Projects | Events

The institute organises film events, exhibitions and lectures to present the treasures of the archive to the public. Guest performances are an additional enrichment of the dance landscape. Film workshops teach dance and film students adequate recording methods for dance.

For up-to-date information, see News.

Current and also archived events can be found in the Calendar.


Filmstill. Training für die Forschung. Theater Kiel

VULNERABLY BEAUTIFUL. Dance between elegance and risk

[ 10.07.2025 ] With Vulnerably Beautiful – Dance between Elegance and Risk, the German Dance Film Institute Bremen presents its latest documentary – [...mehr]

Prof. Dr. Dr. Eileen M. Wanke im Interview.

Dance Medical Researchv. An interview with Prof Dr Dr Eileen Wanke

[ 09.04.2025 ] What happens to the joints of dancers who perform at the highest level every day? A research project at the [...mehr]

Heather Jurgensen. Filmstill

Movement under observation. In conversation with Heather Jurgensen ballettKIEL*

[ 10.03.2025 ] Heather Jurgensen, Acting Ballet Director of the Kiel Ballet, was recently invited to the German Dancfilm Institute Bremen. As part [...mehr]

Wolfgang Heuer, Unfallkasse NRW (DGVU)

Dancing on safe ground. An Interview with Wolfgang Heuer on the influence of dance floors

[ 24.02.2025 ] The right floor plays a decisive role in rehearsals and performances in professional dance: it not only influences the feeling [...mehr]

Patricio Bunster im Grünen Tisch. Filmstill

THE MEMORY OF DANCE. Archive trips with Patricio Bunster

[ 10.12.2024 ] Dance can be a form of optimism that leads to the realisation that even in the greatest catastrophes, you can [...mehr]

Patricio Bunster Ausstellungsplakat 2024

Dance can be a form of optimism.” Patricio Bunster – choreographer from Chile in exile in the GDR. Exhibition

[ 26.10.2024 ] “Dance can be a form of optimism that leads to the realisation
that even in the greatest catastrophes you can [...mehr]

Monitor zur Darstellung analoger Materialien. Filmstill

Timeless Steps. Digitalisation at the German Dance Film Institute Bremen

[ 02.10.2024 ] At the German Dance Film Institute Bremen, the state-of-the-art digitisation department preserves unique cultural assets for future generations. Using professional [...mehr]

Motion capture. Bewegungsansicht als Avatar

Dance medicine research meets ballet art. theatreKiel*

[ 11.07.2024 bis 12.07.2024 ] The team from the German Dance Film Institute Bremen is currently accompanying a dance medicine research project at Goethe University [...mehr]

ballettKiel Eugen Onegin. Ensemble. © Olaf Struck

(Deutsch) Eugen Onegin. Ballett von Yaroslav Ivanenko [ballettKIEL*]

[ 10.07.2024 ] [...mehr]

Hans Kresnik bei Proben. Fidelio? Foto vom Flohmarkt.

Treasures from the theater flea market: Photos with Hans Krensik discovered!

[ 21.06.2024 ] Amidst stacked drums, mixed desks, a collection of sofas, piano stools and sun longers an a 3-meter-high King Kong, we [...mehr]

Foto: Maciej Rusinek

(Deutsch) Inspirierende Begegnung: Dieter Heitkamp im Tanzfilminstitut

[ 10.06.2024 bis 13.06.2024 ] [...mehr]

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(Deutsch) Der kleine Prinz aus Gröpelingen – Filmpremiere im Lichthaus

[ 16.06.2024 19:00 ] “Tanz im Lichthaus“, die Ballettschule im Hafen von Carolin Böhse-Krings, feiert die Filmpremiere ihres Programms ‘Der kleinen Prinz aus Gröpelingen’, [...mehr]

(Deutsch) Ballett ist Hochleistungssport. Forschungsprojekt soll Risiken minimieren

[ 04.06.2024 ] Balletttanz ist Hochleistungssport, auch wenn Sprünge und Drehungen mühelos aussehen. Unfälle, aber auch falsche Bewegungen bergen für die Tänzerinnen und [...mehr]

(Deutsch) La mer en moi. Von Helge Letonja mit Kossi Sebastien A. Wokawui

[ 11.05.2024 20:00 ] [...mehr]

Tanz: Seu Kim. Foto: Stephan Walzl

(Deutsch) Kratt von Antoine Jully. Choreografische Uraufführung in Oldenburg

[ 10.05.2024 ] [...mehr]

The archive of the Kibbutz contemporary dance company before the evacuation (2)_2023. © KCDC

SPECIAL JOURNEY. Saving the Archive of Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company

[ 01.01.2024 ] Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC), one of the world’s leading dance companies was founded in 1970 by the late Yehudit [...mehr]

InZwischen_tanzbar. Probe. © Mariann Menke

(Deutsch) InZwischen. tanzbar_bremen [Premiere]

[ 01.03.2024 20:00 ] [...mehr]

Vorbereitung der Capture-Motion-Untersuchung im Ballettsaal Oldenburg.

VERLETZLICH SCHÖN – Dance between elegance and risk. A study by Goethe University Frankfurt

[ 22.02.2024 bis 23.02.2024 ] The film team from the German Dance Film Institute Bremen is accompanying a major research project by the scientific team [...mehr]

Dreharbeiten im Institut mit Ulrich Roehm. Foto: Yanitsa Genova

Yanitsas Volunteer Report

[ 01.01.2024 ] “I’m writing this on my way home, but where my home is right now is in doubt. My eyes are [...mehr]

Forum am Wall - Sitz des Instituts

A Day at the German Dancefilminstitut Bremen

[ 18.12.2023 ] What is the TaFi for you? This question is at the centre of the short film “A Day at the [...mehr]

Bibliotheca Albertina Leipzig

Dance archives and digital transformation. Conference of the Association of German Dance Archives

[ 17.11.2023 bis 18.11.2023 ] Institute for Theatre Studies at the University of Leipzig
17 November 2023, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.Working conference of the [...mehr]

Cicatrices - Narben der Erde. Photo: Marianne Menke

young artists celebrate 20th anniversary | new production “Cicatrices-Scars of the Earth”

[ 16.11.2023 bis 19.11.2023 ] The anniversary production will celebrate its premiere on 18 November, exactly 20 years after the first young artists premiere. It [...mehr]

Ein Raum für Zeit. Filmstill

(Deutsch) Ein Raum für Zeit – Videoportrait über die Kulturorganisation O Espaço do Tempo

[ 18.11.2023 ] [...mehr]

Wandering Mind. Folkwang Tanzstudio. Foto: Ursula Kaufmann

German Dance Award 2023 – Grand Dance Gala and Award Ceremony

[ 14.10.2023 ] The Dachverband Tanz Deutschland invites you to a multifaceted dance gala on Saturday, 14 October at 6 pm at the [...mehr]