One of the most important holdings of the Tanzarchiv Leipzig is the estate of the dancer, choreographer and dance theorist Rudolf von Laban. With his “School for Art” on Monte Verità near Ascona, he developed ideas for a new movement pedagogy and a movement script from 1911 to 1917, which he further perfected at the end of the 1920s (Kinetography or Labanotation). Due to his artistic, theoretical and pedagogical impulses, he is considered a pioneer and co-founder of modern dance in Germany, where he also had a significant influence on amateur dance through movement choruses. In the 1930s, Laban also
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The century of the dance (2019) With this exhibition from 24 August to 21 September 2019 under the motto “Was der Körper erinnert. Zur Aktualität des Tanzerbes” (English: What the body remembers – The relevance of the dance heritage), an attempt was made at the Academy of Arts in Berlin to build a bridge between the tradition of modern dance in Germany, which already spans more than a hundred years, and contemporary dance practice on the basis of selected collections from the dance archives. A showcase on the Tanzarchiv As part of a seminar by Dr Melanie Gruß on the
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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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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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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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The dance teacher, kinetographer and foster daughter of the German art historian and folklorist Wilhelm Fraengler studied Rudolf von Laban’s dance script with Albrecht Knust at the Folkwangschule in Essen in 1957 and produced many kinetographs, also of folk dances. She worked as a dance teacher and teacher of dance script in Berlin until 1964. Afterwards, together with Fraenger’s widow, she dedicated herself to organising Fraenger’s estate and became the editor of the large Fraenger monographs on Jörg Rathgeb, Hieronymus Bosch and Matthias Grünewald. Her estate includes personal documents, her correspondence, her kinetographic work, magnetic tapes, microfilms, records, slides and
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The German dancer and dance teacher Ilse Loesch was a student of Rudolf von Laban and also worked with Jenny Gertz. In her pedagogical work with disabled people, movement choirs, young people, drama students and children, she tried to educate people holistically through dance and movement and to promote their personal development. In her book Mit Leib und Seele. Erlebte Vergangenheit des Ausdruckstanzes (Berlin 1990), Gertz impressively describes her experience as a movement teacher and committed propagandist of expressive dance. The extensive collection contains materials on amateur dance for dance training, stage practice, dance art, movement and dance research, notations,
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