Dance icons in focus. Film lecture at the German Dance Film Institute Bremen

Kooperation mit Prof. Leonardo Cruz, Hochschule für Künste im Sozialen Ottersberg, . Wintersemester 2024/25

Inspiration and legacy of great female choreographers from Bremen theatre

What impulses do artists whose works have had a lasting impact on the world of dance provide? This year’s winter semester series at the German Dance Film Institute Bremen is looking at this question. Four film lectures will focus on influential figures in contemporary dance, all of whom are closely associated with Bremen’s theatre.

The interplay of film documentaries, examples of their work and background information will make artistic signatures and social references visible.

The film lectures will be led by Heide-Marie Härtel, founder and artistic director of the German Dance Film Institute Bremen. Härtel combines film documentaries, personal memories and professional categorisation. The seminar invites you to understand dance history not just as archive material, but as living heritage.

The dates at a glance:

18 October 2025, 8 pm: Johann Kresnik
The ‘political choreographer’: radical, provocative, uncomfortable.

15 November 2025, 8 pm: Reinhild Hoffmann
Poetic and body-conscious: dance theatre between image and movement.

13 December 2025, 8 pm: Susanne Linke
Strict form and expressive power: from solo to ensemble work.

17 January 2026, 8 pm: Urs Dietrich
The quiet creator: dance as a personal and collective narrative

All events take place at the Deutsches Tanzfilminstitut Bremen.