The 31st edition of euro-scene Leipzig was the first festival year under the direction of Christian Watty. Through world premieres and co-productions with partners throughout Europe, the festival shone far beyond Leipzig.
Choreographer Trajal Harrell presents his first work as director of the new dance company at Schauspielhaus Zürich at the opening of the 31st euro-scene Leipzig. A dance piece to the most famous solo piano recording of all time – Keith Jarrett's THE KÖLN CONCERT.
euro-scene Leipzig is becoming even more firmly anchored in the city of Leipzig. To this end, we are entering into a close partnership with regional artists for two years at a time. The first "Associate Artists" for 2021/2022 is the Forward Dance Company of LOFFT - DAS THEATER.
Six dancers create an ecstatic firework of movements between tribe and club culture – electrifying sound rhythms, pulsating dance, strong poses make the stage shake and thus break a heteronormative corset.
How can people be reconciled with the fleeting, sincere and deep feeling of happiness? Based on this question, Russian director Tatiana Frolova continues her long-standing reflection on the social and political situation in Russia in счастье (Happiness).
AMORES DE LESTE (Love in the East) is a co-production of euro-scene Leipzig with Culturgest in Lisbon and Theatre de la Ville in Paris. The play deals with the lives of young Portuguese anti-fascist activists from former colonies who, in their fight against the fascist colonial dictatorship, lived in Eastern European socialist countries in order to be trained there.
What impact will our current way of life have on future generations? Together with the journalist Julia Lauter from Berlin, the Théâtre du Point du Jour and the Citizen.KANE.Kollektiv are thinking through the development of three industries.
The Sophiensæle in Berlin Mitte opened in September 1996 with the world premiere of ALLEE DER KOSMONAUTEN. Since then, the choreographic concept has become legendary and has had over 150 performances worldwide, including almost 80 in Germany.
Nauru is a small island state in the Pacific Ocean that was christened Pleasant Island by European explorers. The history of this "pleasant island" is often seen as a parable for our world today.
Tatiana Julien belongs to the current generation that is giving France's dance a new face, reflecting on it pointedly and questioning social contexts philosophically and critically. Her solo piece SOULÈVEMENT (Uprising) is dedicated to the history and present of revolt, uprising and resistance, of new beginnings and visions since 1968.
A double dance evening: first, Ruins by the two dancers Rhys Dennis and Waddah Sinada opens a dialog about the myth of masculinity. Afterwards, the young artist Oona Doherty from Ireland presents Hope Hunt & The Ascension into Lazarus, an extremely energetic choreography about the lower social classes in her native Belfast.
CANCELLED! Inspired by strong emotions surrounding love, SOUL CHAIN combines ballet and electro to create gripping contemporary dance. The 17 dancers become a swarm full of energy in a hypnotizing choreography.
A white couple in the GDR in the 1960s tells their black daughter that her skin color is a coincidence. Only as a teenager does she accidentally discover the truth. Many years earlier, a group of Africans came to study in the GDR.
Sasha Waltz is one of the best-known and most innovative choreographers in Europe. In her extraordinary works, she constantly takes up themes from philosophy and mythology with new ideas and always surprises with her very own aesthetic.
Education as art is the key to change away from speculative growth and towards alternative social development. With this in mind, Joulia Strauss founded Avtonomi Akadimia in 2012.
The Move2gether! study commissioned by LOFFT - DAS THEATER and our associate artists from Forward Dance Company will be presented at the conference by the authors Ulrike Nestler and Fabian Chyle, among others.
In cooperation with 4fürTanz e.V., euro-scene Leipzig shows the dynamism and innovative power of the independent dance scene in Europe in short performances, pitches and presentations.
After a year of pause and standstill, the dance scene and, under new management, euro-scene Leipzig are embarking on a new era. Together with our long-standing media partners ARTE, Accentus Music and Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, we are teaming up for the first time for a film essay about young choreographers.
euro-scene leipzig is institutionally supported by the City of Leipzig and the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Culture and Tourism. Co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.
