Grounding, a choreographic iconography by Wanda Golonka makes the spatial visible through the body.

Wanda Golonka understands choreography as a moving form of thinking and being. Artistic research is always part of the…

Breathing is an unavoidable, vital act, yet it cannot be taken for granted, as the experiences of the pandemic, profound changes in our environment, but also structural, racist discrimination make clear. In the physical…

For Berlin's universities, very important decisions are pending in the first half of 2023 with the university contract negotiations. This concerns not least the HZT Berlin with its approximately 80 students in the field…

Over a period of one year, artists from the art forms of dance, music, video and language art came together to create joint ad hoc works and to explore them in subsequent conversations and interviews. The goal was to…

The book was published to mark the 10th anniversary of the HZT Berlin in 2017 and sketches with texts by Nik Haffner and Britta Wirthmüller and drawings by Andreas Töpfer what the HZT is today and what it could become…

In the frame of the 10th anniversary of MA SODA in 2017, the independent writer, editor and consultant and former guest professor Richard Allsopp edited the publication “SODA – A DECADE OF MA SOLO DANCE AUTHORSHIP”.

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The as if it’s just about to happen book series invites a reengagement with four workshops, facilitated within HZT Berlin’s BA Dance, Context, Choreography course between 2014–2016. Four of HZT’s teaching staff initiated…

Resilient Bodies, Residual Effects. Artistic Articulations of Borders and Collectivity from Lebanon and Palestine
What does it take to cross a border, and what does it take to belong? Dr. Sandra Noeth is a Professor at…

In its third edition the "Laboratory on Feedback in Artistic Processes" reflects on "Responses" within performing arts. The results of the previous Labs highlighted the need to take a closer look at the complexity and…

In its second edition the "Laboratory on Feedback in Artistic Processes" pays particular focus on “audiences” feedback within performing arts. Feedback is happening everywhere, and everything is feedbackable. But what is…

Feed-back is everywhere, and as a means to reflect, gather and share resources and methods on this expanding field the “Laboratory on Feedback in Artistic Processes” was initiated within the frame of “Teachback” – one of…

What does today's contemporary dance training look like? Seven research teams at well known European dance universities have tackled this question by working with and querying some of contemporary dance s most important…

The portrait booklets of the MA Choreography students in the class of 2021, published on the occasion of their final Master's projects, show their personal answers to the question of what choreography can be.

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The portrait booklets of the MA Choreography students in the class of 2020, published on the occasion of their final Master's projects, show their personal answers to the question of what choreography can be.

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The publication encourages transversal readings and can be interpreted as a companion to the work of the SODA year group 2018-2020. During the two year process, the students were invited to critically challenge, reflect…

If SODA has established itself over the last decade not so much as a singular vision but as a flexible structure, then like any postgraduate programme that builds a certain reputation for experimentation and risktaking…

The SODA (Solo/Dance/Authorship) class of 2018 have compiled this publication to contain selected content from their individual thesis projects. These projects each consisted of a live performance - presented in December…

The SODA (Solo/Dance/Authorship) class of 2017 have compiled this publication to contain selected content from their individual thesis projects. It is the aim of the publication to present a selection of artist work…

In the two years of the SODA Master's programme, students are asked to respond to questions around art as knowledge production through their work and practice. How can art practice be conceived as knowledge, and how is…

The SODA WORKS 2015 compiles selected contents of the SODA master graduates of 2016 thesis projects. It reflects the experimentation and/or critical reflection that the SODA students pursue in preparation of their final…

Authored by the SODA graduates of 2014, the "SODA WORKS 2013" takes on the form of a book. It frames the live performance experience by porposing additional visual and/or literary coordinates to facilitate its reception.…

The SODA WORKS 2012 evidences the trajectory of research, investigation, experimentation and critical reflection that the SODA students pursue in preparation of their final SODA project. It positions their work in…

In "New Performance Work 2011", the nine 2012 graduates of the masters programme Solo Dance Authorship critically reflect on the conditions of performance creation and production. Whilst doing so, the group questions…