SUNDAY, JULY 6th 

12:30 PM – 7:30 PM
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION | tanzhaus nrw

MONDAY, JULY 7th 

10 AM – 1 PM
MORNING WORKSHOPS

· TUNING SCORES | Lisa Nelson (USA) | Studio 2
· Embodied Conversations – A Body-Mind Centering® Approach | Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) | Studio 3
· slowly-slowly – the 8hoops – spiral training | Pauline De Groot (NL) | Studio 4
· States of Grace: CI, Contemplation, and Composition | Nancy Stark Smith (USA) | Big Stage

10 AM – 1 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

· Set and Reset/ Wall 1 | Eva Karczag (USA) | phrase material and concept, Trisha Brown (1983) | Studio 5
· Releasing Writing | Gabriele Wittman (DE) | Studio 8

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

On-to-One Sessions, Coordinated by Ines Heckmann (DE) | Studio 7
Time schedule will be posted at the Symposium.

10 AM – 8 PM
EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

GOING INTO CONTACT – a permeable spiral installation | Studio 6
Concept: Dieter Heitkamp (DE)
Collaboration: Media Andrea Keiz (DE)
Curators Team: Dieter Heitkamp (DE) and Angela Guerreiro (PT)

2 PM – 3 PM
SYMPOSIUM WELCOME PRESENTATION

Angela Guerreiro (Project Director), Karen Schaffman (Project Collaborator), and Kathrin Pollow (Project Consultant) offer a welcome to everyone and share an overview of the symposium, as well as their motivations and research process | Foyer

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

· Release as “Living the Changes” | Mary O’Donnell (USA) | Studio 3
· contactencyclopedia | Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Studio 4

6 PM – 7:30 PM
LECTURES

· Bottles and brooms: Pre-Judson-explorations on Anna Halprin’s Dance Deck in the 1950/60‘s | Gabriele Wittmann (DE)
· ‘Judson and me’ | Peter Hulton (UK)
Moderator: Ric Allsopp (UK) | Foyer

EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

CONTINUOUS CI PERFORMANCES | Studio 6
Under the frame of the permeable installation going into contact, Dieter Heitkamp will gather eight Contact Improvisation practitioners participating with continuous CI performances at the installation.

8 PM – 8:30 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SHARED READINGS

Encounters in the Notebooks of Mary O’Donnell (USA) and João da Silva (BR)
Performance place to be announced daily.

8:30 PM – 9 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: BLIND DATES

Blind Dates: Spontaneous Correspondences
To be organized daily at the Registration Desk | Studio 1 – 6

9 PM
PERFORMANCES

· FRE!HEIT | A solo by David Brandstätter (DE) | Big Stage
· CARTOGRAPHIE | A solo by Malgven Gerbes (FR) | Big Stage

TUESDAY, JULY 8th 

10 AM – 1 PM
MORNING WORKSHOPS

· TUNING SCORES | Lisa Nelson (USA) | Studio 2
· Embodied Conversations – A Body-Mind Centering® Approach | Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) | Studio 3
· slowly-slowly – the 8hoops – spiral training | Pauline De Groot (NL) | Studio 4
· States of Grace: CI, Contemplation, and Composition | Nancy Stark Smith (USA) | Big Stage

10 AM – 1 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

· Set and Reset/ Wall 1 | Eva Karczag (USA) | phrase material and concept, Trisha Brown (1983) | Studio 5
· Releasing Writing | Gabriele Wittman (DE) | Studio 8

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

On-to-One Sessions, Coordinated by Ines Heckmann (DE) | Studio 7
Time schedule will be posted at the Symposium.

10 AM – 8 PM
EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

GOING INTO CONTACT – a permeable spiral installation | Studio 6
Concept: Dieter Heitkamp (DE)
Collaboration: Media Andrea Keiz (DE)
Curators Team: Dieter Heitkamp (DE) and Angela Guerreiro (PT)

2 PM – 3 PM
CONVERSATIONS: DYADS

With Mary O’Donnell (USA) and David Brandstätter (DE) | Eva Karczag (USA) and Malgven Gebres (FR) | Moderator: Thomas Kampe | Language: English | Foyer

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

· Release as “Living the Changes” | Mary O’Donnell (USA) | Studio 3
· contactencyclopedia | Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Studio 4

6 PM – 7:30 PM
LECTURES

· Dance Migrations | Gabriele Klein (DE)
· Performing Poetics | Ric Alsopp (UK)
· Institutionalizing Yvonne Rainer | Yvonne Hardt (DE)
Moderator: Trude Cone (USA) | Foyer

EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

CONTINUOUS CI PERFORMANCES | Studio 6
Under the frame of the permeable installation going into contact, Dieter Heitkamp will gather eight Contact Improvisation practitioners participating with continuous CI performances at the installation.

8 PM – 8:30 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SHARED READINGS

Encounters in the Notebooks of Mary O’Donnell (USA) and João da Silva (BR)
Performance place to be announced daily.

8:30 PM – 9 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: BLIND DATES

Blind Dates: Spontaneous Correspondences
To be organized daily at the Registration Desk | Studio 1 – 6

9 PM
PERFORMANCES

· JESS MEETS ANGUS | By Silke Z. (DE) With Jess Curtis (USA) and Angus Balbernie (UK) | Big Stage
· THE PONDEROSA TRILOGY | A solo by Peter Pleyer (DE) | Big Stage

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th 

10 AM – 1 PM
MORNING WORKSHOPS

· TUNING SCORES | Lisa Nelson (USA) | Studio 2
· Embodied Conversations – A Body-Mind Centering® Approach | Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) | Studio 3
· slowly-slowly – the 8hoops – spiral training | Pauline De Groot (NL) | Studio 4
· States of Grace: CI, Contemplation, and Composition | Nancy Stark Smith (USA) | Big Stage

10 AM – 1 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

· Set and Reset/ Wall 1 | Eva Karczag (USA) | phrase material and concept, Trisha Brown (1983) | Studio 5
· Releasing Writing | Gabriele Wittman (DE) | Studio 8

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

On-to-One Sessions, Coordinated by Ines Heckmann (DE) | Studio 7
Time schedule will be posted at the Symposium.

10 AM – 8 PM
EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

GOING INTO CONTACT – a permeable spiral installation | Studio 6
Concept: Dieter Heitkamp (DE)
Collaboration: Media Andrea Keiz (DE)
Curators Team: Dieter Heitkamp (DE) and Angela Guerreiro (PT)

2 PM – 3 PM
CONVERSATIONS: DYADS

THE TRACE IS NOT THE END* – VEHICLES FOR MOVING IDEAS co-creating collective practice and history | with Nancy Stark Smith (USA) and Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Interventionist: Nina Martin (USA) | Language: English | Foyer

*Title co-created with Norah Zuniga Shaw

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

· Release as “Living the Changes” | Mary O’Donnell (USA) | Studio 3
· contactencyclopedia | Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Studio 4

6 PM – 7:30 PM
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS: TRACING THE JUDSON MIGRATION

Tracing the Judson Migration: New Perspectives and Educational Directions | With Gabriele Klein (DE), Peter Pleyer (D), Ingo Diehl (DE), Mary O’Donnell (USA), Trude Cone (USA), Pauline de Groot (NL) | Moderator: Irmela Kästner | Language: English | Foyer

EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

CONTINUOUS CI PERFORMANCES | Studio 6
Under the frame of the permeable installation going into contact, Dieter Heitkamp will gather eight Contact Improvisation practitioners participating with continuous CI performances at the installation.

8 PM – 8:30 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SHARED READINGS

Encounters in the Notebooks of Mary O’Donnell (USA) and João da Silva (BR)
Performance place to be announced daily.

8:30 PM – 9 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: BLIND DATES

Blind Dates: Spontaneous Correspondences
To be organized daily at the Registration Desk | Studio 1 – 6

9 PM – 9:45 PM
PERFORMANCES

(UN)DONE SPONTANEOUS PERFORMANCES | Evening of spontaneous performances. Open to symposium guests and participants, invited to share 1-5 minute performances. No tech. Sign-up at the registration desk. | Small Stage

10 PM – 11 PM
FILM SCREENING

THE JUDSON PROJECT: Steve Paxton, Interviewed by Nancy Stark Smith (camera Lisa Nelson, 1981). With the permission of the Bennington College Dance Archives and the Bennington College Judson Project. Organizers: Wendy Perron and Tony Carruthers.
*Public Discussion with audience (20 minutes) | Small Stage

THURSDAY, JULY 10th 

10 AM – 1 PM
MORNING WORKSHOPS

· TUNING SCORES | Lisa Nelson (USA) | Studio 2
· Embodied Conversations – A Body-Mind Centering® Approach | Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) | Studio 3
· slowly-slowly – the 8hoops – spiral training | Pauline De Groot (NL) | Studio 4
· States of Grace: CI, Contemplation, and Composition | Nancy Stark Smith (USA) | Big Stage

10 AM – 1 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

· Set and Reset/ Wall 1 | Eva Karczag (USA) | phrase material and concept, Trisha Brown (1983) | Studio 5
· Releasing Writing | Gabriele Wittman (DE) | Studio 8

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

On-to-One Sessions, Coordinated by Ines Heckmann (DE) | Studio 7
Time schedule will be posted at the Symposium.

10 AM – 8 PM
EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

GOING INTO CONTACT – a permeable spiral installation | Studio 6
Concept: Dieter Heitkamp (DE)
Collaboration: Media Andrea Keiz (DE)
Curators Team: Dieter Heitkamp (DE) and Angela Guerreiro (PT)

2 PM – 3 PM
CONVERSATIONS: DYADS

With Lisa Nelson (USA) and Peter Hulton (UK) | Moderator: Peter Pleyer | Language: English | Foyer

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

· Release as “Living the Changes” | Mary O’Donnell (USA) | Studio 3
· contactencyclopedia | Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Studio 4

6 PM – 7:30 PM
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS: SURVIVING INSTITUTIONS

Surviving Institutions: ‘That was then, this is now’ | With João da Silva (BR), Gisela Müller (DE), Silke Z. (DE), Alexandra Waierstall (D), Stephanie Maher (USA), Martin Nachbar (DE) | Moderator: Jess Curtis (USA) | Language: English | Foyer

EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

CONTINUOUS CI PERFORMANCES | Studio 6
Under the frame of the permeable installation going into contact, Dieter Heitkamp will gather eight Contact Improvisation practitioners participating with continuous CI performances at the installation.

8 PM – 8:30 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SHARED READINGS

Encounters in the Notebooks of Mary O’Donnell (USA) and João da Silva (BR)
Performance place to be announced daily.

8:30 PM – 9 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: BLIND DATES

Blind Dates: Spontaneous Correspondences
To be organized daily at the Registration Desk | Studio 1 – 6

9 PM
PERFORMANCES

· EXCERPTS FROM DER BAU | A solo by Isabelle Schad (DE) | Big Stage
· CHANNELING JUDSON CHURCH | A solo by Martin Nachbar (DE) | Big Stage

FRIDAY, JULY 11th 

9 AM – 10 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SNAP SHOT

Inspired by Mary Overlie’s method The Six Viewpoints. Initiated by Fabian Chyle (DE). Created by students of the FH Düsseldorf/ department for social and cultural studies | TBA

10 AM – 1 PM
MORNING WORKSHOPS

· TUNING SCORES | Lisa Nelson (USA) | Studio 2
· Embodied Conversations – A Body-Mind Centering® Approach | Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) | Studio 3
· slowly-slowly – the 8hoops – spiral training | Pauline De Groot (NL) | Studio 4
· States of Grace: CI, Contemplation, and Composition | Nancy Stark Smith (USA) | Big Stage

10 AM – 1 PM & 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
ALL DAY WORKSHOPS

· Set and Reset/ Wall 1 | Eva Karczag (USA) | phrase material and concept, Trisha Brown (1983) | Studio 5
· Releasing Writing | Gabriele Wittman (DE) | Studio 8

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS

On-to-One Sessions, Coordinated by Ines Heckmann (DE) | Studio 7
Time schedule will be posted at the Symposium.

10 AM – 8 PM
EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

GOING INTO CONTACT – a permeable spiral installation | Studio 6
Concept: Dieter Heitkamp (DE)
Collaboration: Media Andrea Keiz (DE)
Curators Team: Dieter Heitkamp (DE) and Angela Guerreiro (PT)

2 PM – 3 PM
CONVERSATIONS: DYADS

With Trude Cone (USA) and Ka Rustler (DE) interviewing themselves | Foyer

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

· Release as “Living the Changes” | Mary O’Donnell (USA) | Studio 3
· contactencyclopedia | Dieter Heitkamp (DE) | Studio 4

6 PM – 7:30 PM
OPEN LABS

· Leben and Arbeiten | Facilitator: Stephanie Maher (USA) | Studio 1
· Choreographic Collectives | Facilitator:  Nina Martin (USA) | Studio 2
· Invisible Histories | Facilitator:  Martin Nachbar (DE); Guest: Anna Garms (DE) | Studio 3
· Visions of Dance Practice | Facilitator:  Thomas Kampe (DE) | Studio 4
· New Structures for Education | Facilitators: Gisella Müller (DE) and Bernd Ka (DE) | Studio 5
· “Sharing the Dance” | Facilitator: Peter Pleyer (DE); Guest: Barbara Stahlberg (DE) | Studio 6

EXHIBITION: INSTALLATION – TANZ – PERFORMANCE

CONTINUOUS CI PERFORMANCES | Studio 6
Under the frame of the permeable installation going into contact, Dieter Heitkamp will gather eight Contact Improvisation practitioners participating with continuous CI performances at the installation.

7:15 PM – 8:45 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: INTRODUCING THE UNDERSCORE

Nancy Stark Smith (USA) introduces THE UNDERSCORE in preparation for Saturday’s practice | Small Theatre

8 PM – 8:30 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: SHARED READINGS

Encounters in the Notebooks of Mary O’Donnell (USA) and João da Silva (BR)
Performance place to be announced daily.

8:30 PM – 9 PM
CORRESPONDING EVENTS: BLIND DATES

Blind Dates: Spontaneous Correspondences
To be organized daily at the Registration Desk | Studio 1 – 6

9 PM
PERFORMANCE

GO | A dance by Lisa Nelson (USA) and Scott Smith (UK), after a Tuning Score proposition | Big Stage

10:30 PM
PRESENTATION

DANCING LIFE / DANSER LA VIE | A presentation by Anna Halprin (USA) | Small Stage

11 PM
PARTY | tanzhaus nrw

SATURDAY, JULY 12th 

12 PM – 3:30 PM
EVENT: THE UNDERSCORE

With Nancy Stark Smith (USA) and Mike Vargas (USA) | Big Stage