Since 37 years the Ballett Gesellschaft Hannover organize the International Competition for Choreographers Hanover. This competition estimated within the last years as an important event in the national and international dance scene. The internationality of the both sides, the participating choreographers and the jury shows the high international ranking of this unique competition in Germany.
Where: Germany, Hannover
When: 16. and 17. June 2023
Deadline for applications: 9th of April 2023
These are the competition guidelines:
All participants, choreographers and dancers, ought to have professional training.
Choreographers must be 39 or younger. The competition is open to any kind of style. Evaluation is based exclusively on imaginative use of space and time, the realisation of an idea, and its transfer onto the performers. The duration of the performance: 5 – 12 minutes. A solo-ballet may not be interpreted by the choreographer him/herself. The applicant is free in his choice of subject and music. The choreographic work can be send as an Internet link ( youtube, vimeo, etc.) A prejury will select a maximum of 20 the submitted works, which will enter the contest.
Deadline for the application: 9th of April 2023
Prizes: 1.prize: 6.000.- EUR / 2. Prize: 3.000.- EUR / 3. Prize: 2.000.- EUR / Audience award: 1.000.- EUR / Award of the critics: 1.500.- EUR / Online Award: 1.000,- EUR
Production Awards
NEW: Production Award Dance Company Theater Osnabrück
Dance Company Theater Osnabrück under the direction of Director and Choreographer Marguerite Donlon awards a production prize for the first time. The winner of this prize will be invited to create a new work with the professional dancers of the company which will be subsequently performed in the Emma Theatre Osnabrück as part of “Next Step”.
Travel, accommodation and fee will be part of the award.
NEW: Production Award Theater Nordhausen
Ivan Alboresi – ballet director of Theater Nordhausen – will award a production prize for the first time in 2023.
Production Award Theater Trier
The Ballet Director at Theater Trier, Roberto Scafati, will award a production prize. The prize includes the development of a 20-minute choreography with dancers from the Trier Theatre, which will be presented as part of a dance evening.
MiR Dance Company Production Award
The director of the MiR Dance Company at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Giuseppe Spota, will award a Production Award.
Production Award from the Tanja Liedtke Foundation at the State Theater in Hannover
Marco Goecke, Ballet Director at the Staatstheater Hannover, awards a production prize. The Award includes the development of a 15-minute choreography with the dancers of the theater. The fee for this is donated by the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.
Production Award Theater Pforzheim
The Theater Pforzheim donates a production prize for the multi-part, contemporary ballet evening “TANZ PUR”. The winner is invited to create a world premiere with dancers of the Ballett Theater Pforzheim as part of “TANZ PUR”. Ballet director Guido Markowitz, member of the jury, will award the prize. The artist’s fee includes the accommodation costs during the production period.
Production Award Theater Pforzheim
The Theater Pforzheim donates a production prize for the multi-part, contemporary ballet evening “TANZ PUR”. The winner is invited to create a world premiere with dancers of the Ballett Theater Pforzheim as part of “TANZ PUR”. Ballet director Guido Markowitz, member of the jury, will award the prize. The artist’s fee includes the accommodation costs during the production period.
NTM Production Award
The winner of the NTM Production Award receives the offer to work with the Ensemble of the NTM Dance to create a choreography at the Nationaltheater Mannheim as part of a multi-part dance evening. The prize is awarded by Stephan Thoss, Director Dance and Chief Choreographer at the Nationaltheater Mannheim.
Jury 2023
Marco Goecke – Director Ballet Staatstheater Hannover
Ofra Idel – Artistic Director of Machol Shalem Dance House, Jerusalem
Christiane Winter – Festival Director TANZTheaterINTERNATIONAL, Hannover
Gregor Zöllig – Artistic Director & Chief Choreographer Staatstheater Braunschweig
Jury Produktionspreise 2023
Ivan Alboresi – Director Ballet Theater Nordhauen
Marguerite Donlon – Director and Choreographer Dance Company Theater Osnabrück
Marco Goecke – Director Ballet Staatstheater Hannover
Guido Markowitz – Director Ballet Theater Pforzheim
Roberto Scafati – Director Ballet Theater Trier
Giuseppe Spota – Director MIR Dance Company, Theater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen
Stephan Thoss -Intendant Dance and Chief Choreographer Nationaltheater Mannheim
– Director Scapino Ballet, Rotterdam
Prejury 2023
Henrietta Horn – choreographer, dancer, lecturer at the Folkwang University of the Arts
Gregor Zöllig – Artistic Director & Chief Choreographer Staatstheater Braunschweig
To apply, visit https://choreography-hannover.de/en/link-for-online-application/
Contact details:
info@choreography.hannoverde
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