Translation processes are always an interplay of de-contextualisation and re-contextualisation. Translation in art takes place on various levels. In artistic work, an aesthetic translation of urban experience, of foreign (everyday) cultures, of cultural possibilities and forms of understanding takes place. The experiences are transformed in the translation processes in that they are constantly given new frames of meaning in the artistic work, thus creating new interpretations. The symposium On the threshold of meaning - translation practices in dance is a three-day exchange between academics, artists and the public on aesthetic, medial and cultural translation processes in dance. Artistic practices are often multi-layered systems of meaning: between the situational, the everyday, the cultural, the social, between language and movement and various media and materials. The symposium will focus on how the framework of understanding and legibility in dance can be reconsidered. Through lectures, panel discussions, performances, workshops, working groups and audience participation, participants will have the opportunity to engage, question and explore their own creative processes and reflect on how translation strategies can be used to strengthen the connection to their respective artistic communities.

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Tickets: 75€ | 60€ | 50€ (tanz*werk members)
single days: 30€ | 25€ | 20€ (tanz*werk members)
Workshop single: 20€ | 15€ | tanz*werk members free

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The symposium will take place from 29 November to 01 December 2024

Friday, 29 November 2024 Dock 4 in Kassel intermediate deck
14:00 | Opening by Mrs Carola Metz / Cultural Office
14:30 | Lecture by Gabriele Klein
15:30 | Discussion (moderated by Isa Wortelkamp)
16:30 | Coffee + snacks
16:45 | Working groups: How do the participants deal with translation processes in their work (moderation
Ilana Reynolds and Bettina Helmrich)
18:30 | Break with dinner
20:00 | Performance timetraces | Dock 4 Hall
21:00 | Performance Gedankenflucht | Dock 4 Deck 1 followed by an audience discussion


Saturday 30.11.2024
from 9:30 a.m. | Arrival for coffee and small snack breakfast
10:30 am | Workshop
13:00 | Lunch break
2:00 pm | Talk Original and Copy moderated by Gabriele Klein with Isa Wortelkamp, Emi Myoshi, Anna Huber and Sara Simioni
15:30 | Coffee and snacks
16:00 | Working groups: between artistic and scientific practice (moderated by Ilana Reynolds and Bettina Helmrich)
and exchange
18:30 | Dinner
20:00 | Performance - Emi Myoshi followed by an audience discussion

Sunday 01.12.2024
from 9:30 a.m. | Arrival for coffee and small snack breakfast
10:30 am | Workshop
13:00 | Lunch break
2:00 pm | final panel discussion between the artists (moderated by Ilana Reynolds and Bettina Helmrich)
15:00 | End