The newest edition of the beloved Magazin im August will be available free from 1 August at the Tanz im August venues and the HAU2 box office. With interviews, rehearsal reports and articles on the artists and performances.
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In our Online Magazine we give you insights into the current festival events in different Multimedia features.
After watching the performance Happy Island David und Beatrix asked questions like, what role did music play in the composition of the play and how did the performers connect to each other on stage. Read more
In the last Tanzschreiber review, Beatrix and Alex talk about "Velvet" by Claire Vivianne Sobottke, a piece about femininity and the animal in us. Read more
At their On the Sofa presentation dance journalists Claudia Henne and Volkmar Drager look at the dance scene in the DDR of 1987. Read More
For her piece "Happy Island" La Ribot worked with the differently abled performers from the company Dançando com a Diferença from Madeira. Read more
The piece "Liebestod" looks at different love stories. In this review the Tanzschreiber discuss how they perceiced the piece and what their favorite love stories were. Read more
Before her world premiere "Velvet" Claire Vivianne Sobottke spoke in this interview about the connection of nature and female sexualitity in her piece. Read more
The tanzschreiber Alexandra Hennig und Beatrix Joyce talk about the different dynamics and levels in the three-hour performance #PUNK 100%POP *N!GGA. Read more
In this review David and Alex talk about the simplicity in the complexity in Deborah Hay's "ten". Read more
In their newest review the Tanzschreiber talk about the unique relationship to time in Kaori Seki's piece "WO CO". Read more
A video interview with the Norwegian choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen about his newest piece "Story, story, die." Read more
In this interview dancer and choreographer Albert Quesada talks about his faszination for Flamenco and his work's approach. Read more
In their newest Chat review the Tanzschreiber team write about the symbolic and political aspects in "White Dog" by Latifa Laâbissi. Read more
Gunilla Heilborn shares what she researched about the techniques of remembering for her piece "The Wonderful and The Ordinary". Read more
In this chat review the Tanzschreiber talk about the intense performance "Hard to be Soft" by Oona Doherty. Read more
Ilse Ghekiere from Engagement Art asks questions about the role of cultural institutions in the #MeToo debate. Read more
A short portrait, presenting the American dance legend Isadora Duncan, with whom the french choreographer Jérôme Bel dealt intensively for his current piece Isadora Duncan. Read On
In their first review the Tanzsschreiber Beatrix and Alex chat about the performance "Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster" by Nicola Gunn. A report about humour, ducks and stone throws. Read more
Ahead to the German premiere of "The Fading of the Marvelous" choreographer Catherine Gaudet answered some of our questions about her hypnotizing work. Read more
In this interview Australian choreographer Nicola Gunn talks to David Pallant about the humour and autobiographical fiction in her work. Read more
Die Choreografin Oona Doherty setzt sich mit gesellschaftlichen Themen und Gewalt in ihrer Heimatstadt Belfast auseinander. Ein Portrait. Weiterlesen
At an On the Sofa talk the #MeToo discussion will get a platform once more with panelists of Whistle While You Work and Engagement Art. Read more
In this interview the artist twin deufert&plischke talks about the newest work "Liebestod", their most emotional work to date. Read more
Nora Chipaumire's latest work #PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA is joyful and demanding for performers and audience alike. In this interview she reflects on the piece and on showing it in Berlin. Read more
Anne Nguyen, founder of the Compagnie par Terre in an interview, about her way of combining hip-hop, contemporary dance and material arts and her latest piece Kata. Read more
For visually impaired audiences Jess Curtis and his team offer Audio Descriptions and Haptic Access Tours. An interview about a barrier-conquering project. Read more
Dançando com a Diferença deals with inclusion in dance, to end the isolation of differently abled people. A portrait on this Madeira based ensemble. Read more
In her newest piece "White Dog" Latifa Laâbissi escapes into the jungle to regain control. We have the first images of the scenography. Read more
For "Deepspace" begleitete James Batchelor went on an expedition to the antarctic sea. In this video feature we confront the expedition with the performance. Read more
Here are some first glimples from the rehearsal for "Liebestod" by deufert&plischke. Read more
In the poetic video project " A Concrete Song" Oona Doherty reflects on her hometown Belfast – this work initiated her "Hard to be Soft" series. Read more
The fifth edition of Magazin im August is now available - you can find the digital version here, printed issues are available at all venues. Features, interviews and essays by journalists and dance experts introduce you to the world of the artists and the context of their work. We hope that the Magazin im August makes you curious to learn more and to experience more contemporary dance.
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Woman of Action – Elizabeth Streb | Dancing with Berlin – 30 years of Tanz im August | “Aktivismus ist ein Muskel...” – Paradise Now (1968–2018) | Revisiting 1968 | Kathartisches Gelächter – Euripides Laskaridis | Writing the self – Interview with Annie-B Parson | Speak Up Now! #MeToo in dance | Pushing the threshold – Nora Chipaumire | Die Freiheit der Form – Isabelle Schad | Who Is Surfing Who – A poem by Adam Linder | “The Body is a living archive” – Wayne McGregor | Breakin’ the borders – B-Boys von vier Kontinenten bei Tanz im August | Risse im Zement – Zeitgenössischer Tanz in Katalonien | Revolutions unheard – Aydin Teker | Complex Experiences – Noé Soulier | Working with Concrete Ideas – Constanza Macras | Reinventing the feminine – Lisbeth Gruwez
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Welcome to the world of Tanz im August 2017. This magazine offers you the chance to get to know the artists and events of this year's festival through essays, interviews and reports giving insights into the creative work of this year's artists, their politifcal contexts, their practices, their concerns and interests.
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Is Dance the Weapon? | Freedom to Imagine | Artists as Activists? | Die Unbeirrbare | Entering the World of Butoh | The Art of Entertainment | Aus dem Schatten des großen Baumes | Pas de deux in Buenos Aires | Der Mut, den Kunst verlangt | A Place of Tragedy and Dreams | Tanz mit Sprengkraft
This year's Tanz im August Magazin is now available! We invite you to get to know some of the artists of our international Tanz im August 2016 festival - in portraits, reports on the background of their work, and mosly interviews.
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Figure a Sea - Using the Sky | Turn Your Fucking Head | Die Truppe aus dem Wohnwagen | Creating in Dialogue | Deconstructed Contemporary | Zwischen Fliegen und Fallen | Freiheit vom Eindeutigen | Im Stillstand um den Schuss | Envisioning Black Futurity | A Real-Time Negotiation of Difference | Learning How to Live with Exile
The Magazin im August presents some of the festival's invited artists to you: in interviews, portraits and rehearsal reports, in extensive background texts and in our Snap Chat.
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All is Now | Art or Not-Art | Triune Creation | Chum! | Vorschlag für ein neues episches Theater | Sensous Situations and Services Series | Animalische Wesen in Geometrie | Choreografie im Quantenbereich | Im Widerschein der Zeit | Die Summe aller Lust-Projektionen | A Message from Asia
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Born out of curiosity and of love for both dance and writing, Magazin im August offers interviews and features to introduce the exciting artists coming to Berlin in August. The magazine is available at all venues and online free of charge.
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Two people on stage doesn't always mean a relationship | Youtube, Hip Hop und Seifenopern | Vielen fehlt einfach die Zeit für Sex | "I like it when things are colliding" or "It is the bodies that matter" | Welches Bild entsteht in deinem Kopf? | Riding the Wave | "Ich bringe die Emotion zurück" | Der Traumtänzer | Watching music, listening to dance | Das Geräusch von schwarzer Haut auf schwarzer Haut | "Kinder sind wie ein offenes Buch"
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