Dance, Research, Future
The HZT for Berlin
For Berlin's higher education institutions, very important decisions are pending in the first half of 2023 with the Berlin higher education contract negotiations. This concerns not least the HZT Berlin with its approximately 80 students in the field of contemporary dance, choreography and performance - it needs courageous political steps and a substantial structural strengthening to be able to lead the internationally recognized Berlin success model HZT further and into the future. With our newspaper, whose texts you can conveniently read below and other activities, we would like to inform you early in the year about topics, successes and the urgent need for action at the HZT Berlin and ask for your support.
A model of success at risk – 15 years of innovative study at HZT Berlin
Dear Readers, What you are reading here - can this be considered a celebratory publication issue? We certainly have enough reasons to celebrate – after all, the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT) can look back at an extraordinary success story during the 15 years since its foundation. However,…
“We need a clear commitment at the political level.” – Anna Luise Kiss and Norbert Palz about the HZT and it's future
The HZT is a place that deals with topics that concern us as a society. It was completely natural to engage with subjects such as migration, decolonialisation and diversity at the HZT already very early on, all of which have influenced the city. Why is that so? Anna Luise Kiss: There are many reasons for…
Researching with and about the body and movement – A centre between art, society, and politics
At the HZT Berlin, students and teaching staff create a study and research environment together that explores artistic, theoretical, and collaborative practices and connects these with one another. Designed to be strongly context-related and transdisciplinary, and in exchange with international experts, it is…
Choreography, Dance, Research, Curating – Professional fields for consideration by graduates
Studying at the HZT opens many doors. This becomes clear when you look at how many career paths our graduates have taken, as well as the different areas and roles they work in as artists. More than 95 percent work continuously in the artistic field after completing their studies. They work, for example, as…
Students at the HZT Berlin – A strong network for a future profession
Some students in the two master’s study courses – Choreography and Solo/Dance/Authorship – are very experienced artists. Many of them use the time while studying to gain their master’s to learn how to better identify and articulate what lies at the core of their artistic work and to further develop their own…
Visit of state sexretary Staatssekretärin Armaghan Naghipour at HZT Campus Uferstudios
On October 21, 2022, the State Secretary for Science, Research and Equality Armaghan Naghipour visited the HZT at Campus Uferstudios. The program included a tour of the HZT dance studios during rehearsal and study time as well as an exchange about the work at the HZT. In a dialogue characterized by great and…
15 Years HZT for Berlin – Impressions and statements by HZT Alumni and Partners
This collection of impressions and statements about HZT Berlin accompanies the 2023 negotiations for the centre’s next 10-year contract. The heads of the two founding universities (i.e., HfS Ernst Busch and UdK Berlin) as well as representatives from the TanzRaumBerlin network examined previous experiences,…