da I sein – STADT.GESCHICHTE. TANZ. – Episode III
Katja Erfurth
The artistic journey begins at the Festspielhaus Hellerau and leads through the garden city to the Hellerau Werkstätten. It imparts knowledge and explores dance, music and words in an artistic and sensual way. Émile Jaques-Dalcroze’s vision of understanding rhythm as a life-determining principle and experiencing it in physical-rhythmic movement plays just as much a role as the reform pedagogical, holistic concepts of life that shaped the philosophy of the Gesamtkunstwerk Hellerau around 100 years ago. The dancer Katja Erfurth, the singer Julia Böhme and the violinist Florian Mayer make it possible to experience the past and relate it to the present.
Duration: ca. 2 h
Language: German
Katja Erfurth studied dance at the Palucca School in Dresden and subsequently danced in the ballet ensemble of the Saxon State Opera. She has been working as a freelance dancer and choreographer since 1997 and has realized over 30 solo dance productions. She was nominated for the Saxon Dance Award in 2015 for “Tänze in SCHWARZWEISS”. Her most recent works include “WANDELN” (HELLERAU) and “… da sein … I STADT.GESCHICHTE.TANZ.” (Societaetstheater). She choreographs for theater productions and leads dance projects with students. She has been teaching at the Dresden University of Music since 2006. She is also chairwoman of the board of the “Villa Wigman für TANZ” association, part of the management team of the VILLA WIGMAN, a member of the Saxon Academy of Arts and Vice President of the Saxon Cultural Senate. In 2020, she was awarded the Art Prize of the City of Dresden.
Choreography and dance: Katja Erfurth
Voice: Julia Böhme
Violin: Florian Mayer
Artistic assistance: Nicole Meier
Music: Claudio Monteverdi, Helmut Oehring, Florian Mayer and others
Artistic advice: Helmut Oehring
A co-production with HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts Dresden
Supported by the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, the Landeshauptstadt Dresden – Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz and the Dresdner Stiftung Kunst & Kultur der Ostsächsischen Sparkasse Dresden.
