Kurt Jooss Prize Award Ceremony 2013

The Kurt Jooss Prize was established as a prize for young choreographers in 2001 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Kurt Jooss, creator of the anti-war dance drama, ›The Green Table‹, co-founder of the Folkwang Academy and founder of the Folkwang Dance Studio. Carrying an endowment of 6.000 Euro, the prize is sponsored by the Anna and Hermann Markard Foundation Amsterdam and the City of Essen and is awarded every three years. It is open to choreographers of all ages who are not yet fully established in the profession. There are no style restrictions.

The jury is made up of the director and chief choreographer of Ballett am Rhein, Martin Schläpfer, choreographers Reinhild Hoffmann and Nils Christe as well as Andreas Bomheuer, Head of the Culture Department of the City of Essen and Dr. Patricia Stöckemann, dramaturg for dance at the Osnabrück Municipal Theatre.

The nominees for the Kurt Jooss Prize 2013 who will present their entries during the Award Ceremony performance at PACT Zollverein are Chikako Kaido, Japan/Germany; Maura Morales, Cuba/Germany and Wu-Kang Chen and Suwie Chia, Taiwan (ROC).

Prize winners 2001–2010:

2001 Annelise Soglio & Torsten Konrad for ›States‹, Samir Akika for ›Lilja‹

2004 Renate Graziadei & Arthur Stäldi / LaborGras for ›Story-No Story‹, Johannes Wieland for ›Shift‹

2007 Nicola Mascia & Matan Zamir / Matanicola) for ›Under‹

2010 Arkadi Zaides for ›Solo Colores‹

Jury 2013: Martin Schläpfer, director of the Ballett am Rhein, Reinhild Hoffmann, choreographer, Nils Christe, choreographer, Andreas Bomheuer, Head of Cultural Affairs City of Essen and Dr. Patricia Stöckemann, dance dramaturge Theater Osnabrück

Organisation: Alfons Wafner, Office of Cultural Affairs City of Essen

Supported by: Sparkasse Essen