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I work as a dramaturge in the field of dance and performance. My practice is characterised by the close connection between dramaturgy as theoretical research and as a practical method in artistic processes. Fundamental to my way of working is the concept of queerness, which, following Bini Adamczak, describes both an ensemble of factual and intimate modes of relating and
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Since August 2024 I'm part of the programme team at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee in Zürich. It is beautiful and a lot and there is not much time for other projects. However, you're warmly invited to stay in touch as per usual or via: gatzke@gessnerallee.ch
as an identity-critical method, allows for incompleteness. This approach runs through both the self-understandings and the themes and concerns of the artistic positions I work with - from queerfeminist, choreographic world building to dance as a form of protest and resistance.
Formally, my collaborations are characterised by an exploration of language as an access to contemporary dance. Following on from my master thesis »Expanded Writing in Dramaturgy as Practice«, the focus is on both the collaborative development of texts for staging and formats of mediation (audio description, scores, essays). At the moment I am busy with with the question how the relation between taste and class shows itself in contemporary dance.
From 2018-2021 I was a research assistant at the artistic research project »Non-knowledge, Laughter and the Moving Image« led by Professor Annika Larsson. The research was focused on technologies of control, questions of representation and it’s pitfalls, as well as politics around (moving) images and moving bodies. This time has informed my understanding of dramaturgy a lot and allowed my practice to expand into the field of fine arts and film.
I’m always excited about a message. Sometimes I also do have time and space for new collaborations and projects – they can take on different forms from being an outside eye to a process, to faciliating dramaturgy sessions or longer periods of research and rehearsing together.
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Since August 2024 I'm part of the programme team at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee in Zürich. It is beautiful and a lot and there is not much time for other projects. However, you're warmly invited to stay in touch as per usual or via: gatzke@gessnerallee.ch
I work as a dramaturge in the field of dance and performance. My practice is characterised by the close connection between dramaturgy as theoretical research and as a practical method in artistic processes. Fundamental to my way of working is the concept of queerness, which, following Bini Adamczak, describes both an ensemble of factual and intimate modes of relating and
as an identity-critical method, allows for incompleteness. This approach runs through both the self-understandings and the themes and concerns of the artistic positions I work with - from queerfeminist, choreographic world building to dance as a form of protest and resistance.
Formally, my collaborations are characterised by an exploration of language as an access to contemporary dance. Following on from my master thesis »Expanded Writing in Dramaturgy as Practice«, the focus is on both the collaborative development of texts for staging and formats of mediation (audio description, scores, essays). At the moment I am busy with with the question how the relation between taste and class shows itself in contemporary dance.
From 2018-2021 I was a research assistant at the artistic research project »Non-knowledge, Laughter and the Moving Image« led by Professor Annika Larsson. The research was focused on technologies of control, questions of representation and it’s pitfalls, as well as politics around (moving) images and moving bodies. This time has informed my understanding of dramaturgy a lot and allowed my practice to expand into the field of fine arts and film.
I’m always excited about a message. Sometimes I also do have time and space for new collaborations and projects – they can take on different forms from being an outside eye to a process, to faciliating dramaturgy sessions or longer periods of research and rehearsing together.