Events
ESZTER SALAMON: The Living Book
As part of the 20th anniversary of the Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship, the internationally renowned and award-winning artist, choreographer and filmmaker Eszter Salamon has worked with students of Critical Dance Studies as the the Summer 2026 Valeska Gert Visiting Professor.
Location: Blackbox Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
Lecture | Susan Manning. "Mary Wigman and Valeska Gert"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Jacqueline Davis. '“Disappointing," "Depressing," "Unusual": Valeska Gert in America (1936, 1939-1947)'
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Kirsten Maar. "Dis-articulation in Jule Flierls 'Störlaut' and Eszter Salamons 'Voices and Witches and the 'Valeska Gert Monument'"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Helene Herold. "Valeska Gert and her Afterlives – The Valeska Gert Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts"
Location: Seminar Room III (SRIII) Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
ESZTER SALAMON: Transgenerational, Poetic, and Political Empathy
Opening of the Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship of Eszter Salamon
Location: Blackbox Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
Lecture | Felix Stenger. "Death is Grotesque: Afterlife as Survival"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Paul Flaig "From Groteskfilm to Grotesktanz: Valeska Gert between Weimar Cinema and American Slapstick"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Susanne Foellmer "Valeska Gert: Art as Critical Practice"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Kate Elswit. "Valeska Gert's Provocations for Dance Studies"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Lindsey Drury. "Hexe: Gert as Afterlife"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Yvonne Hardt. "Re-Searching Valeska Gert: Dance Studies‘ methodological challenges and transformations"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Lecture | Lucia Ruprecht. "Valeska Gert and the Afterlife of Gestures"
Location: Hörsaal Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Closing Event: Pol Pi, Valeska Gert Gastprofessorship
Location: Black Box @ Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz 4 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Symposium | Duplicity/ Duplicität: Betwixt Intimates and Strangers
Location: Symposium is hosted at Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Freie Universität with Thursday activities hosted by Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt Universität
Opening Lecture: Valeska Gert Visiting Professor Pol Pi
Location: Hörsaal, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft (Lecture hall, Institute for Theater Studies) Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin
Relatives. Three dance films
A cooperative event by Studio K77 and the Critical Dance Studies Program at Freie Universität Berlin 17 October, 1 8 :00 | Kastanienallee 77 — Kunst- und Kulturprojekt Kastanienallee 77, 10435 Berlin Followed by a discussion and refreshments at K77 As seating is very limited, please reserve here: 🔗 Reservation Form
Location: Kastanienallee 77 — Kunst- und Kulturprojekt Kino, Vorderhaus 10435 Berlin
Closing Event: Viktor Ruban, Valeska Gert Gastprofessorship
Location: Black Box Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz Pariser Platz 4 10117 Berlin
Lecture | Sara Wookey
Location: Hörsaal, Institute for Theater Studies, Grunewaldstraße 35, 12165 Berlin.
Opening: Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship of Viktor Ruban
Location: Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg 10 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten +49 (0)30 200 57-2000
Energy Flows: Performance, Modernity, and the Histories of Science and Technology
Location: Mondays, 16:00-18:00, c.t. Hörsaal, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Grunewaldstraße 35 12165 Berlin
Closing Event | Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship of Saar Magal
Location: Blackbox Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin
Opening Lecture: Valeska Gert Guest Professorship Saar Magal
Location: Clubraum, Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg 10 10557
To Bloom () Florecimiento: Closing Event of the Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship of Amanda Piña
In her current artistic research, Amanda Piña delves into the reappearance of oceanic movements, exploring water as a fluid being and the ocean as a realm of ancestral knowledge.
Location: Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg. Halle 3 Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin
To Bloom () Florecimiento: A Workshop
Location: Lateinamerika-Institut: Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56 Institut für Theaterwissenschaft: Grunewaldstr. 35
Opening Event of the Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship of Amanda Piña
Location: Clubraum Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin