Homunculus dance theater
The Tanztheater Homunculus (TTH) is a dance company founded in 1981 by the Viennese choreographer Manfred Aichinger . Together with Nikolaus Selimov , he managed the Homunculus Company until it was dissolved with its 30th anniversary in 2011.
history
In the 1980s Manfred Aichinger was artistic director of most of homunculus' productions. Nikolaus Selimov also choreographed for the company from 1992. From the end of the 1990s, the ensemble also worked regularly with guest choreographers .
The individual pieces were mostly created on the basis of intensive improvisation and research phases in the interplay of dancers and choreographers. From 2003 the Homunculus dance theater also worked in the field of children's and youth theater. The 1990s were the company's most productive phase. In addition to regular guest performances at Viennese theaters, numerous “new spaces” were tracked down and specific artistic concepts developed for them. More than 50 performances per season, performance series with up to 24 performances, each with around 3,000 visitors, represent this decade that has shown the greatest interest in contemporary dance in Vienna to date. Since the turn of the millennium, the production conditions for contemporary dance have also changed radically and to the detriment of dancers and choreographers.
The company did not have its own venue and therefore made guest appearances at numerous venues in Vienna (including dietheater Künstlerhaus, Odeon, WUK , KosmosTheater , Dschungel Wien , Theater Brett , Volksoper Vienna , Vienna State Opera , Theater an der Wien ). Homunculus also appeared as a self-organizer and used rooms that are not intended for theaters (e.g. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien , Siemens Forum Wien, HALLE 1030, Semper Depot, Sonnenuhrhaus Schönbrunn, Salle de bal of the French Cultural Institute Vienna, Neustifthalle). As part of guest performances abroad, the company appeared in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the USA and Cyprus.
budget
The theater work and the infrastructure of the Homunculus dance theater were subsidized in the period 1983-2011 by the Department of Culture of the City of Vienna and the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture . In percentage terms, the company's budget for the entire period consisted of 66.8% funding from the City of Vienna, 23% personal contribution, 8.7% funding from the Federal Ministry for Art and Culture Education and 1.5% sponsors.
Dance mediation
The Homunculus dance theater organized lessons for dance enthusiasts of all ages, pre-education programs for prospective professionals and initiatives in the areas of promoting young talent, public support, summer dance weeks, teacher training and school projects.
In 1987 the company founded DAS STUDIO. Center for modern expressive dance in the 9th district in Vienna. A rehearsal and teaching center was created under the direction of Manfred Aichinger and Silvia Auer. The studio in which courses were offered was continued from 2004 to June 2012 in the company's rehearsal room under the name tanz.raum.homunculus.
Rehearsal room Homunculus
From 1995 to June 2012 the Homunculus dance theater directed the rehearsal room Homunculus in Vienna's 2nd district, in the building of the former Roland stage. In this training and rehearsal center, the promotion of the young generation of choreographers was also intensified through residency programs (including dance theater laboratory 1995/96). The rehearsal room was used extensively by numerous dance professionals for research, rehearsals and presentations. The organization of the rehearsal room was directed from 2004 to 2012 by Sonja Haupt.
Cultural policy activity
For the intensive cultural-political engagement of homunculus and Nikolaus Selimov, among other things, the initiative for a sector-specific funding body (dance advisory board) at the cultural department of the City of Vienna (1990), the activity as a board member of the IG Freie Theaterarbeit and the professional association for modern dance education (since 1996) , participation in the dance working group at the cultural department of the City of Vienna (1995/96) and the management of the Vienna Choreographers Platform (1997–2000).
Productions (selection)
- Pas de deux , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA VHS Stöbergasse, Vienna, 1983
- KM , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater Brett, Vienna, 1984
- Colitis , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Neukirchen / Großvenediger, 1985
- Gallery of errors , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater Brett, Vienna, 1985
- The Congress is dancing , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater an der Wien, 1985
- The last night in Cannes - mental images for Klaus Mann , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater Brett, 1987
- The Five Seasons , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater Brett, 1987
- Vienna Dance of Death , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, premier Michaeler Kirche Vienna, 1987 (as part of Ash Wednesday of the artists)
- Happy Days , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Theater Brett, 1988 (commissioned for the dance festival TANZ '88)
- Elektra , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Wien, ett, 1987
- Die Tür - For Rosalia Chladek , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, WP Wiener Staatsoper, 1990 (as part of the matinee 85th birthday of Rosalia Chladek)
- ... and yet they have winter in their heads , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Foyer Art Nouveau Theater, Baumgartner Höhe Vienna, 1990
- in der stille , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus, 1991
- Schlachthof für Engel , choreography by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Wien, 1992 (based on the novel "Menschenkind" by Josef Winkler)
- Urban spaces / choreographed photography , idea Manfred Aichinger, photo exhibition by Michael Zechany, Salle de bal of the French Cultural Institute Vienna, 1992
- … Through the night , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 1992
- Jacqueline du Pré - A gymnastics lesson, choreography by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Wien, 1993
- Im Treibhaus , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, WP Sonnenuhrhaus Schönbrunn, Vienna 1994
- Oh, it's Vienna! , Choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Wien, 1995
- How to Kick Silence , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Semper Depot Vienna, 1996
- Networking , performance by Manfred Aichinger, UA Siemens Forum Vienna, 1996 (during the opening of the Siemens Forum)
- Voices of dead friends , choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1997
- Summer freshness and other excuses , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, directed by Günther Mörtl, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Wien, 1997
- Future has just begun , performance by Manfred Aichinger, UA ICC Berlin, 1997
- EISBERG , choreography by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus Vienna, 1998
- [dialog: // virtual] , choreography by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA Siemens Forum Vienna, 1998
- nature morte: rimbaud - verlaine , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, direction Günther Mörtl, WP Salle de bal of the French Cultural Institute Vienna, 1998
- 382 days left ... why? , Choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA Odeon, Vienna 1998
- Odysseia , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, musical director Herwig Reiter, UA Konzerthaus Wien, 1999 (as part of the HÖRGÄNGE festival)
- Kalinichta Charon , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, directed by Günther Mörtl, premiere Stadttheater Passau, 1999 (as part of the Festival Europäische Wochen Passau)
- now or never! , Choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA Semper Depot, Vienna, 2000
- »GATE 7« , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna 2000
- Historia by D.Johann Fausten , opera by Alfred Schnittke, production by Neue Oper Wien, choreography by Manfred Aichinger, dancer from Company Homunculus, Sofien Säle Wien, 2001
- Visionen , coproduction with the piano duo Kutrowatz, choreography by Manfred Aichinger, Kulturzentrum Eisenstadt, 2001
- ... at the borders , choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA Semper Depot, Vienna, 2001
- Do you hear the touch of time? , Choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Halle 1030, Vienna, 2002
- rien ne va plus , choreography by Nikolaus Adler, premier in Halle 1030, Vienna, 2002
- Imagine , choreography by Karin Steinbrugger, UA dietheater Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 2003 (as part of Szene Bunte Wähne dance festival)
- nn , choreography by Nikolaus Selimov, UA Semper Depot, Vienna, 2003
- beGIERde , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Volksoper Vienna, 2003 (as part of Dance Barock!)
- Alles Gelogen , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Tanzquartier Wien, Halle G, 2003
- Red caps / Rotkäppchen reloaded , choreography by Karin Steinbrugger, UA Dschungel Wien, 2004 (as part of Szene Bunte Wähne dance festival)
- par terre / fragments , choreographies by Elena Luptak and Nicole Berndt-Caccivio, UA KosmosTheater Vienna, 2004
- On the way to the promised land , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA KosmosTheater Vienna, 2004
- Nachtherbergen , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, WP Salvatorkirche Passau, 2004 (as part of the Festival Europäische Wochen Passau)
- placebo? , Choreography by Andrea Stotter, UA WUK Vienna, 2004
- Alles Gelogen 2 , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, WUK Vienna, 2005
- Alzburg: Eutopa , choreography by Berndt R. Bienert, UA Semper Depot, Vienna, 2005
- Venomous wings , choreography by Karin Steinbrugger, UA Dschungel Wien, 2006
- Fragile - Variation , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, WP Festspielhaus St.Pölten, 2006 (as part of Hanna Berger retouchings)
- Viennese cuisine , choreography by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA Neustifthalle Vienna, 2006
- On the roofs of St.Petersburg , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA Stadttheater Passau, 2007 (as part of the Festival Europäische Wochen Passau)
- Fight Night , choreography by Karin Steinbrugger and Martina Haager, UA Dschungel Wien, 2008
- Foils of memory , performance by Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov, UA rehearsal room Homunculus, 2008 (in the context of Mindmapping 1020, Dance Paths of Memory and the Present)
- oedipus is complex , choreography by Nikolaus Adler, UA Odeon Vienna, 2008 (in the context of touches: dance before 1938 - dance today)
- my secret / my fear , choreography by Karin Steinbrugger, UA Dschungel Wien, 2009
- DIE opheliaMASCHINE , choreography by Manfred Aichinger, UA KosmosTheater, 2010
- Jennifer , choreography by Nikolaus Adler, UA Odeon Vienna, 2010
Prizes and awards
- Manfred Aichinger is the recipient of the Christl-Zimmerl-Prize (for the choreography Der Kongreß tanzt, 1985).
- Nikolaus Selimov is the recipient of the OEHasse Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts (for the choreography Voices of Dead Friends, 1997).
- Manfred Aichinger and Nikolaus Selimov are the winners of the 2003 Special Prize of the Jury of the Austrian Dance Production Prize .
- Prize for Art and Culture from the Adolf Schärf Fund for the Promotion of Science and Art (1990) for the ensemble.
- The editors of the Yearbook Ballet 1986 selected Manfred Aichinger as the most promising young choreographer and named the ensemble member Markus Kurat as the best performance by a young dancer .
- The culture department of the ORF chose the choreography Elektra by Manfred Aichinger for the feat of the month and produced the portrait “The Lust am Ballspiel - Das Tanztheater Homunculus” (November 24, 1989 ORF2, directed by Gerhard Roßka)
- The readers of the stage magazine voted Manfred Aichinger the most popular young choreographer (1997).
- Awards from the BM for teaching art and culture for the productions The Last Night in Cannes (1987), Happy Days (1988), Elektra (1990), ... and yet they carry winter in their heads (1991), Oh, it's Vienna! (1995), Summer freshness and other evasions (1997), [dialog: // virtual] (1998), Do you hear the touch of time? (2002), rien ne va plus (2003), Fight Night (2008).
- Awards from the cultural department of the City of Vienna for the productions KM (1984), The Last Night in Cannes (1987), Happy Days (1988), Elektra (1990)
literature
- 20 years - Tanztheater Homunculus Bewegt ... , self-published Vienna, 2001
- Dance theater Homunculus - historical aspects of modern expressive dance , diploma thesis by Katharin Karouaschan, University of Vienna 1997.
Web links
http://www.tanztheater-homunculus.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
- ↑ Dance: The Crumbling of Primeval Rock