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Online catalogue (OPAC) of the university library Leipzig (UBL) The book and magazine contents of the former specialized library of the dance archive leipzig as well as a multitude of movies can be found in the online catalogue (OPAC) of the university library Leipzig (UBL). A part of the dance specific literature can also be found on the 2nd floor in the open-access section “theatre,dance, film”. Further dance related material can be ordered and partially borrowed in the reading rooms. Archive database Kalliope The contents of the archive (especially manuscripts and other historical documents) can be researched via the database
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Here you can find a selection of publications (monographs, anthologies, articles,…) of current and past staff of the Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V., often based on research projects or conferences. These are generally based on the collections within the archive.  (in alphabetical order) Inge Baxmann, Melanie Gruß, Sebastian Göschel, Vera Lauf (Hg.): Arbeit und Rhythmus: Lebensformen im Wandel. Wissenskulturen im Umbruch. Bd. 2. Eine Publikation des Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V., München: Wilhelm Fink 2009 Inge Baxmann (Hg.): Körperwissen als Kulturgeschichte. Die Archives Internationales de la Danse (1931-1952). Wissenskulturen im Umbruch. Bd. 2. Eine Publikation des Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V., München: K. Kieser 2008 Inge
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Documenta choreologica – Research Michael Malkiewicz, Jörg Rothkamm (Hg.): Die Beziehung von Musik und Choreographie im Ballett. Bericht vom internationalen Symposium an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. 23.–25. März 2006. Documenta choreologica, Berlin: Verlag Vorwerk 8, 2007 Janine Schulze, Susanne Taub (Hg.): Moving Thoughts. Tanzen ist Denken. Documenta choreologica. Studienbibliothek der Tanzkunst. Begründet von Kurt Petermann, Berlin: Verlag Vorwerk 8, 2003 Ilse Reinsberg (Hg.): In Memoriam Dr. Kurt Petermann. Documenta choreologica. Studienbibliothek zur Geschichte der Tanzkunst. Begründet von Kurt Petermann (1939-1984), Berlin: Verlag Vorwerk 8, 2002 Claudia Jeschke, Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer (Hg.): Bewegung im Blick. Beiträge zu einer theaterwissenschaftlichen
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With the approval of the DFG the official founding of the NFDI4Culture was made possible and happened on the 1st of october 2020. The performing arts are represented within the different committees, panels and operating procedures by the chairmen of the society of theatre studies (gtw), the society for dance research (GTF), multiple associations (AG ARCHIV, THESID, VDT) as well as individual collections and archives. One of them is the dance archive Leipzig with the institute for theatre studies.   NFDI4Culture’s work programme consists of 6 task areas and the performing arts play a role in most of them:  TA1: Digitisation,
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The working group ARCHIVE was founded by Franziska Voss and Prof. Dr. Patrick Primavesi at the 13th congress of the society for theatre studies in Frankfurt am Main and Gießen in 2016. The objective was to strengthen the connections of the  archives with research and academic teaching. Archives of theatre, dance and performance are locations where artistic practice can be historically evaluated and researched in a source-critical way, but they are also influenced by the impulses of the artists themselves regarding forms of presentation, usage and accessibility. That is especially important for strategies of artistic research, reconstruction, re-enactments etc. contact
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A large number of meetings, symposia and conferences have already been organised for the exchange of specialist topics, questions and methods based on the holdings of Tanzarchiv Leipzig, which have always addressed the public interested in dance with special programme items and whose results are usually documented in publications. Dance in pictures – Plural constellations of Photography Virtual video conference from 28 – 30 January 2021 Perspectives of Digital Humanities in Dance and Theatre ResearchOnline workshop on 9 January 2021 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Body/Politics: Dance forms, institutions and actors in the GDR (13 – 15 November 2014)
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If you have any questions about the holdings and how to order or use them, please contact the staff of the Sondersammlungen (English: Special Collections) or the Forschungslesesaal (Research Reading Room) at Leipzig University Library (Albertina, 4th floor, Beethovenstr. 6, 04107 Leipzig): sondersammlungen@ub.uni-leipzig.de (Tel.: +49 341 97-30526) For questions and information on further advisory services, events, cooperations, etc., please contact the office of the Association Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V. (4th floor, Nikolaistr. 6-10, Strohsackpassage, 04109 Leipzig): Phone: +49 341 97-30422, 97-30405 and 97-30400 E-mail: info@tanzarchiv-leipzig.de Contact persons Board of the association Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V.:Prof. Dr. Patrick Primavesi (Director)Prof. Dr. Regine Elzenheimer
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Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V. staff and members are available to advise on artistic projects, from initial ideas for dealing with the cultural heritage of dance to concrete enquiries about more complex research and possible academic advice and dramaturgical support for dance productions. Please send your enquiries about such offers up to project-related cooperations by e-mail to the following address: info@tanzarchiv-leipzig.de. Below you will find some exemplary projects from recent years in which individual members of the Tanzarchiv Leipzig e.V. were more or less directly involved or which were created in cooperation with TAL e.V.. Tanz Digital (2021) Evaluation of the Alliance
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