Dance

IMPACTZONE'25

March 25 & 26, 7.30 p.m., Concert Hall (Unter Krahnenbäumen 87, 50668 Cologne)

The IMPACTZONE series, initiated by the Center for Contemporary Dance (CCD) at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, presents choreographies by international artists that are developed and performed together with CCD students. A lively dialog that makes the diversity of contemporary dance art tangible - and in the anniversary year of the HfMT also celebrates the birth of dance at the university 30 years ago. This year's edition includes the two pieces No title yet and AeReA .

In No title yet, four choreographers, a lighting designer, a sound artist and a group of dancers embark on an intensive creative process in which proposals are constantly translated and transformed. An interdisciplinary relay based on a dialogue between art forms, highlighting movement as a catalyzing creative material.

AeReA focuses on an object that has always served to express notions of belonging and separation and to mark the distinction between a hypothetical us and the others: the flag. In close proximity, as if they were part of a common anatomy, people and flags merge into a moving engine of images. The silver-grey flags, freed of signs and symbols, reveal themselves in their pure, sculptural form. A zero point without connotations, in which everything can arise, begin or disappear.

No title yet - UA
CHOREOGRAPHY/SOUND/LIGHT Ibrahima Camara, Adonis Nebie, Vera Sander, Sigue Sayouba, Dirk Specht, Marco Wehrspann
DANCE Kojiro Imada, Adonis Nebie, Sigue Sayouba
and Maj Matilda Behrends, Paulina Brunner, Lena Valentina Hauth (students of Department 7, Center for Contemporary Dance)

AeReA
CHOREOGRAPHY Ginevra Panzetti, Enrico Ticconi
SOUND Demetrio Castellucci
DANCE Valeria Cordes, Nadine Kribbe, Luise Maya Menges, Lilli Nocon, Anastasiia Igorevna Pavlina, Marret Ahn Schlette-Kissling, Elodie Morgane Zermatten  Lilly Antonia Zintl (Students of Department 7, Center for Contemporary Dance)

Artistic Director IMPACTZONE: Prof. Vera Sander

Tickets 6,- €
Tickets at the box office and at kölnticket. University members and members of the Förderverein have free admission with prior reservation at reservierungen@hfmt-koeln.de.

“What’s the big deal about access?”
Moving ableisms and accessibilities in music and dance
Lectures * Workshops * Performances * Interventions 
 
With Steven Solbrig, Marc Brew, Tanja Erhart, Raina Hofer, Juli Reinartz and others
 
April 14 - 17, 2025
Zentrum für Zeitgenössischen Tanz, Turmstraße 3-5, 50773 Köln
 
This week invites a sharing questions of accessibility, ableism and diversity in art practice, particularly in dance, music and performance. Who has access to stages, audiences, education? Who is considered as being ‘able’ to perform professionally? And how do we all influence and co-produce such notions?
Lectures, workshops, performances and interventions by and with guests and students open up encounters and engagements with diverse corporealities as a way to challenge, to problematize and to expand common notions of ‘the norm’.

PROGRAM

April 14
9.00 - 9.45      Cripping Wahrnehmung - Ästhetik & Zugang in der darstellenden Kunst Opening Lecture with Steven Solbrig
10.00 - 12.00  luscious dancing access - lustvolle Zugänglichkeiten im Tanz Workshop with Tanja Erhart + Raina Hofer
10.00 - 12.00  Collective Resting Areas
12.30 - 13.30  Gathering, Reflecting, Sharing
 
 
April 15
9.00 - 9.30      Tune-in with CCD students
10.00 - 12.00  Inclusive Training Fundamentals, Workshop with Marc Brew
10.00 - 12.00  X Ways of Working with Crip Time, Workshop with Juli Reinartz
10.00 - 12.00  Collective Resting Areas                   
12.15 - 13.30  Gathering, Reflecting, Sharing
18:00 - 19:00  Negotiating Disability in Performance, Lecture Performance by Marc Brew 
 
April 16
9.00 - 9.30      Tune-in with CCD students
10.00 - 12.00  Creating Inclusive Dance, Workshop with Marc Brew
10.00 - 12.00  X Ways of Working with Crip Time, Workshop with Juli Reinartz
10.00 - 12.00  Collective Resting Areas
12.15 - 13.30  Gathering, Reflecting, Sharing
18:00 - 19:00  All late, all babe, Lecture Performance by Juli Reinartz
 
April 17
9.00 - 9.30       Tune-in with CCD students
10.00 - 12.00   What‘s up, next and beyond? Round Table with guests of the week
12.30 - 13.30   Gathering, Reflecting, Sharing... and Closing
 
Language: German and English.
 
Admission: Free, registration is required.
 
Accessibility: All spaces are located on the ground floor and can be accessed
with a wheel chair. A barrier free toilet is located next to studio 2.
It will unfortunately not be possible to provide sign language and audiodescription for all slots of the event. Please contact us about your specific access needs at koordination-zzt@hfmt-koeln.de preferably before April 1st..

In this event all participants are welcome to make themselves comfortable. There will be a variety of seating options and a resting area.
 
Location: All events happen on the campus of CCD (Centre for Contempoaray
Dance), Turmstrasse 3-5, 50733 Cologne Nippes.
CCD can be reached via U-Bahn (Florastraße). There is no parking space available exclusively for the event.

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Research Fellowship in Dance Studies

Queering the Archive, Valeska Gert from a North-American perspective, the roots of Israeli folk dance in German dance modernism - all of these projects have been supported by the Forschungskolleg Tanzwissenschaft in recent years.
 
Also this year the Commission for Equality of the University of Music and Dance, together with the CCD and the German Dance Archive Cologne, once again offers a research grant. Particularly good news: thanks to the generous support of the equality, the prize money can be increased to 3,000 euros this year the second time in a row. 
 
National and international doctoral and post-doctoral scholars working on gender-specific issues or methodological approaches are eligible to apply.
 
The fellowship supports high-quality and interdisciplinary dance research that explicitly works with the holdings of the German Dance Archive Cologne. Guest workshops or lectures of the respective fellows guarantee the feedback of innovative ideas into the study environments of teaching praxis in dance and dance studies.
 
The fellowship is linked to a residency obligation of 4-6 weeks in Cologne during the semester periods (October-January or April-June) as well as a presentation, discussion or workshop on the fellows' research atf the CCD or the Tanzarchiv Cologne. The residency must begin in 2025.
 
Applications should be sent by April 14, 2025 with a completed application form (see below), a research synopsis of 5-10 pages, curriculum vitae with list of publications, and information on current institutional affiliation to: gleichstellung@hfmt-koeln.de.
 
Inquiries via email to Yvonne Hardt.

Call Fellowship

Call for Applications: Teaching Position for Ballet for Contemporary Dancers

At the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in Department 7: Center for Contemporary Dance, a teaching position for ballet for contemporary dancers is available for the winter semester 2025/26 with an expected scope of up to 9 semester hours per week to be filled.

We are looking for a renowned dance artist who represents the field of ballet for contemporary dancers at the ZZT.bThe responsibilities include teaching in the BA Dance in the field of ballet for contemporary dancers in close connection with the profile of the ZZT and collegial cooperation with the other teachers of the subject area. Ballet for contemporary dancers is understood at the ZZT as a movement concept that promotes a functional understanding of the body.

Application Deadline: April 10, 2025

Call for Applications

Call for Applications: W2 Professorship (50%) for Contemporary Dance Artistic Practice

The Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln is seeking to fill a W2 Professorship (50%) for Contemporary Dance Artistic Practice (m/f/d) at the Cologne campus within Department 7 / Centre for Contemporary Dance (ZZT), starting in the Winter Semester 2025/26.

We are looking for a renowned dance artist with the ability to teach contemporary dance techniques while drawing on a diverse range of methodological approaches.
Responsibilities include contributing to the further development and shaping of study and research profiles, as well as the curriculum for the BA Dance program in both focal areas (Performative Practice and Dance Mediation), in alignment with the ZZT’s profile. Additionally, the role involves strengthening the BA Dance program’s connections to the professional artistic field, as well as supervising student projects and final theses.

Application Deadline: April 17, 2025

Call for Applications

We are happy to share one of the key outcomes of the artistic research project "RELAY - Thinking Artistic Material in Music and Dance" with you: the RELAY ARTicle on Research Catalogue!

RELAY is a three year is a three-year artistic research project made possible by the ERASMUS+ program "Cooperation Partnerships". It focuses on artistic-pedagogical developments in the fields of choreography, dance, music and composition. You'll find more information about the project here.

The RELAY ARTicle shares artistic practices, pedagogical activities, documents and documentations of the process, writings, scores, methods, practical tools as well as  recollections by and about the practitioners involved in the project.

Throughout the project, we developed insights, practices, and tools around five key topics: relaying, multitude of perspectives, transformational practices, sustainability and  learning. Our findings and reflections on the principles and methods of RELAY can be explored on the page. The non-linear structure invites you to explore the material in various ways and discover multi-dimensional connections.

The ToolCloud provides access to tools, scores, and practices and invites you to use and adapt them in your own work.

Dive right in and explore!

New Publication "Virtual Ecologies - Digitalitäten und Ökologien im Feld des Tanzes"

We are excited to announce the release of the new publication „Virtual Ecologies – Digitalitäten und Ökologien im Feld des Tanzes“! 
New technologies and digital formats are significantly transforming the practice of dance. How are dancers, dance scholars, and activists around the world responding to these new challenges? How can we understand ourselves as interconnected under these planetary conditions and collaboratively generate knowledge? Edited by Yvonne Hardt, Marisa Berg, Anna Chwialkowska, and Ulrike Nestler, this publication explores phenomena such as mixed reality, artificial intelligence, and dance trends on social media, situating them within more-than-human ecologies.
The book gathers current contributions from the international conference of the same name held last fall at ZZT. It is now available from transcript Verlag.

From conference to yearbook – we’d love to celebrate with you! The book launch will take place on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 2 pm in the ZZT building (4th floor). You are warmly invited to join us and raise a glass in celebration!
 

New Publication "Szenarien des Übergangs"

We warmly congratulate Miriam Althammer on the publication of her dissertation, "Szenarien des Übergangs. Zeitgenössischer Tanz in Südosteuropa zwischen Institution und künstlerischer Praxis", which she completed at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In this work, she addresses a topic that has received little attention in dance studies so far: the impact of the Eastern expansion of Europe on contemporary dance. Using the example of East/West exchange at Tanzquartier Vienna, she explores artistic-institutional practices of Southeast European dancer-choreographers through oral histories. Her focus is on the modes of transmitting embodied knowledge within the interview situation as a performative act, as well as on expanding the concept of the archive within the framework of a critical culture of remembrance.

The book has been published in the Scenae series by Verlag Rombach Wissenschaft / Nomos.

Paulina Brunner, Friederike Reif, and Renato Sbardelotto receive the Deutschlandstipendium

We warmly congratulate Paulina Brunner from the BA Dance program, Friederike Reif from the MA Dance Studies program, and Renato Sbardelotto from the MA Mediation in Dance program on being awarded the Deutschlandstipendium!
The scholarship for Friederike Reif is sponsored by the Cologne Lyceum Club, an organization dedicated to promoting artistic and cultural exchange among women. It supports her theoretical-practical research on breaking down rigid gender roles in partner dance as "dancing in twos."

Would you like to support the next generation of dancers, dance educators, and dance scholars? Become a supporter of the Deutschlandstipendium!
The Deutschlandstipendium is funded equally by private and public contributions. The private contribution of €150 per month for one year of student support is doubled by the state, allowing for a scholarship of €300 to be granted. The private portion can also be shared by multiple contributors.
For more information, click here or feel free to contact us at deutschlandstipendium@hfmt-koeln.de.
 

unfolded no. 13

With choreographies by Sigué Sayouba & Wencke Kriemer de Matos

The thirteenth edition of ‘unfolded’ presents two choreographic works by Sigué Sayouba and Wencke Kriemer de Matos, each of which was created in collaboration with students from the BA Dance program at the HfMT.

In ‘Habitat’ by Wencke Kriemer de Matos, the stage becomes a unique living space, a place of possibilities where individual stories merge into a common web - a living habitat. The performers enter into a dialogue with themselves and with each other, posing fundamental questions about existence: Are we really where we want to be? Do we have enough space to find our answers?

In ‘UNEXPECTED’, Sigué Sayouba and the dancers challenge the body beyond the individual and their thoughts, but above all beyond the group. The piece evokes moments, experiences and occurrences that surprise, unsettle and amaze and invites us to overcome physical limits, abilities and uncertainties. In this space, anything can happen, beyond doubt, beyond the ephemeral, beyond the body...

Close collaboration with the professional field is an important part of the BA Dance curriculum. As part of the performance projects, students engage with the working methods of renowned contemporary choreographers, develop a choreographic work together and present it to the public.

Performance dates:

04.10. & 05.10.2024, 8.00 pm

Studiotheater ZZT, Turmstrasse 3-5, Cologne Nippes

Free admission

Registration via https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/2c085e6d8b74aa54fd0191b72a477f2b-853543

Dance Studies Research Fellowship awarded to Anne-Sophie Reichert

Once more, we are happy to announce that the university's Equal Opportunities Commission in collaboration with the German Dance Archiv has awarded the research scholarship for dance studies! We congratulate Anne-Sophie Reichert, who will be our guest at the ZZT from October. The cultural anthropologist researches somatic and affective forms of knowledge, embodied learning, habits and skills and has studied political science, political theory and anthropology in Berlin, Chicago, Davis and Berkeley and completed her doctorate at the University of Chicago on movement and perception techniques in contemporary dance.

During her stay at the ZZT and the German Dance Archive Cologne, she is researching how dancers in the 20th century have dedicated themselves to the non-human. She asks: How have dancers approached animals, plants and the elements physically not in a mimetically sense but sensually and in movement and examines what interest feminist positions in particular have in the non-human and in relation to changing understandings of nature. We are looking forward to her discussing her work with students as part of the Forschungskolleg Tanzwissenschaft and a workshop with students.

Future Move Dance - Career Perspectives for Young Dance Professionals

We are excited to be part of the mentoring program "Future Move - Career Perspectives for Young Dance Professionals," starting on September 13th!

The program is aimed at individuals from marginalized communities and dance contexts. We are particularly excited to welcome applications from BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), FLINTA* (Women, Lesbians, Trans, Intersex, Non-binary, and Agender individuals), and people with disabilities.

Participants will meet dance artists and professionals working in the dance field in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia. Through workshops, they will learn more about different career paths and working methods. They will visit various art and cultural venues, gaining insights into the theater field and various dance-related professions, such as choreographer, producer, dance educator, or theater director.

As part of the project, participants will receive guidance on training opportunities and educational funding. They will also get to know different educational institutions, such as vocational schools and universities, through visits and interactions with students. With the support of professional coaches, the participants will develop their own dance piece, which will be presented at Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg in a private event.

More information and announcement

Three new reviews online

Three premieres were reviewed for "Bewegungsmelder": Sometimes I see The Future by Choy Ka Fai, reviewed by Frederike Bohr, More Than by Shahar Binyamini and fem:me by Kollektiv Diphthong, reviewed by Lynn Kuhfuß.

Bewegungsmelder is a project by nrw landesbuero tanz, tanznetz.de and the Master of Dance Studies at the Center for Contemporary Dance at the Cologne University of Music and Dance to open up national cultural reporting on the independent dance scene in NRW to the next generation - and to give dance in NRW more publicity.

The CROSSOVER scholarship is a funding project of KunstSalon e.V., made possible by the KunstSalon Foundation. It has been providing financial and structural support to ZZT graduates every year since 2017.
Isabel Carvalho was selected for funding in 2024. Andreas Schmitz, Chairman of the Board of the KunstSalon Foundation, Silvia Ehnis Perez Duarte, Artistic Director & Curator of TANZRESIDENZ in the Quartier am Hafen and Vera Sander, Head of the BA Dance program at the HfMT, were involved in the decision-making process. The scholarship includes financial support of €1,500 as well as 12 months of guidance, advice and support with communication strategies, work processes and the development of a professional network.
Congratulations, Isabel!