Gerald Siegmund
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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- Read the poetics of Gerald Siegmund: Some personal reflections on my criticism which I am reluctant to call my 'Poetics'
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Author | Title | Publication | Year |
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Jeroen Peeters | 'Wij' zeggen, een extreme oefening | Etcetera | 2007 |
Gerald Siegmund | (N.N.N.N.) | Dance Europe | 2003 |
Gerald Siegmund | Absurde Tanzwelt | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1999 |
Gerald Siegmund | Ales vergessen und nichts erinner | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2003 |
Gerald Siegmund | André Gingras zeigt ‘Cyp 17 ReCombining’ im Mousonturm | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2001 |
Gerald Siegmund | Apathie, Autismus, Autoerotik | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Arbeit macht frei | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Aufbruch | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2003 |
Constanze Klementz | Bahnsteigfegen, Beatboxen, Kunstpfeifen | Theater der Zeit | 2006 |
Gerald Siegmund | Bambus-Träume | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2003 |
Gerald Siegmund | Bassso Continuo | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2003 |
Gerald Siegmund | Both Sitting Duet | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2002 |
Jeroen Peeters | Buiten, binnen... berichten uit de studio | Etcetera | 2005 |
Gerald Siegmund | Carmen - privat | Dance Europe | 2003 |
Gerald Siegmund | Choreographie des Zuschauens | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2002 |
Jeroen Peeters | Dance, Politics & Co-Immunity - Gerald Siegmund en Stefan Hölscher (eds.); Dance [and] Theory - Gabriele Brandstetter en Gabriele Klein (eds.) | Etcetera | 2013 |
Jeroen Peeters | Danswetenschap in Duitsland | TM | 2007 |
Gerald Siegmund | Das Abwesende ins Bild setzen | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 2002 |
Gerald Siegmund | Das Begehren der Körper | www.goethe.de | 2010 |
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