TANZTAGE BERLIN 2010

03-13 January 2010

Zoom in - Zoom out: The TANZTAGE BERLIN 2010 festival team is keeping an eye on their Berlin roots, taking a close look at the scene and, at the same time, over-growing their borders. Young Berlin artists will be put in focus, given support and encouragement.

Despite the Berlin connection, the festival has to include the reality of living and producing in the dance scene, which is shaped to a large degree by flexibility, mobility and transnationality. Consequently, the TANZTAGE BERLIN is progressing to meet the demands and experiences of a new generation of artists and in doing so, it continually reaches its financial limits. More than ever, the festival will be made possible by its partners, networks and bridging efforts but also through initiative and cooperation from the participating artists. These extend from our Berlin and national cooperation partners to Switzerland, Croatia, France, Portugal and Argentina.

For a festival made up of and for the international Berlin scene, it is important to broaden horizons and keep a look out for new ideas and impulses among newcomers from beyond Berlin – and to learn from them. This year, the TANZTAGE BERLIN are starting a cooperation with the production house STARY BROWAR nowy taniec and the curator Joanna Leśnirowska, the founder of the first residential programme for young choreographers in Poznan, Poland.

We also turn our attention to a critical discourse on dance. On the internet portal tanzpresse.de, there will be reports and interviews with the participating artists of this year’s festival. Under the leadership of Junior Professor Dr. Isa Wortelkamp, students of the MA in Dance Studies at the FU Berlin will accompany the festival, raise critical questions and write reviews to be discussed on the final evening with the choreographers and the public. The mobile dance bookshop, Books on the Move will also be present at the festival again. Come along!

Artistic Director Peter Pleyer Production Management Franziska Schrage Production Office Lina Maria Stahl, Cilgia Gadola Technical Management Benjamin Schälike, Sandra Blatterer Technical Management Sophiensaele Stefan Neumann Technical Department Walter Freitag, Lucas Gruber, Ernesto Hernandez, Werner Kernebeck, Fabian Lehmann, Norman Duncan Thörel, Falk Windmüller Video Documentation Mime Centrum Berlin Translations Karen Witthuhn Graphic Design Bailey und Bailey / www. baileyundbailey.de Printed by Gutendruck Thanks to the staff of Sophiensaele, ZTB e.V., Mimecentrum Berlin

The 19th TANZTAGEBERLIN is a production of the Tanztage Berlin GbR in cooperation with Sophiensaele, Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V. and the Polish Institute Berlin. Supported by the Governing Mayor of Berlin - Senate Chancellery for Cultural Affairs. With the kind support of Akt-Zent e.V., Tanzwerkstatt Berlin / Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, Ballettzentrum am Kurfürsten¬damm, Jivamukti Yoga Berlin, Eliashof, Buse Heberer Fromm Rechtsanwälte, Pro Helvetia, HZT, tanzpresse.de. and Dussmann.