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.
More
- Read the poetics of Gerald Siegmund: Some personal reflections on my criticism which I am reluctant to call my 'Poetics'
Results 1-20 of 133, page 1 of 7 ⟶ Reset order
Author | Title | Publication | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Marianne Van Kerkhoven | Theaterschrift 8. Memory | Theaterschrift | 1994 |
Gerald Siegmund | Arbeit macht frei | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Ein Lego-Spiel bis zur Erschöpfung | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Im Spiegel wird die Liebe zum Schreckbild | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Körper fliegen wie Geschosse durch die Luft | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Trauriger Abschied und grausames Spiel | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1995 |
Gerald Siegmund | Ales vergessen und nichts erinner | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Apathie, Autismus, Autoerotik | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Körper in Zeitlupe | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Zwischen Idylle und Motorengeräusch | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1996 |
Gerald Siegmund | Schuhe, Handschuhe und Handschellen | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1997 |
Gerald Siegmund | Sehnsucht nach Glückund Verschmelzung | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1997 |
Gerald Siegmund | Stoff für unendlich viele Geschichten | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1997 |
Gerald Siegmund | Das Röckchen fliegt in unschuldiger Manier | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Die Bewegung gerinnt im Bild der Trauer | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Harte Tritte ans Schienbein | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Im Badezimmer von Gabriele D’Annunzio | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Legende vom koketten Huhn | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Wagen und Zagen, Zweifeln und Hoffen, Wollen und Sollen | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Gerald Siegmund | Wenn der Kopf den Körper beherrscht | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung / Rhein-Main | 1998 |
Results 1-20 of 133, page 1 of 7 ⟶ Reset order