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I’m happy to share two updates from Dance Context Journal, where I serve on the Editorial Board.

The 2026 issue, Politics in Dance, has just been published. It brings together contributions examining how political questions become manifest in dance: through artistic practices and representations, but also through institutions, education, mobility, cultural policy and the transmission of dance knowledge.

I’m particularly happy to see my dear colleague Anja K. Arend @izt_folkwang contributing the research article „Dis/Continuities: The Folkwang dance department in the years 1933 to 1945“, examining the Folkwang dance department during National Socialism.

At the same time, we have just opened the Call for Papers for Dance Context Journal 2027: Dance and Regeneration 🌱

The call approaches regeneration on several interconnected levels: bodies, environments, artistic practices and institutions. Contributions may address questions of care and health, injury and recovery, ageing, institutional and artistic renewal, transmission and genealogy, repertoire, and ecological practices of care and regeneration.

📌 Deadline for abstracts: 20 November 2026

More information on the current issue and the new Call for Papers via Dance Context Journal.

#DanceResearch #DanceHistory #PerformanceStudies #PoliticsInDance #DanceAndRegeneration

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WELCOME BACK, HENRIETTA HORN! 🧡

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Henrietta Horn as the new Artistic Director of the Folkwang Tanzstudio (FTS), marking her return to a position she previously held alongside Pina Bausch from 1999 to 2008.

Henrietta Horn began her artistic journey studying Elementary Dance at the German Sport University Cologne, before continuing her training in Stage Dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen.

During her years as Co-Artistic Director of FTS alongside Pina Bausch, she created numerous choreographic works and contributed to the company’s international presence.

Her remarkable career has taken her around the world as a solo dancer and guest choreographer, with artistic engagements in London, Taipei, Damascus, Beirut, La Paz, and Jakarta. Her choreographic work has received numerous prestigious awards and international recognition.

In 2015, she was appointed Guest Professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Since 2021, she has been Professor of Contemporary Dance at Folkwang University of the Arts, and in 2023, she became a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Now, Henrietta Horn returns to lead the Folkwang Tanzstudio into a new chapter, bringing her artistic vision, international experience, and deep connection to the company’s history.

We look forward to this new journey together.

Welcome back to FTS, Henrietta! 🧡

Photo: Uwe Ernst.

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Die Spielzeit hat kaum angefangen und wir sind schon mitten in den Vorbereitungen für „Bolero X“, einer Choreografie von @shaharbinyamini . Sie ist Teil unseres Tripelabends „Perspectives“, der am 24. April 2027 Premiere feiert.✨

Für dieses Tanzstück kooperieren wir mit der @folkwang_uni : 22 Tanzstudierende sind daran beteiligt! Sie wurden bei einer Audition vor den Ferien ausgewählt und probieren in dieser Woche mit Binyaminis Stager @kai_chun_chuang___ erstmals zusammen mit den Tänzer*innen unserer Compagnie. Insgesamt tanzen rund 55 Personen bei dieser Choreografie gemeinsam. Sehr beeindruckend – so viel können wir euch schon mal verraten.

„Dieses Tanzstück ist wirklich außergewöhnlich: Selten stehen so viele Tänzer*innen gemeinsam auf der Aalto-Bühne. Zudem sind wir sehr glücklich, über diese besondere Kooperation zwischen unseren beiden Institutionen! Für viele der Studierenden ist es die erste intensive Zusammenarbeit mit einer professionellen Compagnie. Es ist spannend, die gemeinsame Probenarbeit zu sehen, bei der unterschiedliche Generationen und Erfahrungen sowie die Energie von mehr als 50 Tänzer*innen aufeinandertreffen. Wir blicken der Premiere mit großer Erwartung entgegen – der Auftakt war bereits überaus vielversprechend,“ freuen sich unsere Intendanten Armen Hakobyan und Marek Tůma.

Foto (c) TUP

#AaltoBallett #AaltoBallettEssen #Perspectives

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FAKERS CLUB Returned to Werden this summer for an exhilarating collaborative workshop and performance series with students from IZT-Folkwang and original fakers ensemble members.
It was an incredibly joyful and meaningful experience for us to share methods and practices with THESE students in THIS place.

Photos by Andreas Kling of Episode 2 in our pop-up series.

Thank you @izt_folkwang and @uiowaclas for supporting this international research exchange.

To be continued…

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Very happy to be selected as one of the Tanznetz Critics’ Favourites — Dancer 2025/26. 🤍

A beautiful recognition after a season filled with very special encounters and experiences — from Gala by Jérôme Bel to For the Love and Laughter by Rodolpho Leoni.

And especially grateful to have been part of Pina Bausch’s iconic The Rite of Spring with Tanztheater Wuppertal — an experience I will carry with me for a long time.

Grateful for this season, for every stage, every encounter and everything still to come.

Gala by Jérôme Bel - Foto: Maja Bjeljac

Muito feliz por ter sido escolhido como um dos favoritos da crítica do Tanznetz — Bailarino 2025/26. 🤍

Um reconhecimento muito especial depois de uma temporada cheia de encontros e experiências marcantes — de Gala, de Jérôme Bel, a For the Love and Laughter, de Rodolpho Leoni.

E especialmente grato por ter feito parte da icônica A Sagração da Primavera, de Pina Bausch, com o Tanztheater Wuppertal — uma experiência que vou carregar comigo por muito tempo.

Grato por essa temporada, por cada palco, cada encontro e por tudo que ainda está por vir.

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Yesterday we celebrated the premiere of endgame at the @izt_folkwang / @folkwang_uni ! 3 more shows to come! Thank you for this exciting journey everyone! 🔵🤘🏻

#choreography #dance #folkwang

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„Inspiriert von einem Schwan in Werden“, Chr.: Rainer Behr, Tanzabend 2026, Folkwang Uni, Studierende des IZT, 30.06.2026

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„endgame“, Chr.: Miller de Nobili, Tanzabend 2026, Folkwang Uni, Studierende des IZT, 30.06.2026

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