Dance Prize Cultural Salon PACT Zollverein 2024

On Friday, 11 October, the Tanzpreis Kultursalon took place at PACT Zollverein at 7 pm.

The Kultursalon offered visitors the opportunity to find out more about the art and work of this year’s award winners and honourees and to engage in dialogue with them. Sasha Waltz received the German Dance Award 2024, Dieter Heitkamp was honoured with a lifetime achievement award and explore dance – Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum was honoured for outstanding development in dance.

The evening’s dance was enriched by the explore dance production ‘Move More Morph It!’, choreographed by Anna Konjetzky. ‘Move More Morph It!’ is a mobile pop-up production for young audiences aged 8 and up and poses the questions: Who, how and what can I be? A body sets itself to music, providing the soundtrack for a journey through different identities, self-designs and fantastic characters. Large effects and subtle tones trick perception and awaken curiosity about a creative approach to attributions.

Michael Freundt, Managing Director of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, hosted the programme and engaged in conversation with the award winner and the honourees on stage. The laudatory speeches for Dieter Heitkamp and explore dance are part of the evening. The laudatory speech for Sasha Waltz was held the following evening at the Aalto Theatre in Essen as part of a festive dance gala.

After the Kultursalon, visitors were invited to a reception where they could socialise and linger.

An evening full of encounters!

The event was offered with translation into German Sign Language (DGS) and audio description (AD).

The team from the German Dance-Film-Institute Bremen documented the festive gala and award ceremony.