North German dance theater

The Norddeutsche Tanztheater eV is a non-profit association that carries out artistic projects in Germany and abroad. It was founded by the actress and director Rotraut de Neve and the dancer and choreographer Heidrun Vielhauer in 1991 in Hamburg.

The special focus of the North German dance theater is the combination of dance and drama as elementary means of expression for people. The longstanding occupation with these opposing disciplines offers the participants of the seminars and further training courses a teaching program that conveys its own aesthetic in the combination of dance and language. The NTT projects connect people of different ages and cultural backgrounds as well as professionals and laypeople.

history

The actress and director Rotraut de Neve and the dancer and choreographer Heidrun Vielhauer have been working on joint projects since 1983. Together they directed the Bremen dance theater with 18 dancers and actors. The critics certified that the artist duo had given new impulses to dance theater according to Pina Bausch through the special combination of dance and language. Her pieces have been shown on tours at home and abroad and at national and international festivals, often at the invitation of the Goethe Institute.

In 1982 the two artists met for the first time on the occasion of a guest performance by Tanzfabrik Berlin in Hamburg and decided to work together. At that time Rotraut de Neve was one of the protagonists at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus under the direction of Niels-Peter Rudolph . She wanted more movement, physical presence and choreography in spoken theater. At that time Heidrun Vielhauer was a dancer, choreographer and board member at Tanzfabrik Berlin. She felt drawn to spoken theater and already integrated this element into her choreographies. “The Last Scream” - their first dance theater piece - premiered at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus and attracted national attention. A second followed on the same stage with the title "Two Women", with which they went on a Latin American tour.

Joint dance theater productions by Rotraut de Neve and Heidrun Vielhauer

1990: "Cornelia Goethe" - co-production NTT / Kulturfabrik Kampnagel / Hebbel-Theater Berlin
1991: “Die Frauen Bach” - co-production NTT / Theater Bremen
1992: "Keys in the refrigerator" - co-production NTT / Kulturfabrik Kampnagel / Staatstheater Stuttgart
1993: "Kassandra 1" - co-production NTT / Kulturfabrik Kampnagel
1994: "Kassandra 2" - co-production NTT / Kulturfabrik Kampnagel / Theater Ludwigshafen / Theater Marl
1997: "Kabylon" - co-production NTT / Kulturetage Oldenburg
1999/2001: Seminars and the development of dance-drama pieces with young people from the North Karelia University of Applied Sciences and the vocational school in Outokumpuu / Finland.
Seminars in various European and Latin American countries, in the USA, South America and North Africa
Since 2002: regular seminars at the University of Applied Sciences Rauhes Haus / Hamburg
2000–2003: Annual dance and drama seminars at the Academy of Arts in Prishtina / Kosovo
2003: Choreographic design of the main service at the Ecumenical Church Congress in Berlin.
2005: Assumption of sponsorship for YOP Year of Performance, the innovative advanced training project in dance drama performance with a certificate as a community performance teacher. The additional qualification, which was funded by the ESF in the pilot phase, enables the graduates to perform performances in the most diverse areas of society in the genres of dance and drama.
2006: Dance theater piece on the topic of unemployment with the title "Elevator into happiness" - in cooperation with the Schnelsen district office.
2006: A dance drama performance with young people on the subject of professional orientation with the working title "My dream job !?" - Cooperation between TuSch (theater and school) and the North German dance theater.

Special: YOP Year of Performance

The project-related additional qualification dance drama performance

The participants of the additional qualification YOP - Year of Performance learn to develop and organize ideas from the idea to the performances in order to artistically process current questions, conflicts and needs with people of different cultures and ages and to communicate with the audience.

With YOP, Heidrun Vielhauer and Rotraut de Neve present an innovative project that combines dance, drama and performance. The training over several months with a certificate to become a Community Performance Teacher (CPT), a completely new job description, is a European pilot project with a model character. YOP participants are trained in movement and dance, voice and acting, stage presence, choreography, rehearsal management and teamwork. During the training, the participants experience their creativity in the creation process, themselves as stage artist, game master and, at the same time, success-oriented work in a team.

The Community Performance Teacher (CPT) instructs people of different ages and cultures to use dance and drama to develop a performance and present it to the public. B. in theaters, schools, social institutions, companies etc. The professional qualification mediated by YOP opens up a wide future range of activities for performing artists but also for people from other creative, social and educational professions.

Closing performances of YOP Year of Performance

2002: "Seven rooms, 7 lights"
2003: "Unexpected"
2004: "TransForm"
2005: "Bodies in Buildings"
2006: "Pay attention to the line"
2006: "Metropolitan Beduins"
2007: "Alexandra is currently researching"
2007: "Stay back, please!"
2007: "Pink on the ground - the others smile without wrinkles" (YOP - evening course)

Cooperation partner

Kampnagelfabrik Hamburg: Kampnagel provides a hall for teaching lighting technology and stage equipment for the performances.
TUSCH Theater and School Hamburg: In 2004, TUSCH promoted the collaboration between the Hamm high school and YOP with a performance project on the subject of "Europe".
In 2006, TmS (Theater macht Schule) sponsored the production "My Dream Job" with students from various schools in Hamburg.
Cooperation partners for internships for YOP participants include: a: Goldbek-Haus, Hahnöfersand women's prison, alternative practitioner school, girls' club in Barmbek, Tanzhaus Altona, Institute for Child Development, Altona School, Wichern School
Cooperation partners for performance orders include a .: Hamburg Vocational Promotion Agency, international trade fair "You and Your World", Women's Council Hamburg, Hamburger Hof, Ecumenical Church Congress Berlin, Kneipp Association ......
Further cooperation partners in other countries:
- Finland: The Outokumpu Vocational Institute will set up a training course based on the model of the YOP curriculum. The cooperation is based on long-term teaching assignments of the two YOP leaders in Finland.
- Kosovo: Dance and Theater School in Prishtina: The plan is to develop dance theater training based on the YOP concept.