[competition] INTERNATIONAL SOLO-DANCE-THEATRE FESTIVAL - Treffpunkt / deadline: 11. 11. 2009 / Stuttgart

14th International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival
11th - 14th March 2010 in Stuttgart

International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival

4 days each year in March, contemporary choreographers and young dancers show their new, modern, individual and experimental productions on the stage of the Robert-Bosch-Saal in TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz to an enthusiastic audience and an illustrious jury.
Most of the presented pieces are premieres.

The jury awards altogether six prizes, three for each of the two categories "choreography" and "dance". The 1st prizes are awarded with € 3.500,- each, 2nd prizes with € 2.500,- each and the 3rd prizes with € 1.500,- each.

Conditions of participation:

Newcomer talents and contemporary choreographers and dancers from all over the world are requested to apply for the competition with a new, original, imaginative and unique solo piece, a piece which displays unusual achievement. The solo must be presented either as a premiere or must have been performed on stage only during the previous 12 months. The solo piece can be interpreted by the choreographer him/herself. The required minimum length of the presentation is 9 minutes, maximum length 12 minutes. Unfortunately, costly stage designs or lighting cannot be accepted.
The illustrious jury will consider the choreographic and dance skills as well as the musicality, the dramaturgy, personality, creative potential, the interpretation and presentation of the piece.

The complete application must be sent in at the latest by 11th November 2009.

If you want to apply, please click here.

Organisation:
Head of the Festival: Gudrun Haehnel
Artistic Director: Marcelo Santos
Cultural management: Laurence Lachnit

Contact:
Phone: +49 (0) 711 1873 825
E-Mail: solotanz@treffpunkt-rotebuehlplatz.de