Dance News

The Danse Suisse newsletter provides information on dance and cultural political issues and on current cultural events with a focus on Switzerland as a whole. The promotion of individual artistic productions is not the focus of the coverage. The office is happy to receive comments and suggestions on specific topics. Contact us at info@dansesuisse.ch.

HELP IN THE AI- JUNGLE

Mittwoch 04.09.24
From: Ads
The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is as prevalent as it is ambiguous. Although everyone is talking about AI, it is not really tangible for many artists. Some may decide to work with it in targeted and successful ways by creating satire, drawing inspiration and skillfully curating results. Others, however, skeptically leave it aside.
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SWISS ARTIST*EXCHANGE / EXPRESS-FORMAT SPOt 2025:

Mittwoch 04.09.24
From: t. Theaterschaffen Schweiz
Artists from the performing arts can now apply for a short performance or for the Express-Format SPOt at the Swiss Artists' Exchange 2025.
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INTERNATIONAL DANCE FAIR NRW

Mittwoch 04.09.24
From: Laura Jaeggi
The international dance fair, NRW, in Germany is the world's largest professional meeting of contemporary dance and an important meeting place for the international dance scene. The fair brings an estimated 1,500 visitors together in Düsseldorf every two years.
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FILM TIP “RESILIENT MAN”

Mittwoch 04.09.24
From: Claudia Toggweiler
At the height of his career, dancer Steven McRae, first soloist of the Royal Ballet, was injured and collapsed on stage. The film accompanies him on his way back to the top of the ballet scene. On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, there will be a special screening in the Zurich cinema “Le Paris” at 19:00 in the presence of Steven McRae, followed by a Q&A. The official film release in German-speaking Switzerland is Thursday, September 12, 2024.
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DANCE SCIENCE: NEW KNOWLEDGE AND (FREE) MATERIALS

Dienstag 03.09.24
From: Catherine Jaeger, Danse Suisse
Ballet has changed a lot from the aristocrats at the court of Louis XIV to today's artistic performers. Although both the choreographies and the dancers have evolved, the training methods have remained partly unchanged. Fortunately, dance science has been questioning common training methods for several decades and clarifying them with new approaches from research.
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