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Selected Lectures and
Seminars since 1994


> since 2006
> 2004 - 2005
> 2002 - 2003
> 2000 - 2001
> 1998 - 1999
> 1996 - 1997
> 1994 - 1995
     So as to serve the public and the international interest in German Dance, the offers compilations of video-lectures and seminars about a variety of dance-specific themes.

In the context of the international cultural work of the Goethe-Institute, a long-standing tradition of the presentation of German Dance abroad developed itself.

If you are interested in specific lectures, please contact the institute.


You can find current lectures under the headings:
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From 2006
    

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INTERNATIONALE TANZGESCHICHT
IM ÜBERBLICK
(Survey of International Dance History)
A Seminar with the Topics:
A History of Classical Dance in the West.
Protagonists and Pioneers,
Dance History of the US.
Dance and Film in the context of
international cinematic history.		    


National Conservatory
for the Fine Arts, Goethe-Institut Almaty,
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Almaty, Kasachstan, December 2006

  
   
               
   
TANZ UND SPORT
(Dance and Sports)
How much art is hidden in ballroom dance,
or how much sport is in stagedance?
    
A lecture in the series of events for the
City of Sport: Bremen
Haus der Wissenschaft
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bremen, November 2006		  
   
               
   
TANZLAND DEUTSCHLAND
(Country of Dance: Germany)
100 Years - 100 Pieces


    
Festival "Theater im Fluss"
(Theatre Afloat)
23rd Meeting of School Theatres across the Nation
Wallsaal of the Municipal Library
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bremen, September 2006		  
   
               
   
DAS BILD DER BEWEGUNG
(The Image of Movement)
A Meeting of Film and Dance
    


Outnow Festival,
Schwankhalle Bremen
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bremen, June 2006

  
   
               
   
CROSSOVER MOVES
Thoughts about Choreographic Work
by Deborah Colker

    
Festival Movimentos,
Speaker: Irmela Kästner

Wolfsburg, June 2006		  
   
               
                           
   
2004 - 2005
    

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TANZ UND FILM
(Dance and Film)
Languages of movement come together
A seminar for dancers and choreographers
    
Goethe-Institut Belgrade,
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Belgrade, April 2005		  
   
               
   
WIE WAR DAS NOCH? (1)
(Let’s remember – 1)
Dance film between historical documentation and choreographic memory

    
Tanz Bremen Festival,
Schauspielhaus Bremen
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bremen, March 2005		  
   
               
   
WIE WAR DAS NOCH? (2)
(Let’s remember – 2)
Susanne Linke shares memories of Dore Hoyer		    
Tanz Bremen Festival,
Schauspielhaus Bremen
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bremen, March 2005		  
   
               
   
TANZ MIT UND IN DEUTSCHLAND
(Dance with and within Germany)
A Communication between
Dance and Politics
A series of lectures by the
Dance Theatre Bonn (Johann Kresnik)		    
Städtische Bühnen Bonn,
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bonn, December 2004		  
   
               
   
PROTAGONISTEN DES
DEUTSCHEN TANZTHEATERS
(The Protagonists of the
German Dance Theatre)
A seminar with the topics:
The works of Pina Bausch,
The works of Johann Kresnik,
The works of Susanne Linke,
The works of Gerhard Bohner.
    
XII. Annual International Contemporary Dance Conference and Performance Festival,
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bytom, Poland, July 2004 		 
   
               
                           
   
2002 - 2003
    

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AUFBRUCH UND UMBRUCH
(Deprature and Upheaval)
Dance in Germany 1965-1975

   
Exhibition "Crocodile in the Swan Lake",
Akademie der Künste Berlin
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Berlin, October 2003		  
   
               
   
SOLOTANZ
(Solodance)
Open air Installation and lecture
about the history of solo dances
    
Festival: "Im Zeichen der Löwin",
Künstlerinnenhof "Die Höge"
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bassum, August 2003		  
   
               
   
DER TANZ IM TV-BERICHT
(TV Reporting on Dance)
The history of dance theatre reflected by cultural journalism
    
Dance Academy Cologne,
as part of theory lessons for dance students
Director:
Prof. Dr. Claudia Jeschke
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Cologne, November 2002		  
   
               
   
PROTAGONISTEN UND VORDENKER
(Protagonists and Pioneers)
Videodance - filmdance: the development of a new genre		    
Goethe-Institut Almaty,
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Almaty, Kasachstan, September 2002 		 
   
               
   
VON RUDOLF VON LABAN
ZU WILLIAM FORSYTHE
(Rudolf von Laban to William Forsythe)		    
Goethe-Institut Taschkent
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Taschkent, Usbekistan, May 2002 		 
   
               
   
VON CUNNINGHAM ZUM NEW DANCE
(From Cunningham to New Dance)
How Dance became Democratic
    
Series of Events"Body and Bytes",
Kunsthalle Bremen
Speaker: Gabriele Wittmann

Bremen, March 2002		  
   
               
                           
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100 YEARS OF MODERN DANCE
IN GERMANY		    
Goethe-Institut Toronto
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Toronto, October 2000		  
   
               
   
STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION
OF DANCE IN GERMANY
A series of three lectures

The New Creatureralness
Classical Dance in Germany
Expressional Dance in Germany		    
Goethe-Institut
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Moscow / Ekatarinenburg / Tscheljabinsk,
October 2000		  
   
               
   
30 YEARS OF DANCE THEATRE -
HISTORY IN FORM OF A
COMMENTED FILM CHRONICLE
A series of lectures

Changin Body Conception in Dance
Dance and Interculturality
Dance and the new creaturalness
Dance and Space
Concept: Dance
GDR Stretching: Irina Pauls and Jo Fabian 		   
National Theatre Academy; Beijing,
National Theatre Academy; Shanghai
Speakers: Gabriele Wittmann,
Heide-Marie Härtel

Beijing and Shanghai, October 2000 		 
   
               
   
COUNTRY OF DANCE:GERMANY 		   
Festival of Dance; Regensburg
National Theatre Oldenburg
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Regensburg, December 1999
Oldenburg, January 2000 		 
   
               
                           
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THE PROBLEM WITH
BLACK HOLES 		   
Media Academy Cologne
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Cologne, November 1999		  
   
               
   
FROM RUDOLF VON LABAN
TO WILLIAM FORSYTHE 		   
Technogerma
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Jakarta, March 1999		  
   
               
   
DANCE IN GERMANY
History and Current Situation
A series of lectures

Techniques of Contemporary Choreography
History of Dance Theatre		    
Centre for Modern Arts
Goethe-Institut Warsaw
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Claudia Jeschke,
Heide-Marie Härtel

Warsaw, November 1998 		 
   
               
   
CINEMA AND DANCE
100 years of the history
of dance on celluloid		    
Days of Dance in Berne 1998
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Berne, November 1998		  
   
               
   
DESIRE FOR DANCING		    
Contribution to the Conference of the German Stage Assembly; City Hall Minden
Speakers: Anne Neumann,
Heide-Marie Härtel

Minden, May 1998 		 
   
               
   
THE NEW GENERATION
OF CHOREOGRAPHERS IN GERMANY
A series of lectures

Points of Contact between Cultures
Changes in the Dance Pedagogics in Germany		    
Max-Müller-Bhavan-Institut, Goethe-Institut Bangalore, Cultural Centre; Kochin
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Bangalore, Kochin, March 1998 		 
   
               
                           
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DANCE BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS
A series of lectures

The protagonists of dance theatre
Structure, promotion and education
of dance in Germany
Dance and Video

    
Indira Gandhi Institute for the arts, Max-Müller Bhavan-Institut, Goethe-Institut
Speakernen: Heide-Marie Härtel,
Heike Lehmke

New Delhi, Dezember 1996
Bangalore, Dezember 1996 		 
   
               
   


DANCE IN GERMANY-
A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
The history of the

    
A programme of lectures for the founding of the Italian Dance Film Archive
Fondatione Roma,
Goethe-Institut Rome
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Rome, November 1996		  
   
               
   
100 YEARS OF DANCE IN GERMANY
A glance on the changes in
the conceptions of space and time
in the craft of choreogrpahy		    
Office for Church and Culture
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Dortmund, October 1996 		 
   
               
   
DANCE AS A MOVING FRAME
Considering the development
of cinematic techniques in
choreogrpahy and stage dance		    
Symposium for dramaturgy,
Institute for Theatre SciencesLeipzig
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

July 1996 		 
   
               
   
CHOREOGRAPHERS IN GERMANY
AND 100 YEARS OF CINEMA
A series of lectures

The history of dance theatre at Municipal Theatres
Dance Schools in Germany since 1945
Dance in Germany -Intersection 1995 		   
Park Tower Art Programme
Goethe-Institut Tokyo
Speakers: Heide-Marie Härtel,
Claudia Henne, Leonore Welzien

Tokyo, March 1996 		 
   
               
   
THE YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS OF
DANCE THEATRE
A series of lectures:

Classical Dance in Germany
Between Pina Bausch and William Forsythe 		   
Institute for Theater Sciences,
Goethe-Institut Moscow
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Moscow, February 1996 		 
   
               
   


DANCE VIDEO: VIDEO DANCE.
A NEW GENRE


The history of dance in Germany

    
Goethe-Institut Colombo, Sri Lanka
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Colombo, January 1996 		 
   
               
                           
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HALF TIME
A progress report about the work
on the 2nd Tele Dance Journal		    
Alte Schmiede
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Vienna, May 1995 		 
   
               
   
THE EDITION OF THE
TELE DANCE JOURNALS /
DAS GERMAN DANCE FILM INSTITUTE AS ARCHIVE AND PRODUCTION FACILITY 		   
Festival Il Coreografo Elettronico
Goethe-Institut Milano
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Milano, March 1995		  
   
               
   


CINAMATIC TESTAMENTS
OF DANCE IN GERMANY


Discussions and Cinema Showings

    
Festival Jacobs Pillow
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

Boston, July 1994 		 
   
               
   
THE 1st TELE DANCE JOURNAL
Presentation and Talk		    
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Speaker: Heide-Marie Härtel

New York, July 1994		  
   
               
                             
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