An important part of our work for us is to preserve traditional movement patterns and to combine them with contemporary themes and forms. Without this affectionately but critical handling of the past and its artistical forms, we can not understand the present and look into the future. To recover - to edit - to renew - that is the short description of our working process. The Deutsche Tanzkompanie is a deeply rooted in its hometown Neustrelitz and the region around it. The center of our work is the communication with our audience. Every evening should be a pleasure to them, challenge them, surprise them with new forms of dancing and narrating and make them reflect on relevant issues of our time.
History of the Ensemble
1991 the Deutsche Tanzkompanie was founded as a non-profit foundation under privat law. Ever since it developed to a germanwide and internationally successful touring dance theater and to a cultural ambassador of Mecklenburg-Westpommerania. It is also greatly connected to the Theater ad Orchester GmbH Neubrandenburg/ Neustrelitz as a partner of many cooperations in musical productions and plays. The international group of fourteen dancers of eight different nationalities was nominated to be one of Germanys best dance ensembles twice in the season 2016/17 by experts of different dance magazines.
Wilhelm Denne - Executive director
His professional career lead the 1954 born sidewise to working at a theater. Having finished commercial college and having studied administration of justice and business administration in Schwetzingen, first stations of his career were the ministry of judicature of Saarland, a specialist printer and a marketing agency in Köln. 1992 he was appointed as executive director of Deutsche Tanzkompanie in the board of management as well as the foundation council while parallel still being the executive director of a touring theater in Remscheid until 1997. With the establishment of Deutsche Tanzkompanie gGmbH in 1992 he became its director.
Lars Scheibner
Lars Scheibner was born 1976 in St. Petersburg and grew up in Berlin. He successfully completed the studies to be a professional dancer at the national ballet school in Berlin. Following the he was a soloist dancer in various ensembles of Germany. Already while working as a professional dancer he began to choreograph. After his works for the EXPO 2000, the Ballet Kiel and the broadcasting choir Berlin he is working as a freelancing director and choreographer since 2006 nationally and internationally. For his work as guest choreographer in Schwerin he received the Conrad-Ekhof-Price in gold in 2009. Since 2016 he is the main choreographer and artistic director of Deutsche Tanzkompanie.
Productions from the 2019/2020 season
Das kalte Herz (2019)
Choreography: Lars Scheibner
Libretto: Oliver Hohlfeld
Composition: Hanna Siepmann
9 dancers
Stage: 8m x10m
Duration: ca. 150 min (including 20 min interval)
Faust (2019)
Choreography: Lars Scheibner
Libretto: Oliver Hohlfeld
9 dancers
Stage: 8m x10m
Duration: ca. 90 min
Die Schneekönigin (2018)
Choreography: Lars Scheibner
Libretto: Oliver Hohlfeld
9 dancers
Stage: 8m x10m
Duration: 70 min
Der kleine Muck (2017)
Choreography: Lars Scheibner
Libretto: Oliver Hohlfeld
9 dancers
Stage: 8m x10m
Duration: ca. 70 min
Productions from the 2017/2018 season
Das Dschungelbuch – Ein Tanzabenteuer für die ganze Familie (2016)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
14 dancers, stage 10 x 12 m, duration ca. 80 min
Die Nibelungen – Ein Tanzepos mit mittelhochdeutschen Texten (2015)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
14 dancers, stage 10 x 12 m, duration ca. 120 min (inkl. Pause)
53° N Völker wandern (2016)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
14 dancers, stage 10 x 12 m, duration ca. 95 min
Kriemhilds Rache - Ein Tanzepos mit mittelhochdeutschen Texten (2017)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
14 dancers, stage 10 x 12 m, duration ca. 90 min
Der kleine Muck (2017)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
8 dancers, stage 10 x 12 m, duration ca. 65 min
Das Kalte Herz (2018)
Choreography Lars Scheibner, libretto Oliver Hohfeld
dancers N.A., stage 10 x 12 m, duration N.A.
Das kalte Herz
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Faust
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Die Schneekönigin
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Der Kleine Muck
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Deutsche Tanzkompanie
Wilhelm-Riefstahl-Platz 7
17235 Neustrelitz
Tel: 03981 - 20 33 34
Fax: 03981 - 20 33 27
Mail: deutsche-tanzkompanie@t-online.de