Hallo Vorname, 

The summer break is over and once more our students and pupils are getting underway with their activities. We cordially wish to welcome our new secondary school class O1 who have started this year.

And again, this year, the new semester will be filled with numerous events. In November, the University will be hosting an Open Door Day for interested students. Following this, we will present our annual Palucca Tanz Studio. Please don’t forget that there is an alumni discount for tickets for this event on 1 and 2 December. Information on ticket sales will be provided in due time. In cooperation with the Semperoper Dresden, our students will be performing in the production of “Hänsel und Gretel” in the fall. Tickets are available directly through the Semperoper.

In the near future, you will be receiving a letter “Save the Date - Alumni Meeting” with the request that you let us know whether you will be taking part in this event. If you wish to look at the documents in our archives, also please let us know in a timely manner. And I would like to take this moment to thank you for sharing this information with other alumni. They are welcome to get into contact with me - also by post or telephone. In this edition we present the third article in our expert series “Let’s talk about...” by our alumna Rachel Jackson Weingärtner. Her focus here is on the first steps in ballet training.

Wishing you an enjoyable and inspiring lecture,

Minh Huyen Pietruske

Department of Strategic Development/Communication
Student Marketing & Alumni Coordinator

The changeable weather underlined the artistic expression of various themes. Our student Chloé  Meier reports here on:

"Hiddensee was such a special experience and I will hold on to that week for my whole life. It is such a magical place, and sharing the space with my friends and colleagues, creating together and trusting the process was so beautiful. It was like a few days out of time, away for the noisiness and speed of the world, something new and creative could emerge from us, and the contact with the audience was so fulfilling too. So grateful! « 

How does one actually become a dancer? How does the admissions process work at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden? And how long does it take to become a professional dancer?

All of these questions and more will be answered on 4th November 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. when Germany’s only independent university for dance and its integrated secondary school open their doors and dance studios to interested visitors.

During the public training sessions in classical dance, contemporary dance and improvisation, you can look over our students' shoulders and get an insight into their lessons. In addition, a wide range of activities for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 15 years are offered, inviting them to dance themselves and try things out.

During tours of the university campus, visitors can expect not only exclusive insights into the dance studios and classrooms, but also into the costume department, the audio visual studio, the physiotherapy and the boarding school. 

In addition, personal chats with the students, the programme leaders and the artistic staff will give very individual insights into everyday life at Palucca University of Dance Dresden. Information events on the admissions process, the courses on offer, accommodation in the boarding school, as well as secondary school and dance training round off the Open Door Day programme.

Date: 4 November 2023, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Place: Palucca University of Dance Dresden, Basteiplatz 4, 01277 Dresden

THE LIBRARY’S NEW ACQUISITIONS

Cornelia Stilling-Andreoli: Unorthodox – Wegbereiterinnen der tänzerischen Moderne und Postmoderne in Texten und Bildern (Unorthodox - Pioneers of modern and post-modern dance in text and illustrations. – Wilhelmshaven: Florian Noetzel Verlag, 2022, 240 pages and containing over 43 illustrations -in German.

The book is dedicated to five women in 20th and early 21st century dance history who brought completely new forms of movement to the stage and who have had a lasting impact on the development of modern dance. These are Maya Plisetskaya, Marcia Haydée, Gelsey Kirkland, Sylvie Guillem and Pina Bausch. Organised in capitals, the writer focuses on each of them - providing information on their backgrounds, development as dancers and the individual artistic characteristics of each of their dance styles and their choreographic work. The reader is carried away and experiences new perspectives on the turmoil and revival of ballet in the second half of the 20th Century by among other things such as numerous black and white photographs, primarily from the Stuttgart [Ballet] Company.

 

Soon we will be sending out a “Save the Date” notice regarding this year’s alumni meeting. We ask you to please to actively pass the information on to any former staff members and fellow students. When interested, they are welcome to get into contact with me by post (alumni@palucca.eu) or telephone (+49 351 25906-45). On a regular basis, Alumni Network members receive our Alumni Newsletter and other news such as the invitation to alumni meetings. Unfortunately not all alumni are registered in our Alumni Network. Due to a re-organisation of the network (new data protection ordinance), we do not have access anymore to some contact information.

In the case that you would like to see archived personal documents....
Due to the data protection ordinance, we must prepare archived documents prior to any visit. We can then make these available upon submission and validation of your name/year of graduation/and the event title you wish to see. Please send us an Email at alumni@palucca.eu.

Upon request, a copy of your student file can be made for you to take with you. Any fees which might occur can be found in the Archive’s Fees and Compensation Regulations

Would you like to attend our event Palucca Tanz Studio?
For our graduates there is an alumni discount for tickets on 01.and 02 December. More information regarding ticket sales will follow shortly. 

Have you taken our survey yet?
We ask you to please participate in our Alumni Meeting Survey.  Your input will help us in preparing further programme content such as campus tours, viewing documents in the archive and catering.