Erika Klütz Schule für Theatertanz und Tanzpädagogik UNEARTH:UNDERTONE

To mark its 80th anniversary, the Erika Klütz Schule für Theatertanz und Tanzpädagogik is presenting the anniversary performanceunearth:undertone. Founded in Hamburg in 1946 by Erika Klütz, the school is still a state-recognized vocational school that trains dance teachers.

The performance is the result of a democratic choreographic process. Eight choreographers and a video artist work together with the students of all three training classes as well as with former graduates of the school. The starting point is the work with movement choirs, as developed by Rudolf von Laban, Mary Wigman and Erika Klütz, which continues to live on at the school today.

Inspired by the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, the choreography draws on figures and archetypal narrative structures from Greek mythology. Orpheus appears as an artistic figure of sound - as a figure in which body, music and meaning enter into a relationship with each other. The musical composition, curated by a former pupil of the school, forms the framework for this choreographic work.

unearth:undertone focuses on the relationship between man and nature and on the question of how the past, present and future can remain connected - not as a fixed narrative, but as movement in trust.