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Solo Dialog is a new project that will be held annually where local talents meet with past festival award winners to create a joint performance under the guidance of Roberta Ferrara.
Roberta Ferrara is the founder and Artistic Director of the Equilibrio Dinamico company, a freelance educator and choreographer, and Prize winner of the 22nd International Solo Dance Theater Festival 2018.
Cast
Roberta Ferrara, Breeanne Saxton, Louis Thuriot, Martina Gurkel and Stella Coviand Tonia Laterza
The result of this artistic dialogue will be showcased during the festival at publicly accessible locations, such as the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Landesmuseum Württemberg in the Old Castle.
The evening before the competition belongs to Stuttgart’s independent dance scene. Choreographers from Stuttgart and the surrounding region present their contemporary solo pieces. The performances follow the format of the preliminary rounds of the International Solo-Dance-Theater Festival Stuttgart. Stuttgart Solo Choreo highlights the strength and diversity of the Stuttgart scene. The dance productions are performed outside of the competition and will not be awarded. In cooperation with the Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance e.V.
„6. SOLO CHOREO 2025
Choreography & Performance: Eva Baumann (Germany) „dis_figured“
Choreography & Performance: Jonas Florian Nothof (Germany) „Niemandsland“
Choreography: KOMA&Ko/Magdalena Weniger (Germany) Performance :Ayça Turgut (Turkey) „Layers of Ash“
Choreography: Bar Gonen (Israel) Performance : Seung Hwan Lee (Republic of Korea) „Thinner Skin“
Choreography & Performance: Paco Ladrón de Guevara (Spain) „CRASH“
“Dancing is Everywhere – Photographs by Günter Krämmer”
will be on display from March 5 to April 13, 2025. Günter Krämmer has been documenting the work of UnterwegsTheater Heidelberg since 1994.
Clémence Juglet, whose solo performance “I need to” won the 1st prize in dance at the 25th Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival Stuttgart 2021, will conduct two contemporary dance workshops for beginners:
Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Produktionszentrum Tanz und Performance e.V. (Course no. 251-25105)
Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 1:30 PM at TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz (Course no. 251-25106).
„Solo Dialog“
Solo Dialog is a new project that will be held annually where local talents meet with past festival award winners to create a joint performance under the guidance of Roberta Ferrara.
Roberta Ferrara is the founder and Artistic Director of the Equilibrio Dinamico company, a freelance educator and choreographer, and Prize winner of the 22nd International Solo Dance Theater Festival 2018.
Cast
Roberta Ferrara, Breeanne Saxton, Louis Thuriot, Martina Gurkel and Stella Covi
The result of this artistic dialogue will be showcased during the festival at publicly accessible locations, such as the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Landesmuseum Württemberg in the Old Castle.
Roberta Ferrara
Breeanne Saxton
Louis Thuriot
Martina Gurkel
StellaCovi
Dance On Screen ON TOUR
On the day of the finals, during the jury’s reunion, ISTTF is again spotlighting the genre dance film in cooperation with the Dance On Screen FilmFestival Graz. In Austria, dance film is primarily associated with the UNESCO City of Design Graz, where since 2016 Valentina Moar presents her annually event.
The festival offers an intensive program with film screenings, dance film workshops and awards and serves as a networking hub for Austrian and international dancers and filmmakers. In the 2016-2024 editions, the festival screened over 400 international dance films in Graz, and Dance On Screen also sets impulses for dance film in Europe throughout the year: guest film screenings and festival collaborations have so far taken place in Greece, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and other Austrian federal states. The next edition, the 10th anniversary of Dance On Screen will be held in November 2025 in Graz.
For the screening in Stuttgart Valentina Moar prepared a selection of dance films which correspond to ISTTF’s focus – solo works.
We are pleased to announce an open call for submissions.
Solo Dialog 2025
Every year, the Stuttgart International Solo Dance Theater Festival (ISTTF) showcases the latest international developments in the young solo dance theater scene. As part of this international competition, choreographers and dancers from around the globe present a solo piece that offers a fresh, original, imaginative, and distinctive performance with its own style.
In a new development for 2025, the Solo Dialog event will provide a platform for local and international dancers to collaborate on creative movement and dialogue projects alongside the main competition, from March 13 to 16, 2025. The objective is to facilitate international networking between the local dance scene and former festival participants.
The project will be led by Roberta Ferrara, founder and artistic director of Equilibrio Dinamico, freelance teacher and choreographer, and winner of the 22nd ISTTF Choreography Award in 2018. The venue is the TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz in Stuttgart, Germany.
We are seeking two dancers from the Stuttgart dance scene to participate in the „Solo Dialog“ project.
Scope of project
In „Solo Dialog,“ two dancers from the Stuttgart scene will engage in an artistic dialogue with two international former ISTTF prizewinners, developing a joint performance under the guidance of choreographer Roberta Ferrara while maintaining their individual movement languages. Over the course of three rehearsal days (Thursday to Saturday), each dancer will develop a solo piece of approximately two minutes in length. The group will then develop the theme further, extending the piece by a further five minutes.
The project will conclude on the fourth day with two or three performances in cultural institutions in Stuttgart. It is possible that publicly accessible locations such as stairwells and entrance areas will be used. Please be advised that the music will be played via a portable Bluetooth loudspeaker, and that stage lighting is not planned. The final performance will take place as part of the Stuttgart International Solo Dance Theater Festival finale at TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz.
Schedule
The program will take place from Thursday, March 13, to Sunday, March 16, 2025. On the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, it will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., including a 90-minute break. On Sunday, it is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., although this schedule is subject to change. A detailed schedule will be sent out with the confirmation.
Renumeration.
A flat fee of €1,600 per dancer will be paid to those participating in Solo Dialog. Dancers will also receive a daily expenses allowance of €19.20.
Selection process
The Board of Trustees of the Stuttgart International Solo Dance Theater Festival will select the two dancers to participate by mid-December.
The two former ISTTF prizewinners will be selected separately from this call for applications.
Application process:
Please note that the deadline for applications is: December 1, 2024
Application Documents:
Curriculum vitae. Please provide details of your dance experience and artistic background.
Dance video showing your own movement language. The video should be a minimum of 3.5 minutes in length and can be submitted via YouTube, Vimeo, or a WeTransfer link. The video should be no longer than three and a half minutes and can be submitted via YouTube, Vimeo, or a WeTransfer link.
Letter of motivation. Please provide a brief, informal explanation of your interest in participating in the Solo Dialog Project.
Please submit your application to info@solo-tanz-theater.de. Applications may be submitted in either German or English.
Applicants may submit applications for the Solo Dialog project, the International Competition and the Stuttgart Solo Choreo. Please note that, due to time overlaps, applicants who have been selected for the competition will not be able to participate in Solo Dialog.
Only complete applications submitted by the deadline will be considered for selection.
Participants agree to make themselves available for interviews, film and television recordings, photographs, or similar free of charge
