Tanz im August
Genrecontemporary dance
Beginsaround August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)Berlin
Inaugurated1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Patron(s)Hebbel am Ufer
People
Websitewww.tanzimaugust.de

Tanz im August ([tant͡s ɪm aʊ̯ˈɡʊst]; "Dance in August") is an annual festival for contemporary dance in Berlin. It was founded by Nele Hertling in West Berlin in 1988, and is now presented by the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) theatre company on various stages in Berlin. It presents companies from all over the world with their new choreography, aesthetics and formats, new projects by Berlin artists, collaboration with international guests, and co-production for world premieres and German premieres. Virve Sutinen has been artistic director from 2014.

History

Nele Hertling in 2012

Tanz im August was founded as an international festival for contemporary dance by Nele Hertling in 1988, then in West Berlin.[1][2] The festival developed to an annual festival of several weeks around August. It brings notable companies from all over the world together in Berlin, with new choreography, aesthetics and formats. The festival also presents new projects by Berlin artists, collaboration with international guests and the co-production of world premieres and German premieres.[3]

The festival is now presented by the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) theatre company.[2] The festival uses several venues: the three stages of HAU, and varying other stages throughout Berlin, including the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the Sophiensäle [de], the Radialsystem [de],[4] the Volksbühne, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the "Kindl Centre for Contemporary Art" and the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.[3]

Tanz im August is funded by the Capital Cultural Fund. Since 2014, Virve Sutinen from Sweden has been the artistic director.[3][5][6]

Productions

Numerous formats are fixed components of the festival program. Since 2016, the Bibliothek im August (Library in August) project at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz [de] (HAU2) has made books available that festival artists recommended as having influenced their work and thought. The 31st edition in 2019[7] featured 70 performances of 31 productions at eleven different venues with 160 artists from 15 countries.[8] The 2020 edition took place in a modified form due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] Instead of a stage program, an extended online program was offered.[9]

Tanz im August has been publishing a Magazin im August since 2014.[10]

Artistic direction

Artists

Artists and companies featured at Tanz im August have included Dominique Bagouet, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch,[12] Jérôme Bel,[13] Bruno Beltrão / Grupo de Rua, Rosemary Butcher,[14] Roberto Castello, Nora Chipaumire,[15] Michael Clark Company,[16] Cloud Gate Dance Theatre,[17] Martha Graham Dance Company, Trajal Harrell,[18] Deborah Hay,[19] Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, María La Ribot,[20] Faustin Linyekula, Constanza Macras' Dorky Park, Lemi Ponifasio,[21] Eszter Salamon, Wayne McGregor,[22] Meg Stuart[23] and Sasha Waltz.[24]

Retrospectives

Since 2015, Tanz im August has shown a retrospective of an important living artist every other year, resulting in a publication on their life and work.[25]

30th anniversary

In 2018, Tanz im August celebrated its 30th anniversary.[26] In addition to the festival events, journalist Claudia Henne compiled the festival's production history in an archive,[26] which is available in the Tanz im August Online Magazin.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Unter dem Leitstern internationaler Zeitgenossenschaft". Goethe Institut (in German). 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Tanz im August-Leiterin Virve Sutinen: "Man weiß nie, ob es funktioniert"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Tanz im August". HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin (in German). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Tanz im August: All Our Eyes Believe". radialsystem. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Der nordische Blick". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 28 April 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Virve Sutinen – Biography". Berliner Festspiele. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Tanz im August 2019 – Eine eher durchwachsene Eröffnung". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Tanz im August – 31st International Festival – 2019". Tanz im August. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Bühnenprogramm für Tanz im August abgesagt". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Magazin". Tanz im August (in German). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Kleine Schritte, große Sprünge". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 8 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ ""Neues Stück II" in der Hauptstadt". Pina Bausch Zentrum (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ Hüster, Wiebke (19 August 2019). "Festival "Tanz im August": Nach der Antike und nach der Natur". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ^ a b "TANZ IM AUGUST". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). 1 December 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. ^ Nora Chipaumemire on Charleroi-danse.be
  16. ^ "Michael Clark Company: "to a simple, rock 'n' roll ... song"". Haus der Berliner Festspiele (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Tanz im August – Internationales Festival Berlin – 1999". Tanz im August (in German). 22 October 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  18. ^ Trajal Harrel on Festival d'Avignon
  19. ^ a b "Tanz im August: RE–Perspective Deborah Hay". Portal Kunstgeschichte – Das Informationsportal für Kunsthistoriker im deutschsprachigen Raum (in German). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  20. ^ a b Luzina, Sandra (11 August 2017). "Ich brauche Wut, um komisch zu sein". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  21. ^ Luzina, Sandra (26 June 2010). "Ethik und Sex: "Tanz im August"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  22. ^ Luzina, Sandra (18 August 2018). "Das Meer in mir". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  23. ^ Luzina, Sandra (28 August 2000). "Meg Stuart: Tanz im August". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  24. ^ Weickmann, Dorion (24 August 2020). "Schönheitsschlaf". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  25. ^ "Retrospectives". Tanz im August. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Tanz im August – 30 Jahre FÜR IMMER TANZ". Tanz im August (in German). 2 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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