Documenting performing arts is 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, and be inspired by past works. Beyond preservation, documentation allows for critical reflection, scholarly research, and creative reinterpretation, offering artists a means to evolve their practice.

It also fosters accessibility, allowing wider audiences to engage with performances regardless of time, location, or physical ability. Importantly, documenting performance sustains cultural memory and identity, safeguarding intangible heritage and empowering communities to reclaim their narratives. In a rapidly changing world, it becomes a way to honor presence, expand interdisciplinary collaboration, and ensure that the power of embodied storytelling continues to resonate across time and space.

Archive#1

MICHAELDOUGLAS KOLLEKTIV | 2009 – 2023

PERSPECTIVE SHIFT

SHIFTING SYSTEMS

HIVEMIND

GET-TOGETHER

THE POLARITY PARTY

WIR WOLLEN VERSCHWINDEN

ZAURAK

THE EXCHANGE

TELLING STORIES

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

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
IMPACT ZONE 21
IMPACTZONE 22
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

ON-GOING COLLABORATIONS

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
MOOVY FESTIVAL 2024
ZHDK | BA CONTEMPORARY DANCE
URSINA TOSSI / FUX
TANZ.KOELN TANZGASTSPIELE
ZWOISY MEARS-CLARKE / GENEIGTER
SAMUEL GILOWITZ | MONO NO AWARE
PFORZHEIM THEATER / BEING HUMAN

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