EXCHANGE WITH UNIVERSITIES

 

PROMOTION OF DANCE, FILM AND TECHNOLOGY

Moovy is actively involved in exchanges with universities in Germany and abroad and promotes interdisciplinary projects at the interface of dance, film and technology.

With the Digital Narratives master’s program at the ifs – International Film School Cologne, Moovy explores the artistic possibilities of dance and artificial intelligence. Under the direction of Maren Demant and Amritha Warrier, students develop project ideas that address real-life challenges at the interface of choreography, technology and storytelling. Ágota Harmati, artistic director of the Moovy dance film festival, gave a lecture at the ifs to kick off the program.

At Witten/Herdecke University, the Chair of Digital Arts and Cultural Mediation, headed by Prof. Dr. Renate Buschmann, is researching new approaches to teaching choreography in virtual and augmented realities.

In cooperation with the Center for Contemporary Dance (ZZT), the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) and the Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts in Tel Aviv, students are working under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Yvonne Hardt, Dr. Einav Katan-Schmid and Jung Saeyun on the joint development of a dance film, which is to be presented as part of Moovy.

DANCE IN URBAN SPACE

 

YOUTH CULTURE MEETS ESTABLISHED ART

The “Köln tanzt TikTok” project brings dance art into public space: at various locations in the city, passers-by can use QR codes to access dance videos on the popular TikTok platform that have been developed by Cologne choreographers. The short videos combine elements of youth culture with professional dance art and create new approaches away from classical stages. The aim is to make dance more visible, promote participation and involve young people as equal actors in the cultural dialog. The project is deliberately designed to be low-threshold and invites people to discover dance spontaneously, regardless of location and digitally.

WORKSHOPS AND FILM SCREENINGS

 

IN PULHEIM, MONHEIM AM RHEIN, TROISDORF, BAD HONNEF, WINDECK AND HÜRTH

Moovy NRW brings the fascination of dance films to Pulheim, Monheim am Rhein, Troisdorf, Bad Honnef, Windeck and Hürth. In each municipality, we present an individual film program on the theme of dance. A special highlight: 360° dance films in virtual reality allow the audience to immerse themselves in the action. The program is complemented by creative dance film workshops for young people from challenging social backgrounds – an offer that enables artistic participation and opens up new perspectives.

– Troisdorf Workshop and film screening: May 24 – 25, 2025, Kunsthaus Troisdorf, Mülheimer Str. 23, 53840 Troisdorf
– Pulheim Workshop and film screening: June 14 – 15, 2025, Stadtbücherei Pulheim, Steinstraße 13, 50259 Pulheim and Abtei Brauweiler, Ehrenfriedstraße 19, 50259 Pulheim
– Bad Honnef Workshop: June 9 – 10, 2025, “TanzLabor auf dem Campus Bad Honnef” -Mühlheimer Straße 38, 53604 Bad Honnef
– Monheim am Rhein Film screenings throughout the summer of 2025 in: Sojus 7, Kapellenstraße 36 – 40, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Bibliothek Monheim am Rhein, Tempelhofer Straße 13, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Kunstschule, Berliner Ring 9, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, VHS Monheim am Rhein, Tempelhofer Str. 15, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Ulla-Hahn-Haus, Neustraße 2 – 4, 40789 Monheim am Rhein
– Windeck: Dance film screening and dance film workshop: June 11, Thu June 12, Windeck Comprehensive School, An der Realschule 18, 51570 Windeck
– Hürth: Dance film screening: July 18, dance film workshop: July 19 and 20, Kulturgasthaus Op D’r Eck, Keutenstraße 14, 50354 Hürth-Stotzheim

WHEELCHAIR DANCE WITH VR GLASSES

 

DIGITAL PARTICIPATION THROUGH DANCE AND TECHNOLOGY

As part of Moovy NRW, 360° dance films are being made accessible specifically for people with physical disabilities – especially wheelchair users. The project enables new, barrier-free access to art and movement through the use of virtual and augmented reality.

In accompanying workshops, participants acquire digital skills, try out creative forms of movement and explore innovative forms of artistic expression – from 360° dance films to AR-supported choreographies. The aim is to promote digital participation, boost participants’ self-confidence and support social participation.

A supplementary module in the Monheim library also teaches the safe and reflective use of VR technology in everyday life.

DANCE FILM ON THE ROAD IN EUROPE 

 

INTERREGIONAL AND SUPRAREGIONAL NETWORKING

Moovy is not only active in NRW, but also has a national and international network. In the current season, the festival is represented with selected programs at various renowned festivals and platforms – from Mainz to Athens. In this way, Moovy brings dance film into different contexts, creates new connections and opens up spaces for exchange and visibility.

In the coming months, Moovy will be a guest at:
- tanz.mainz, Mainz – April 02, 2025 – Dare Festival, Athens (Greece) – May 15-16, 2025 – Circus Dance Festival, Cologne – June 06-08, 2025 – tanz.tausch Wuppertal in cooperation with Tanzstation Barmen, Tanzrauschen and the Pina Bausch Center Under Construction – July 04, 2025 – Nimm Platz! at the Neumarkt in Cologne – Summer 2025 – Na knap Festival Ljubljana, Slowenien – MOVE Festival Krefeld – Regensburger Tanztage

WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN COLOGNE

 

YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR OWN CINEMATIC WORKS

As part of a dance film project in Cologne, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds develop their own cinematic works. They deal creatively with the reality of their lives and their urban environment, gain their first experiences in dance and film and try out new forms of expression.

The project promotes artistic participation and strengthens media and social skills.
Local partners support the project with the aim of anchoring the activities in urban society in the long term.

DANCE FILM WORKSHOPS WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

 

A GLOBAL VILLAGE KIDS DIGITAL PROJECT

As part of the “Monheim tanzt digital” project, children and young people from challenging social backgrounds create their own dance films. In doing so, they creatively engage with their surroundings and their everyday lives, gain their first experiences with dance and film and thus actively shape their perspectives.

The aim is to promote artistic forms of expression and at the same time strengthen the participants’ media skills. Local partners accompany the project and support its sustainable anchoring on site.

The project is part of Global Village Kids Digital and is jointly supported by
Moovy Dance Film Festival / Culture Unlimited, the Music School of the City of Monheim am Rhein and Sojus 7.

INTERNATIONALE TANZMESSE NRW
DÜSSELDORF

 

TANZMESSE NRW

Moovy Tanzfilmfestival ist exhibiting at the Internationale Tanzmesse NRW from 28 to 31 September 2024. We look forward to meeting all of our old and new friends!

HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF

 

VR WORKSHOP

The T(r)anzkultur Summer School explores dance and transculturality through workshops, talks, and film screenings. It examines how Asian diaspora identity and experience are represented and articulated through dances. Featuring internationally renowned choreographers, dancers, filmmakers and scholars, the program includes workshops and discussions on new approaches and challenges in dance studies and Asian diaspora studies.

DARE DANCE FESTIVAL
ATHENS

 

KOLLAB-PROGRAMM

Under the motto “a new Look and a new Body that create a powerful aesthetic, experiential and relational gaze around everything that surrounds us”, the dareDanceFestival presents an annual program of new short films and videodance screenings.

The vision of dareDanceFestival is to unite people and artists, bringing together the multifaceted population living in Greece and Europe, at a time when challenges are enormous and the answer of them is necessary to contain more new representations, more art communication, research and inclusion.

This year, Moovy has collaborated with the festival and presents a selection of five films: “Park”, “A Kiss”, “Swans Never Die”, “Desert Heart” and “Herbarium”.

KULTURPOLITISCHE GESELLSCHAFT E.V.

 

WORKSHOP: WHO DOES THE FUTURE BELONG TO?

The discussion focussed on the interplay between digitality and sustainability in the art and culture scene. Together they discussed how digital tools and technologies can be applied to art and culture in a sustainable way and what constitutes a sustainable and responsibly designed “Next Society”.

Julia Mai (Kultur Digital, German Federal Cultural Foundation), Tanja Neumann (METAhub), Sabine Köstler-Kilian (Extension Programme Performing Arts / Theatre at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg), Prof. Dr. phil. Leopold Klepacki (Institute for Pedagogy at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Ágota Harmati (Moovy Dance Film Festival) will provide impulses for the subsequent exchange in breakout sessions.

TANZ:DIGITAL
BERLIN

 

NEW PLATFORM

We will discover more about the project on 16 March 2024 as part of the symposium “Dance 4.0 – Dance, Film and Science in the Digital Transformation” with Michael Freundt, Managing Director of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.

tanz:digital is a central streaming and knowledge platform for the professional dance scene in Germany. The aims of the project are to develop innovative choreographic and artistic formats and to test new recording and production formats – Watch! Explore! Connect!

A collaboration between dance professionals, choreographers, dance institutions, dance archives and many other dance enthusiasts. A project of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.