Thomas Schaupp
Dance Dramaturg | Curator
2024
Mar: Premiere of "Woman who married a shrimp" by Butoh Encounters/Karolina Bieszczad-Stie, Oslo. Dramaturgy.
from Jan: Research "Le sel de la vie" by Camille Mutel / Compagnie Li/Luo, Marsel.
from Jan: Artistic Director of the interdisciplinary curatorial platform Montag Modus, Berlin
2023
Dec: Premiere of Chunky (w.t.) by Ernestyna Orlowska, Dampfzentrale Bern. Dramaturgy.
Nov: Premiere of Dualism by Alexander Montgomery-Andersen at RAS Sandnes. Dramaturgy.
Nov: Premiere of "Ich kann's nicht lassen" von Janne Gregor, tanzhaus NRW/Tanzkomplizen. Dramaturgical Advise.
Nov: Theory-Practical Seminar on Contextualizing Dance #2 in collaboration with Bora Bora Dans & Visuelt Teater, Aarhus. Curation.
Aug: Work in Progress "Stiklinė" by Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė at ConTempo Festival Kaunas. Dramaturgy.
July: Premiere of "Vagarosas" by Lina Gómez at Radialsystem Berlin. Dramaturgy.
Juni: Premiere of the research project "Jesna & Joris" by Cox Ahlers at Societaetstheater Dresden in frame of the Zirkustheater-Festival. Consultance.
Juni: Structuration Project for utopic productions, Artictic Planning and Audience Development, Luxembourg. Dramaturgy/Co-Curation.
May: 2-day Intense Workshop „Art and Empathy - Dramaturgical Practices of Considering Otherness“ in frame of New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius.
May: Reflection Moderation in frame of the Ukrainian Dance Platform at New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius.
April: Introductory Workshop „The Place of the Other - Outlining Dance Dramaturgy as a Collaborative Practice“ in frame of New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius.
from April onwards: Research "Trembling" by Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop. Dramaturgy.
April: Premiere of Purple Spheres by Mirjam Sögner at brut Vienna. Dramaturgical Advise.
April: Premiere of Pourtant chacun tue ce qu'il aime by Camille Mutel / Compagnie Li/Luo at CCN Bourgogne.
March: Premiere of Weaver by Anne Mareike Hess at Neimenster Luxembourg. Dramaturgy.
March: Premiere of Birget; Ways to deal, ways to heal by Elle Sofe Sara and Joar Nango at Oslo Operan, comissioned by Carte Blanche - The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance. Dramaturgy.
from January onwards: Structural dramaturgical Accompany of Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Berlin.
2022
Nov: Research Silent touch, Agility of fear by Natascha Moschini, Basel/Berlin. Dramaturgical Advise.
Oct: Workshop on Dramaturgy and Urgency in Art Making at AURA Festival for Contemporary Dance, Kaunas, comissioned by New Baltic Dance Platform / Dance Information Centre Lithuania. Faciliation/Curation.
July: Premiere of KISS by Kasia Wolinska at Radialsystem Berlin. Dramaturgy.
June: Premiere of BUD by Roza Moshtaghi at Studio Bergen, comissioned by Carte Blanche - The Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance. Dramaturgy.
April - September: Goethe Morph* Iceland: How we always wanted to have lived. A trans-cultural initiative of the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with the Nordic House Reykjavík. Curation.
February - June: Tanzpakt Reconnect: Team building for innovative dance interventions by Helena Waldmann. Co-Dramaturgy.
January: Premiere of Brotherly by Tony Tran at Baerum Kulturhus. Dramaturgy.
January: Premiere of Träumerei des Verschwindens by Lina Gómez at Radialsystem Berlin. Dramaturgical Advise.
January - December: Dance & Dramaturgy European Network 2022 organized by Théâtre Sévélin 36 in Lausanne. Associated Dramaturg.
January - December: Structural Initiative "Raum für das Forschen - Die Fortsetzung" by Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi in frame of Tanzpakt Reconnect. Dramaturgical Consultant.
2021
December: Premiere of Dreamer by Anne Mareike Hess at Neimënster in Luxembourg. Dramaturgy.
September/October: BA Contemporary Dance Practices; Dance & Theory: 'Dance and Theory - On the Relationship between Practice and Concept' at LHÍ Icelandic University of the Arts Reykjavík. Facilitation/Teaching.
September: Premiere of Grått by Hilde I. Sandvold at Dansehallerne Copenhagen. Dramaturgy.
September: Premiere of when mama was moth, I took bulb form by Natascha Moschini & Marie Popall at Dampfzentrale Bern. Dramaturgy.
September: Public Laboratory of 'Practicing Dramaturgy - Feeling Deeply' curated by Merel Heering at Théâtre Sévélin 36 in Lausanne. Co-Curation.
August: TANZFEST movin’bröllin at Schloss Bröllin. Mentoring of resident artists/Programm Advisor for the public events.
July: Premiere of NOT I en extérieur at Jardin du Château de Pange by Camille Mutel. Dramaturgy.
July: Premiere of Warrior durationally unplugged at Contemporary Art Museum Vilnius, comissioned by the New Baltic Dance Platform. Dramaturgy.
June: 'Boundlessness - A seria of events around the Baikal Region' by Karina Pronina, Nika Parhomovska and Ljubov Okladnikova/Humbold Zentrum; Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Olchon. Dramaturgy, Co-Director.
June: Premiere of Vástádus eana/The Answer is land by Elle Sofe Sara at Arctic Arts Festival in Harstad. Dramaturgy.
May: Premiere of Through the Wire by Anne Mareike Hess at Bora Bora Dans & Visuelt Teater in Aarhus. Dramaturgy.
May: Premiere of ARA! ARA! by Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi at Radialsystem Berlin. Dramaturgical Advice.
April/May: BA Contemporary Dance Practices; Dance & Theory: 'Art & Empathy - Practices of being sensitive and vulnerable in artmaking' at LHÍ Icelandic University of the Arts Reykjavík. Facilitation/Teaching.
February/March: Selection of a Danish artist for a co-production within the Bora Bora Residency Centre 2021 in Aarhus. Jury consultant.
January - December: Dance & Dramaturgy European Network 2021 organized by Théâtre Sévélin 36 in Lausanne. Associated Dramaturg.
January - December: Structural Initiative "Raum für das Forschen" by Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi in frame of Tanzpakt Reconnect. Dramaturgical Consultant.
2020
from November: Dance & Dramaturgy European Network 2020 organized by Théâtre Sévélin 36 in Lausanne. Dramaturg in collaboration with Merel Heering.
November: Dramaturgy NOW Online Dinner organized by Onassis Foundation Athens. Selected Participant.
November: Dansekunst #2 Kaos. Publication of Norske dansekunstnere. Text contribution.
October: Premiere of Żfinmade by ŻfinMalta, Malta. Dramaturgical Consultance.
August: Initiating Contextualizing Dance Podcasts, organized by Bora Bora Dans & Visuelt Teater Aarhus. Co-Curation.
August: 'The Work Room, Scotland: STRE-TCHing the conversation' at Keðja STRETCH c/o EDITION. Presentation together with Emma Jayne Park.
July: Presentation of Les Convives by Camille Mutel at Château des Avettes in Réméréville. Dramaturgy.
May: Artistic Think Tank 'Emergence Kyiv - Facing Political Collaborationism', organized by Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute Warsaw. Selected Participant/Contribution. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.
May: Rewiring the Network (for the Twenties) - 1st and 2nd Online Brainstorm Session, organized and facilitated by IETM. Co-Moderation.
May: AMP-Program for Dancers at Bærum kulturhus & Nagelhus Schia Productions. Workshop. REMOTE VERSION.
April: Worker's Choice (2017) by Miriam Kongstad has been added to the permanent exhibition of The National Museum of Denmark / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Dramaturgy.
April: Working Session Dramaturgy of Activism in frame of IETM Tromsø Plenary Meeting 2020. Curation/Moderation. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.
April: Artistic Think Tank 'Emergence Kyiv - Building Memory within A City of Rifts', organized by Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute Warsaw. Selected Participant/Contribution. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.
March - April: BA Contemporary Dance Practices / MFA Performing Arts at LHÍ Icelandic University of the Arts Reykjavík. Facilitation/Teaching. CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19.
February/March: Selection of a Danish artist for a co-production within the Bora Bora Residency Centre 2020 in Aarhus. Jury consultant.
February: Premiere of Not I by Camille Mutel at festival Fait d'hiver in Paris. Dramaturgy.
February: Premiere of FLUSH by Sheena McGrandles at Sophiensaele Berlin. Dramaturgy.
January - December: Guest Artist Residency Program 2020 of Dansearena Nord in Hammerfest for Maria Landmark and Silje Solheim Johnsen; Tromsø, Alta. Associated Dramaturg.
2019
December: Symposium Contextualizing Dance - Dance Dramaturgy as a practice of interlinking Art with the Society at Bora Bora Dans & Visuelt Teater Aarhus. Curation/Facilitation/Moderation.
November: IETM Caravan Yekaterinburg. Participation.
November: Premiere of rigor MORTis by Benedikte Esperi at 3:e Våningen Göteborg. Dramaturgical Consultance.
November: Premiere of Open your heart by Taneli Törmä at Dansehallerne Copenhagen. Dramaturgy.
October - November: Research 'Building a Dance Community - The developments of the Contemporary Dance Scene in Greenland', supported by i-portunus; Nuuk, Ilulissat. Curation.
October: Premiere of JAKOB by Tony Tran at Nuuk Nordic Festival. Dramaturgy.
October: Premiere of The Passion of Andrea 2 by Simone Mousset at KLAP Marseille. Dramaturgy.
October: Intensive Practice Dance Dramaturgy at Beijing Dance Academy. Workshop.
Occtober: Where Art relates to the Society in frame of keđja Stretch Turku. Workshop/Lecture.
September: Premiere of Soft tissue by Natascha Moschini & Marie Popall at Dampfzentrale Bern. Dramaturgy.
May: 'Do I really need a dramaturg?' in frame of Scenkonstbienalen 2019 in Sundsvall, initiated by Scensverige/Danscentrum Sverige. Lecture.
May: 'Applied Dance Dramaturgy - A workshop on the usefullness of Dance Dramaturgy in Choreographic Practices' at Danscentrum Väst Göteborg. Workshop.
March: BA Studies Contemporary Dance at KHiO Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Graduation Year. Mentor for the Students.
March: Presentation of La place de l’autre by Camille Mutel at Villa Kujoyama Kyoto. Dramaturgy.
February/March: Selection of a Danish artist for a co-production within the Bora Bora Residency Centre 2019 in Aarhus. Jury consultant.
January - December: Guest Artist Residency Program 2019 of Dansearena Nord in Hammerfest for Elle Sofe Sara; Guovdageaidnu, Hammerfest. Associated Dramaturg.
2018
December: Premiere of Warrior by Anne Mareike Hess at Neimënster in Luxembourg. Dramaturgy.
October: Premiere of Figured by Sheena McGrandles at Open Spaces Tanzfabrik Berlin. Dramaturgy.
September: Symposium Art + Social Responsibility in frame of the Bodø Biennale 2018. Contribution/Workshop.
September: Premiere of Entitled by Stian Danielsen at Bærum Kulturhus. Dramaturgy.
July: Premiere of A Passo di Mulo by Lina Gómez at Open Spaces Tanzfabrik Berlin. Dramaturgy.
June: IETM Satellite Kyiv. Participation.
June: UKREP/ TAKING MEASURES, Festival of Dance Perspective; Ljubljana. Dramaturgical Consultance in collaboration with Birgit Berndt.
May: Premiere of Doing Family by Barbara Schmidt Rohr at Kampnagel Hamburg. Dramaturgy.
May: Premiere of Burn Time by André Uerba at Tanzfabrik Berlin. Dramaturgical Advice.
May: Masterclass 'Doing choreography' in collaboration with Anne Mareike Hess, at Trois C-L Luxembourg. Curation/Facilitation.
April: Premiere of Skjønnhet I-X by Janne-Camilla Lyster at Dansens Hus Oslo. Dramaturgy.
March: IETM Satellite Kairo. Participation.
March: Conference 'Post-Epic Dramaturgy. International perspectives on the dramaturgical practice' at UNIARTS Stockholm. Contribution.
March: 'Dance-Dramaturgy - An Introduction' at O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo. Workshop.
February - April: BA Dance Context Choreography Intensive Practice 'Dynamics - Choreographing Dramaturgy' at HZT Interuniversity Center for Dance Berlin. Facilitation/Teaching.
January: Premiere of Restraint by Lina Goméz at Tanztage Berlin Sophiensaele. Dramaturgy.
January: Coproductions of Festival Tanztage Berlin. Dramaturgical Consultance in collaboration with Maja Zimmermann.
January 2018 - October 2019: Cultural Exchange 'Dance Dramaturgy in China' in collaboration with Goethe Institute Beijing, Ibsen International/Fabrizio Massini, ErGao Dance Studio Guangzhou, We Festival of Future Shanghai, Aosai Space Dali, Beijing Dance Academy and YAP Young Artists Platform Beijing. Curation.
January - December: Guest Artist Residency Program 2018 of Dansearena Nord in Hammerfest for the Festival Baredans (Iselin Aamodt Borgan and Kari Skotnes Vikjord); Oslo, Bodø. Associated Dramaturg.
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Thomas Schaupp
IS-101 Reykjavík
thomas.schaupp@gmx.com