Movement under observation. In conversation with Heather Jurgensen ballettKIEL*

Dokumentation eines Forschungsprojekts des Instituts für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Dr. Eileen Wanke

Heather Jurgensen, Acting Ballet Director of the Kiel Ballet, was recently invited to the German Dancfilm Institute Bremen. As part of a scientific film project, he talks to Heide-Marie Härtel about current differences in professional employment and about the approach to physical stress.

This interview is part of the research project of the Goethe-University Frankfurt on determining the risks of musculoskeletal occupations for dancer. Heather Jurgensen includes not only their contributions to the studio, but also enriched by their own experiences from the period as a long-term soloist at the Hamburg Ballet under the direction of John Neumeier.

She describes their personal approach with precautionary strategies and gives an overview of possible viable solutions to hair loss.

Excerpt from that interview finds itself in new documentary Vulnerably beautiful- Dance between Elegance and Risk, connecting the science and ruled Tanzpraxis in a fascinating way.