Screendance as a motor for social change

Kerstin Hamburg ist Designerin, Producerin und Festivalmacherin. Sie ist Gründungs- und Vorstandsmitglied von TANZRAUSCHEN. Diese gemeinnützige Organisation aus Wuppertal unterstützt, produziert und präsentiert Filme, Installationen und neue Medien aus dem Bereich Tanzfilm und Performing Arts.

Kerstin Hamburg is a designer, producer and festival director. She is also a founding member and the chairwoman of the Board of Tanzrauschen. This non-profit association based in Wuppertal supports, produced and represents films, installations and new media art forms from the fields of dance film and performing arts

ABOUT TANZRAUSCHEN

TANZRAUSCHEN, one of the cultural flagships of the city of dance, Wuppertal, was founded in 2013 as an initiative of citizens and has done outstanding work over the last years. In the area of dance-on-screen, TANZRAUSCHEN has become an important international and the most important national player in the mediation, visibility and organization of dance film projects that involve local communities in Germany.

In the context of the partnership with the IMZ International Music + Media Center, founded by UNESCO and based in Vienna, TANZRAUSCHEN also staged the Screen Dance Market 2019 for the creative industry with various formats.

TANZRAUSCHEN is interested in transdisciplinary artwork that always tries out participatory formats and connects local and international communities: in high-art and pop culture, theory and practice, global players and small initiatives, in choreography, dance, film and urban transformation.

Photo: ©Heike Müller Buchbender

Hamburg-based Taiwanese choreographer and filmmaker Jasmine Fan uses her creative powers to create dance films and works for live audiences, sometimes combining the two to conceive multi-layered, artistic spectacles. She completed her classical dance training with a bachelor’s degree in dance and film at the National University of Arts Taiwan. In 2012, she moved to Hamburg to pursue her Master’s in Film at HFBK, graduating in 2017 with her dance film A Walk in Mermaid’s Shoes. As a freelance artist in Hamburg, Jasmine has received funding from the Kulturbehörde für Kunst und Medien, Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Fonds Performing Arts, and Claussen-Simon Stiftung for her multimedia dance works OHNE ZWEI and MUDRA, her research project Zero of Order, and her film project BARDO. In addition to her performative work, Jasmine is the founder and curator of the TANZAHOi International Festival, launched in 2018, which offers workshops, a dance film platform, and exchange opportunities for international directors, dancers, and choreographers.