Dresden, Germany
HELLERAU - Europäisches Zentrum der Künste is a historic arts centre in the garden city of Hellerau, Dresden's first garden city district. The Festspielhaus, built in 1911 by Heinrich Tessenow, was originally home to the Dalcroze Institute and became a pioneering stage for rhythm, dance and theatrical reform in early 20th-century Europe. Today it hosts contemporary dance, performance, theatre and interdisciplinary festivals, drawing artists and companies from across the continent.
Cloud Gate Dance Company brings this 65-minute dance work to Dresden, tracing the legend of a 1960s Taipei street performer through Taiwanese folk music, Taoist chants, electronica, and luminous stage projections.
Greek choreographer Lenio Kaklea brings a wordless dance piece to Dresden's HELLERAU, exploring identity and power through the perspective of birds, with a soundscape drawn from bioacoustic recordings.
Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company presents a double bill in Dresden: Thomas Bradley and Ioannis Mandafounis each bring a new choreography exploring movement, sound and the space between noise and music.
