Award at Festival SOLOCOREOGRAFICO Frankfurt Edition 2018: ‘Wie soll ich das erklären’ wins the SOLOCOREOGRAFICO Award and is invited to perform in Torino later this year
Photos: Maciej Rusinek
And a nice review:
“With ‘Wie soll ich das erklären’, Dagmar Dachauer concludes the almost two hour long evening (…) congenially: diverse and jaunty, not only in colour. Not a bad title for a dance piece, especially since the expectations evoked by Johann Strauß’ Waltz ‘Voices of Spring’, although wearing a traditional bodice and braid, are not being met. Instead of self-indulgent movements, minimalistic and fine qualities, as well as fitful rotations vest something puppet-like and consistently surprising in the performer. It whets the appetite for more.” Katja Sturm, Frankfurter Neue Presse
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Invited panel discussion member and participant at the Women in Dance Leadership Conference, USA Performance Wie soll ich das erklären at Danspace Project New York 20 January: St. Mark’s Church/Danspace Project
Teaching Contemporary Dance Technique and Composition at the Bachelor Programme and Transition Dance Company of the IUI Dance Institute Belgrade 1-28 October
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM goes to Competing for Sunlight: Oak Bestias Danzantes Film Festival 2017 Chile, Santiago A jury member about the film: “Sensitive for detail, not only regarding the interplay of choreography and cinematography as well also sound, but in this way also for its topic, the relation between human and nature.” – Sarah Moller, Artistic Director of Pool TanzFilmFestival Berlin ………………………………………………………………
Wie soll ich das erklären WON THE 1st PRIZE at Festival of Choreographic Miniatures Belgrade 3 June: Wie soll ich das erklären National Theater Belgrade Supported by Bundeskanzleramt Österreich
Press Reviews: ‘Dachauer’s punchy performance to the familiar & comforting Viennese Waltz is athletic, energetic & when she smiles broadly at us, as welcoming as our hosts.’ – Helen Joy, http://www.getthechance.wales
‘Austrian Dagmar Dachauer, is mystified by her nation’s dance tradition. To a Viennese Waltz, she humorously attempts to re-live the old Empire, her modern body trying to assimilate the grace and flow of the spinning dancers of earlier times. Her arms and legs want to go one way, but her head and torso can’t keep up with the frenetic action until by the final hurrah, she just gives up with a deadpan shrug.’ – Jane Oriel, http://www.walesartsreview.org
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17 August – 8 September: Landscape Dialogues Residency at Secret Hotel New Creation Competing for Sunlight (working title) and Short Film Mols, Denmark Supported by Bundeskanzleramt Österreich and Land Oberösterreich Photo: Benjamin Lachower
20-30 August: Landscape Dialogues Summer Lab organized by Secret Hotel Directed by Christine Fentz, co-curated by Dagmar Dachauer With workshops led by Meytal Blanaru (Feldenkrais) and the Finnish Collective ‘Other Spaces’, guest lectures and hill-rolling. ………………………………………………………………
17 – 27 June: Artist in Residence at Mediterranean Dance Center / Mediteranski plesni centar Svetvinčenat 26th June, 20:00: Work-in-Progress Showing of ‘Wunderbare Jahre’ ………………………………………………………………
6-16 June: Artist in Residence at Plesni Teater Ljubljana ………………………………………………………………
4, 5 June, 21:00: Performing SELFED by Kevin Trappeniers at Plesni Teater Ljubljana ………………………………………………………………
May: Artist in Residence as the first ‘Stadttänzerin’ of Klagenfurt
12 May: ‘Die Stadttänzerin stellt sich vor’, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, 19:00 A talk, presented by Ingrid Türk-Chlapek
15 May: Contemporary Dance Workshop for Beginners (2h) Contemporary Dance Workshop for professional Dancers (3h) TanzEtage Klagenfurt
19 March: Performing drag chain/push chain by Kevin Trappeniers at TAKT Festival Dommelhof, Neerpelt/Belgium ………………………………………………………………
January-May: Weekly teaching at Muziekakademie Anderlecht, Belgium ………………………………………………………………
2014
14 March, 20:30: De-Il-Lusion, Halle G Tanzquartier Wien, Austria 15 March, 20:30: De-Il-Lusion, Halle G Tanzquartier Wien, Austria …. 7 – 11 April: Assisting Florence Augendre’s Workshop in Brussels, Belgium 21 – 25 April: Assisting Florence Augendre’s Workshop at P.A.R.T.S., Belgium …. 28 May: SELFED (Premiere) at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia 29 May: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia 30 May: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia 31 May: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia 1 June: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia …. 4th – 15th August: Artist in Residence at P.A.R.T.S. Summer Studios, Belgium Working on the new Solo-Creation “Wunderbare Jahre” …. 20st – 25th August: Co-host and participation at the third edition of the annual Barn Art Symposium in Mols, Denmark Organized by Christine Fentz/Secret Hotel …. 16-19 October: IETM Meeting Sofia, Bulgaria. Representative of Secret Hotel
24 October: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20:00 26 October: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20:00 27 October: SELFED at Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20:00
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New Creation: SELFED
A choreography based on the notion of the energy of self and self-sacrifice. The self meant as a tool for introspection and reproduction, of construct and demolition of the body and the mind. We will explore movements researching shifts of self-sacrifice, and – following the philosophy of Parkour – methods to overcome reflexes and ways to adapt the body to mental barriers.
Dates: 19, 20, 21, 27, 28 June at Plesni Teater Ljubljana (SL)
Concept, Choreography and Visual Image: Kevin Trappeniers Dancer and co-creator of movement: Dagmar Dachauer / in collaboration with Luka Avguštin, Enej Progar, Jan Ulčar, Sebastjan Zupanc (SloMotion, Slovenian Parkour Family) Music and Sound design: Kreng Dramaturgy and Mentorship: Andreja Kopač Coaching & Distribution Advice: Vincent Company Producer: Živa Brecelj Produced by: Plesni Teater Ljubljana (SI) – Choreographic Debut PTL 2014 in Collaboration with: TAKT Dommelhof (BE) Co-Produced by: Muzej in galerije mesta Ljubljane (MGML) Thanks to: Vincent Van den Bossche, Blaze Urban Academy, Šolski center Ljubljana
