Documenting performing arts is both challenging and essential as it preserves the ephemeral nature of live performances, capturing choreography, staging, and artistic expression that would otherwise vanish once the moment passes.

It serves as a vital tool for knowledge transmission, enabling future generations to study, adapt, reflect, research and be inspired by past works.

It also enables accessibility, allowing wider audiences to engage with performances regardless of time, location, or physical ability. In a rapidly changing world, it becomes a way to honor presence, expand interdisciplinary collaboration, contemporary art experimentation and ensure that the power of embodied storytelling continues to resonate across time and space.

Archive#1

ON-GOING COLLABORATIONS

MICHÈLE MURRAY / ATLAS / STUDIES
DANIEL SMITH / BULLY
ANTJE VELSINGER / GOODBYE FAREWELL
ANTJE VELSINGER / THEIR FUTURE
DANGEROUS GUESTS
YIBU DANCE / WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT
NUTROSPEKTIV / MOMENT(URB)AN
KATHARINA STENZENBERGER / SOLID LIQUID
MARTINA DE DOMINICIS / YET TO BE BORN
BALLETT THEATER PFORZHEIM / 45
ENIS TURAN / CLUB 27
SAGI GROSS / RECYCLING EMOTIONS
JONE SAN MARTIN / ON THE RELATION BETWEEN SIGN LANGUAGE AND CHOREOGRAPHY
ZHDK | BA CONTEMPORARY DANCE
URSINA TOSSI / FUX
TANZ.KOELN TANZGASTSPIELE
ZWOISY MEARS-CLARKE / GENEIGTER
SAMUEL GILOWITZ | MONO NO AWARE
PFORZHEIM THEATER / BEING HUMAN

Archive#2

COCOONDANCE COMPANY | 2014 – TODAY

CHOREIA
STIMMKÖRPER
CHORA
GHOST TRIO A
STANDARD
DREAM CITY
VIS MOTRIX
RUNTHROUGH meetings I-IV
BODY SHOTS
WE ARE SPACE
HYBRIDITY
MOMENTUM

Archive#3

ANGIE HIESL + ROLAND KAISER | 2014 – TODAY

DRESSING THE CITY
AUSSER ORDENTLICH
WAR SCHÖN. KANN WEG ...
FORKS IN THE CIY
FAT FACTS
UNFASSBAR KÖLN
ID CLASH Focusing on Hirjas
[in] VISIBLE – [un] SICHTBAR
AQUAMARIN.40213

Archive#4

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE COLOGNE | 2010 – TODAY

SOLO EDITION 26
IMPACT ZONE 26
PASSING THROUGH
IMPACT ZONE 25
UNFOLDED 13
SOLO EDITION 25
UNFOLDED 12
SOLO EDITION 24
IMPACT ZONE 23
SOLO EDITION 23
(N)ON SITE BODIES
UNFOLDED 11
IMPACTZONE 22
IMPACT ZONE 21
GOLBAL WATER DANCES

Archive#5

NRW LANDESBÜRO TANZ | 2014 – TODAY

DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2024
DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2020
DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2018
DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2017
DYNAMO 2016 DOCUMENTATION
DYNAMO SPEZIAL
DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2015
FESTIVAL TANZ NRW 21
2019_180° DREHUNG
DYNAMO 2020 DER FILM
DYNAMO FESTIVAL 2014

Archive#6

DANCE THEATRE HEIDELBERG | 2017 – 2021

OSCILLATION
MOMENTUM
DIMENSION
BECOMING
IMPRESSION
THE INHABITANTS
FORMS OF TOGETHERNESS

Archive#8

MICHAELDOUGLAS KOLLEKTIV | 2009 – 2023

PERSPECTIVE SHIFT
SHIFTING SYSTEMS
HIVEMIND
GET-TOGETHER
THE POLARITY PARTY
WIR WOLLEN VERSCHWINDEN
ZAURAK
THE EXCHANGE
TELLING STORIES

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