EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT
A Performance - Lecture

The project EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT consists of two thematically related parts.

1_ The dance solo EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT, which premiered at the Uferstudios Berlin as part of the 25th anniversary of Tanznacht Berlin 2023.

2_ The lecture EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT, A Book about Delsarte by Ted Shawn – On the Use of Historical Materials for the Further Development of Contemporary Dance, which was presented as part of the (In-)Visibilities – Modern Dance Re-Visited symposium of the Society for Dance Research at the Folkwang University Essen in September 2024.

This project is dedicated to the dancer, choreographer, and dance educator Bob Rease (1949–1991), with whom Dieter Heitkamp had a long-standing friendship.

In the course of his career, for which he received the German Dance Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2024, Dieter Heitkamp has developed over 100 choreographies and numerous lecture performances, including Assistierte Schwebezustände (2001), Hautsache Bewegung (2004), Schule der Sensibilität (2007), and LAURA LERNT (2009), and is now back on the independent scene. In EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT / A Performance – Lecture, he presents a choreography and, for the first time, illustrates the context of a piece's development, also explaining and negotiating the precarious funding situation for contemporary dance.

How little is necessary to make every moment very special?

Choreography/Script/Stage/Costumes: Dieter Heitkamp

Dance: Hojoon Moon

Video-Dance: Tadas Almantas

Music: Jan Jelinek

Assistent: Emma Ibáñez Frau 

Sponsored by Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main and Alix Steilberger Kultur-Stiftung