. 1997 – 2004 assistant of the artistic direction, project coordination and production office at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt/Main.