Palucca
School:
Jason Beechey (director)
Ingrid Borchardt (faculty and past student)
Peter Jarchow (professor and past director)
Rough
Question Outline:
- Intro and brief background
- What is your knowledge of modern dance during WWII?
- How did the rise of the Berlin Wall affect choreography,
audience attendance, and the popularity of modern dance as
a profession?
- What were the funding issues and how did they affect the
development of modern dance at this time?
- Was there an underground community of modern dancers due
to the lack of funding?
- How did choreography reflect the sociopolitical issues of
the people of former East Germany?
- How did modern dance evolve after the Fall of the Berlin
Wall? (consider choreography, aesthetics, or audience
responses...)
- What is the status of modern dance in Dresden today? (#
of companies, etc.)
- Are people still incorporating issues of the past into
choreography today?
- What effect did the mandatory incorporation of ballet
into the Palucca School's training have on the evolution of
modern dance?