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A joint symposium by SIBMAS, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf & Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln
6-7 June 2025
FRIDAY, 6 June, 10:30am-6pm
Venue: Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln (Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Köln)
SATURDAY, 7 June, 11am-4pm
Venue: Theatermuseum Duesseldorf (Jaegerhofstrasse 1, 40479 Duesseldorf
Please note:
There will be no hybrid or digital presentations or streamings.
Everyone interested in the topic is invited to join.
We do not charge a conference fee, but registration is mandatory prior to the event, and before May 27, here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddUHCCRPlEti3cml_GactidY5d5nd78rT_1_urGye5LpqK2A/viewform?usp=header
In recent years, the question of mediation has played an increasingly important role in the arts, cultural institutions, and the corresponding fields of researching and teaching. Mediation can be pedagogical, political, cross-disciplinary and cross-media, intertwining, reconciling and culturally effective, etc. The symposium Building Bridges: Collecting, Researching and Mediating the Performing Arts, will gather representatives of the performing arts, theatre and dance researchers, archivists, librarians and curators to discuss what connects us: the shared passion and curatorial or scientific curiosity about the performing arts in all their facets – present and historical.
The notion of “building bridges” forms the dramaturgical framework of the symposium.
We received an overwhelming number of applications to our call for papers for presentations, posters, and multimedia formats. The delegates selected come from all parts of the world – Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, UK, USA –, and we look very much forward to learning from each of them and exchange our ideas and perspectives.
Organizing team: SIBMAS (PD Dr. Nic Leonhardt), Theatermuseum Düsseldorf (Dr. Sascha Förster & team), Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln (Thomas Thorausch & team)
Contact: symposium2025@sibmas.org
