PODCAST Zeitsprünge – ein Tanzarchiv für Berlin

Dance is a fleeting art. However, it also leaves behind traces, memories and stories. How can we hold on to them, preserve them, pass them on? Who tells stories about whom and whose stories can be found in the Western canon?

The podcast Leaps in time – A dance archive for Berlin (Zeitsprünge – Ein Tanzarchiv für Berlin, in German only) accompanies and portrays the artistic works and conversations that took place as part of the project Archive Accomplices – Dance archives in motion (Archivkompliz*innen – Tanzarchive in Bewegung).

Various actors from the Berlin dance scene have their say, and the participating artists and institutions provide insights into their artistic-discursive and documentary processes.

Podcast

A production in collaboration with studiodrei.

Supported by Bureau Ritter/ TANZPAKT RECONNECT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative.

a person stands in a blue-green sea, turned away from the observer. the sky above the horizon is a clear spectrum of blue.

jee chan

The black and white image shows a bent leg. From the ankle to the knee, the leg is covered with a plaster-like mass. A hand reaches into the plaster-like mass on the knee.

stefan pente

    The picture shows Storm, a middle-aged man with a well-groomed and graying five-day beard, a green Fedora hat on his head, large glasses with transparent frames on his nose and a silver hoop earring in his left ear. In this picture, he looks rather deliberate and thoughtful, which is partly due to his seated cross-legged pose, but also because he is holding his left hand on his chin. The background of the picture is completely black. This makes the light green of his hat and the thin stripes of his top stand out in contrast.

    Storm

      A black and white photo shows the portrait of a white person read as a woman. The person is looking directly into the camera. Her hair is tied into a loose plait at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a top made of a semi-transparent mesh fabric decorated with black tulle at the shoulders. The ruffles of the tulle frame the portrait at the lower edges of the picture.

      Alex Hennig

        The black and white picture shows the profile of a person with a bald head and three-day beard. She is wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt. The background is blurred and the outlines of furniture can be seen.

        Ismail Fayed

          The picture shows the exterior façade of the Tanztangente building. Bright blue façade, white guttering, burgundy door frames. A brown ladder leans against the wall of the building, to which three flower pots with yellow, pink and lilac flowers are attached. On the door hangs a sign in the shape of an arrow and with the inscription

          TanzTangente

          The black and white photo shows a portrait of a white woman with glasses sitting at a table in front of a microphone and listening to someone with interest. Her head is tilted to the side and resting on her hand. She is wearing a thin turtleneck and a light black cardigan. Her mottled gray hair is half-long. In front of her is her name badge and a glass of water. She is part of a discussion group. Some of the audience can be seen in the background.

          Claudia Henne

            A woman (Claudia Feest) sits on a stool - she looks thoughtfully at a ram's horn lying on the floor. It is a performance situation on a brightly lit white stage, the dancer is dressed in black.

            Claudia Feest

              Christine Henniger