Heidi Köpfer
Heidi Köpfer (* 1954 in Basel ) is a Swiss choreographer , dancer and video artist .
life and work
From 1975 to 1980 Heidi Köpfer studied various dance techniques at home and abroad. She has been teaching dance since 1977 . From 1977 to 1987 she worked as a teacher and assistant at the Othella Dallas Dance School Basel. In 1988 she began to research the artistic possibilities of the media dance and video and worked with these media at teaching institutions. In 1987 she founded her own dance school in Basel. Own film projects and multimedia productions with other artists are created.
Recognition and Awards
In 1989 Motion received a prize at the "5th Film and Video Days in the Basel Region" and in 1990 the main prize in all categories at the "Festival Semana International de Cine" in Teruel, Spain. Changes was awarded at the 1998 " Ecrans sans frontières " festival in Mulhouse, France. Intermezzo got the " Hans-Züllig Prize" for the best dance film as well as the "International Jury Award" at the "51st Mostra del Cortometraggio di Montecatini" "FILMVIDEO 2000" in Italy and also in 2000 the " Prix Eurorégion " at the 18th international French-Spanish "Festival Video D'Estavar-Llivia". Her dance films were shown at around 250 festivals and events around the world up to 2019, broadcast by various television stations (including SF DRS, 3-sat, TSI, Channel 4, VOX) and are part of video collections.
Choreography and Dance (selection)
- 1977–1985 appearances as a dancer with Othella Dallas, Syrinx Dance Company, own dance group
- since 1980 choreographer
- since 1984 collaboration with photographers
- 1989 Appearance as a solo dancer with the Teatro Clé in Freiburg i. B., Germany
- 1990 solo dancer in the music video project "Grand Bazar" by Raymond A. Schlosser, Zurich
- 1991 Dance solo "Encounter", Basel barracks
- 1993 Dance solo "entangled", Modern Dance Night, World Dance Festival Basel
- Solo dancer in the multimedia performance "for some reason", Kaserne Basel (video: Mirek Pazdera, live electronics: Günter Müller)
- Dance solo "Mobile I", Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich, Kaserne Basel
- 1994 Solo dancer in the multimedia performance "record-rewind-PLAY", Zurich, Geneva, Basel (video: Brian D. Goff, live electronics: Günter Müller)
- 1995, dance solo "Mobile II", Basel barracks, Théâtre de l'Arsenic , Lausanne
- since 1997 collaboration with visual artists
- 1997 dancer in the multimedia performance "spheres & mouvements", Sudhaus / Warteck Basel (projection: Heinz Schäublin, sound composition: Urs Rickenbacher)
- Participation in the Basel mortar project with the dance solos "Waterworks" and "Hag"
- Solo dancer in the multimedia performance "Das Rote Ding", Kaserne Basel (projection: Heinz Schäublin, sound composition: Urs Rickenbacher)
- 1998–2005 solo dancer in the intermedia photo projects "Camouflage" and "Megacity", various exhibitions (photography: Jean-Pierre Addor, projection: Heinz Schäublin)
- 2000 solo dancer in the audio show "danse obscure", Performing Art Night, Unternehmens Mitte Basel and Gundeldinger Kunsthalle Basel (visual design: Heinz Schäublin, photography: Jean-Pierre Addor, sound composition: Urs Rickenbacher)
- 2002 solo dancer in the multimedia performance "Mutationen" (projection: Heinz Schäublin, sound composition: Urs Rickenbacher), various appearances
- 2003 Solo dancer in the Galerie Werkstatt Reinach (installation: Heinz Schäublin, live music: Felix Probst)
- 2005 dance solo "Transition I", Kaserne Basel
- 2006 solo dancer in the photo projects "Körperzelle" and "Flucht" (Photography: Rolf Bürgin)
- 2008 solo dancer in the multimedia performance "Alice" (projection: Heinz Schäublin, sounds: Tassilo Dellers), Imprimerie Basel
- Dancer in the photo project "Swan Lake" by Michael Koritschan
- 2009 solo dancer in the multimedia performance "Im Garten Wunderland", company Mitte Basel (performance, voice, sound: Nicoletta Stalder)
- 2010 dance solo "ZwischenRaum I", E-Werk Freiburg i. B., Germany (live marimbaphone: Hartmut Nold)
- 2012 dance solo "ZwischenRaum II", company Mitte Basel (live marimbaphone: Hartmut Nold)
- 2012/13/16 Interactive dance performance "metoso", Werkraum Warteck pp Basel, Reithalle Bern , Kulturhaus Royal Baden (audiovisual installation: Michel Winterberg)
- 2019 Choreography "Just Bees and Things and Flowers", duet with the dancer Jeremy Nedd, Theater Roxy , Birsfelden
Works in collections and online
- New Media Baselland Collection
- Excuse me ! International center for video arts
- Link to the database of the SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts , SAPA Foundation, Fund
- Link to the database of the SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts, SAPA Foundation, Dossier
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts , Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- German Dance Film Institute Bremen
- German Dance Archive , Cologne
- International Music and Media Center (IMZ), Vienna
Videos
- 1989: Motion , 13 minutes, Beta SP
- 1991: Puzzle , 13 minutes, Beta SP
- 1994: Mikado , 12 minutes, Beta SP
- 1996: Changes , 15 minutes, Beta SP
- 1999: Intermezzo, 13 minutes, Beta SP
- 2001: Whatsoever , 17 minutes, digital beta
- 2004: Korewori , 17 minutes, digital beta
- 2007: Walls , 13 minutes, DVCPRO50-DV
- 2011: Wind choreography , 1 minute, DV, in collaboration with Nicoletta Stalder
- 2018: Mara , 15 minutes, QT HD-DCP, 25p
literature
- Basel dances differently , publisher IG Tanz Basel / dance campaign, Schwabe, ISBN 3-7965-2058-8
- Megacity , Heinz Schäublin, Ute Stoecklin, Jean-Pierre Addor, Heidi Köpfer, Edition Hirschkuh, www.edition.ch, ISBN 978-3-9523102-9-8
- Lexicon of Swiss Dance Professionals , Alain Bernard, Traber Verlag Bern, ISBN 3-9520699-1-4
- Swiss dance ensembles & solo artists , Bulletin 5'94, Swiss umbrella organization for specialists in artistic dance SDT
- Cut , Swiss film and video makers from their beginnings to 1994. An inventory, Stroemfeld / Nexus, ISBN 3-86109-111-9
- Video dance, panorama of an intermedia art form , by Claudia Rosiny, Theatrum Helveticum 5, edited by Andreas Kotte, Institut, ISBN 3-905313-23-5
- WRO 97 VI International Media Art Biennale , OPEN STUDIO and Contributors, ISBN 83-903824-3-1
- L'art Vidéo 1980–1999, Vingt ans du Video Art Festival, Locarno, Recherches, théories, perspectives sous la direction de Vittorio Fagone, 1999, ISBN 3-905313-23-5
- Dance + Fine Arts , Aspects of Interrelationship - Art and Cultural Studies in the Present by Nele Lipp, EBOOK Athena, ISBN 3-905313-23-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ SWISS FILMS: Heidi Köpfer. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Site Title. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Short biography, activities, statement ... Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Artist database - Film / Video - Köpfer - DOCK. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ^ "51 ° Mostra internazionale del cortometraggio di Montecatini" - iconografia - Archivio Digitale Birra Peroni. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ HEIMAT - a dance film essay. Retrieved September 28, 2019 .
- ↑ change of picture: heidi köpfer. In: artlinks. Bildwechsel, 2018, accessed on September 30, 2019 .
- ^ Artist - Head Heidi. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Heure Exquise! Head Heidi. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
- ↑ SAPA Foundation Switzerland | Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts. Accessed February 1, 2020 (German).
- ↑ SAPA Foundation Switzerland | Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts. Accessed February 1, 2020 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Köpfer, Heidi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss choreographer, dancer and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |