October 2009

 Editorial

Merce Cunningham
An obituary
By Eva-Elisabeth Fischer

Life after Merce – hopes and memories
By MJ Thompson

GDR
Twenty years ago, the curtain came down on the German Democratic Republic. Its best dancers were already gone, driven out by Stasi needling and artistic stagnation

Informer, Dancer
Claus Schulz, master dancer in the GDR, uncovers his Stasi file, 27 years after defecting. Hartmut Regitz accompanied him

I am to blame
How does the demise of a system affect choreography? Arnd Wesemann in conversation with Jo Fabian, Franz Anton Cramer and Janez Jansa

Grapevine
Valentina Savina: first acclaimed, then abandoned – For the love of money: Montpellier considers dropping contemporary dance – Good and pricey: dance houses under construction in Stuttgart and Dortmund – Free gift: "Ballerina" on DVD

Premiere
Do Animals Cry: Meg Stuart stages the great drama of youth in doghouse format. Thomas Hahn says: animals would cry for joy

calendar
October’s highlights
Berlin Patrice Bart: "Das flammende Herz"
Bremen Gerda König: "Patterns beyond Traces"
Bonn Cocoondance: "Orlando – Scrapped"
Hamburg Gintersdorfer/Klaßen: "très très fort"
Magdeburg Gonzalo Galguera: "Manon Lescaut"
Brussels Boyzie Cekwana: "Influx Controls: I Wanna Be Wanna Be"
Paris François Verret: "Do You Remember No I Don’t"
Zurich Heinz Spoerli: "Lettres intimes"

A letter from Cali
Columbian dance watches Volkmar Draeger

Salsa at sea
Report: Agnès Garnier sailed nearly 40,000 kilometres on board the cruise ship AIDA. Her job: to dance.

Fattoumi/Lamoureaux
Profile: this French-Tunisian golden couple are living proof of how cultural identity involves defending oneself against the mainstream. By Thomas Hahn

Transition
Practice: To end with a new beginning – Melanie Suchy on "Transition" and launching a new career after dancing
The Teacher: David Zambrano
The Method: Body-Mind-Centering
Vacancies, auditions, workshop festivals

Imprint, preview of the coming issues

The great beyond
Sasha Waltz in the garden of Villa Massimo