Gerald Siegmund

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Gerald Siegmund is writing on dance and performance as a theoretician and critic, both activities complementing each other. After finishing his PhD on Theatre as memory in 1994, he started writing on a daily basis as dance and performance critic for the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 1995, and magazines such as Ballet International and Dance Europe.

For Sarma he provides a selection of his reviews and essays on dance written for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a body of work which is still growing from week to week. A supplementary selection is made of the reviews for Ballet International and Dance Europe.

Biography

Gerald Siegmund (Germany, 1963) studied Theatre, English and French Literature in Frankfurt am Main. In 1994 he finished his PhD on the subject Theater als Gedächtnis (Theatre as memory). In meantime he had been working as assistant dramaturge in productions directed by Christof Nel in Theater am Turm (Frankfurt) and Theater Basel (1990-91). Since 1995 he is active as a free-lance dance and performance critic for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Ballet International and Dance Europe. After postdoctoral work at the university of Tuebingen (1996-98), he is currently lecturing at The Department of Applied Theatre Studies, University of Giessen, with a special interest in contemporary dance performance. His main research interests, on which he has published extensively for diverse specialised magazines and books, include: theories and models of memory and their relation towards the performing arts, mannerism in Restoration Comedy and early 18th century British drama, dance and the visual arts, post-modern and contemporary dance/theatre performances.

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Author Title Publication Year
Gerald Siegmund Allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Apathie, Autismus, Autoerotik Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1996
Gerald Siegmund Dss Chaos erster Liebeswirren Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2002
Gerald Siegmund Eine menschliche Komödie Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Hamletmaschine im Glaskasten Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2002
Gerald Siegmund Das Röckchen fliegt in unschuldiger Manier Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1998
Gerald Siegmund Knick in der Optik Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2002
Gerald Siegmund Legende vom koketten Huhn Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1998
Gerald Siegmund Seelenerkundungen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Absurde Tanzwelt Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1999
Gerald Siegmund Bassso Continuo Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Dreiteiliger Ballettabend Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Körper fliegen wie Geschosse durch die Luft Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1995
Gerald Siegmund Both Sitting Duet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2002
Gerald Siegmund Das Abwesende ins Bild setzen Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2002
Gerald Siegmund Im Spiegel wird die Liebe zum Schreckbild Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 1995
Gerald Siegmund Kreuzungspunkte Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003
Gerald Siegmund Rendez-vous avec Chopin Dance Europe 2003
Constanze Klementz Schmuddelkind mit Modellcharakter Theater der Zeit 2006
Gerald Siegmund Signé, signés Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main 2003

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