COFFEE TALK with Mark Christoph Klee | May 4, 23

»I thought I was alone here …! – How does the independent scene work in a state like Schleswig-Holstein? On the strengths of peer-to-peer exchange« – A cup of coffee with … Mark Christoph Klee, choreographer, dancer, dance educator, Schleswig-Holstein

Choreographer, dancer and dance educator Mark Christoph Klee talks about his structure-creating work in Schleswig-Holstein. Since 2018, he has been realising contemporary dance projects as part of the performance collective ‘Merle | Mischke | Klee’, which often offer audiences inexperienced in dance their first encounter with dance. Mark Christoph shares concrete strategies on how to start projects in small towns or villages where there is supposedly no space for dance. He also talks about the mediation formats the collective has developed over the years to get audiences interested in their artistic work. In 2020, Mark Christoph Klee also initiated the ‘Tanz und Performance Netzwerk Schleswig-Holstein’ (TuP.SH), a loose community of interest that has become an important forum for exchange for all those dance professionals who work as lone fighters across the state. The energy of this community and other partners (Kultur- und Bildungszentrum Bad Oldesloe, K3 – Zentrum für Choreographie | Tanzplan Hamburg, Dachverband freie darstellende Künste Hamburg e.V.) gave rise to the cross-state Tanzpakt project tanz.nord.

Possible follow-up formats are mentoring and individual counselling.

www.MarkChristophKlee.com
www.MerleMischkeKlee.com
www.tupsh.de
www.tanznord.de