Dance

The Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln is seeking to appoint a 50% Professorship in Contemporary Dance Artistic Practice (Pay Scale W2) at the Cologne University Campus, department 7/ CCD (Centre for Contemporary Dance) commencing in the summer semester 2027.

We are looking for a renowned dance-artistic personality who is able to impart contemporary dance-technical expertise in terms of diversity of methods in teaching.

Application Deadline: September 15

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From June 8-11, Prof. Wencke Kriemer de Matos, Prof. Vera Sander and Laura Lang-De Negri visited the Duncan Centre Conservatory in Prague and the SVSGUGL Arts Gymnasium in Ljubljana. Through two workshops and an information session at each institution, they introduced the BA Dance programme and CCD, engaging with pupils, students and faculty members in discussions on educational pathways, artistic practice and European perspectives in contemporary dance.

Following outreach visits to partner institutions in Italy and Portugal last year, this year's activities took the team to the Czech Republic and Slovenia. The visits provided an opportunity to learn more about the educational profiles of both institutions and to explore possibilities for future collaborations, exchange formats and stronger European networking.

Many thanks to our hosts for the inspiring encounters, valuable insights and warm hospitality!

BA Dance

Prospective student visits to the BA Dance programme will be offered during the following periods in the winter semester 2026/27:

• 16–20 November 2026

• 30 November–4 December 2026

These visits are intended for prospective students with prior dance training. Participants will spend a full week at the programme, taking part in the regular study activities of the second-year BA Dance cohort and gaining first-hand insight into the programme and the working methods at the Center for Contemporary Dance (CCD).

In addition, there will be opportunities to meet with the head of the study programme and current BA students, ask questions about the programme, and learn more about studying at CCD.

To apply, please submit a brief description of your training background and current level in contemporary dance and ballet. Four places are available for each visit period.

MA Mediation in Dance

Prospective student visits to the MA Mediation in Dance programme will be offered on the following dates:

• 13 November 2026

• 9 December 2026

• 6 January 2027

These visits offer a full day of participation in and observation of selected seminars within the programme. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet with the head of the study programme and current MA students, ask questions, and learn more about the programme.

If you are interested in attending a prospective student visit, please contact the CCD Coordination Office.

Clara Böhm Selected for the Billinger & Schulz SUMMER ACADEMY 2026

We are delighted that BA Dance student Clara Böhm has been selected to participate in the Billinger & Schulz SUMMER ACADEMY 2026. The one-week mentoring programme will take place from 20–26 July 2026 at Produktionshaus NAXOS in Frankfurt am Main and is aimed at emerging dance artists transitioning from higher education into the independent dance scene.

Through an intensive exchange format, participants receive artistic mentoring, insights into project development and funding structures, and opportunities for shared aesthetic experimentation and networking.

Hannah Emami, Maren Nöding and Carlotta Ortinger Participate in Dance Journalism Training Platform in Munich

From 8–13 July, Hannah Emami, Maren Nöding and Carlotta Ortinger – two current students and one alumna of the MA Dance Studies programme – will take part in a professional training platform for dance journalism in Munich.

The project is hosted by tanznetz and Access to Dance in cooperation with Think Big!, the International Festival for Dance, Music Theatre and Performance for Young Audiences. Hannah, Maren and Carlotta will report on the festival across a range of formats and media, supported by experts in fields including film and social media.

The programme is part of the larger initiative Strengthening the Contemporary Dance Scene through Emerging Dance Journalism, funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund, in which Bewegungsmelder participates as a partner initiative from North Rhine-Westphalia. Over a period of three years, TANZPAKT funding enables students to develop and test journalistic formats at a total of nine festivals, supported by experienced journalists, editors and digital media experts. The resulting contributions are published on both tanznetz and the Bavarian dance platform Access to Dance.

Benze C. Werner’s LP Invited to Tanzquartier Wien

We are delighted that Benze C. Werner’s performance LP (Long Play) has been invited to the 2026 edition of S_P_I_T_ – Queer Performance Festival Vienna at Tanzquartier Wien. Presented as part of the festival programme, LP is a polyphonic collage of lesbian history, personal longing and original songs, bringing together archival materials, live performance and music. Through an exploration of voice, intimacy and embodied memory, the work opens up multiple emotional and sensory points of access for audiences. The performance will be shown at Tanzquartier Wien from 25–27 June 2026 as part of a festival dedicated to the theme of “Queer Time.”

Our cooperation project with the online magazine tanznetz and nrw landesbuero tanz is entering the next round: from April, a new generation of MA Dance Studies students will be reporting regularly on dance premieres in and from NRW. Just before the summer break, tanznetz published new reviews by Hannah Emami and Maren Nöding, covering recent premieres including works by Daniel Ernesto Müller at FFT Düsseldorf and the tanzhaus nrw Youth Company in Düsseldorf:

Ahnungsloser Tod „Alles anders“ von Daniel Ernesto Müller am FFT Düsseldorf by Maren Nöding

Die Crux mit den Übergängen „Der Sandmann“ und „Shift.er.s“ im Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach by Hannah Emami

Der Wunsch nach Sichtbarkeit „Tracks“ der Jugendkompanie tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf by Maren Nöding

You can find all Bewegungsmelder articles here. 

We are delighted to now offer an overview of all events at the Centre for Contemporary Dance, available both as a PDF and as a printed fold-out brochure!

Here you can access the overview for the summer semester 2026: PDF

We are happy to share one of the key outcomes of the artistic research project "RELAY - Thinking Artistic Material in Music and Dance" with you: the RELAY ARTicle on Research Catalogue!

RELAY is a three year is a three-year artistic research project made possible by the ERASMUS+ program "Cooperation Partnerships". It focuses on artistic-pedagogical developments in the fields of choreography, dance, music and composition. You'll find more information about the project here.

The RELAY ARTicle shares artistic practices, pedagogical activities, documents and documentations of the process, writings, scores, methods, practical tools as well as  recollections by and about the practitioners involved in the project.

Throughout the project, we developed insights, practices, and tools around five key topics: relaying, multitude of perspectives, transformational practices, sustainability and  learning. Our findings and reflections on the principles and methods of RELAY can be explored on the page. The non-linear structure invites you to explore the material in various ways and discover multi-dimensional connections.

The ToolCloud provides access to tools, scores, and practices and invites you to use and adapt them in your own work.

Dive right in and explore!