Tanja Liedtke Foundation
The Tanja Liedtke Foundation (German: Tanja Liedtke Stiftung) is a German-based charity supporting modern and contemporary dance.
History
[edit | edit source]The foundation was established in July 2008 in honour of the dancer and choreographer, Tanja Liedtke who was killed in August 2007 before in a car accident in Sydney, Australia,[1][2][3][4] two months after starting in the role as artistic director of the Sydney Dance Company.[5]
Description
[edit | edit source]The Foundation's purpose is "to support the enrichment and advancement of contemporary dance theatre, and the development of Australian/European artistic connections."[6]
The Tanja Liedtke Foundation is registered as a tax-privileged organisation in Stuttgart, Germany as Tanja Liedtke Stiftung accordance with German law.[6]
The Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund was established in Australia in 2008 as a sub-fund of the Perpetual Foundation Gift Fund. The Tanja Liedtke Gift Fund reflects the vision, aims and priorities of the Tanja Liedtke Foundation.[7]
Fellowship
[edit | edit source]The inaugural Tanja Liedtke Fellowship was offered, in partnership with Radialsystem V – New Space for the Arts (Berlin), and the contemporary dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests (Berlin), to an Australian dancer/choreographer between the ages of 20 and 35 years. It was awarded to Anthony Hamilton of Melbourne.[8]
The 2011 Tanja Liedtke Fellowship was awarded to Katarzyna Sitarz,[9] a Polish dancer/choreographer with a broad international experience in Poland, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Germany.[10] She will direct her creative residency at Arts House Melbourne in March 2011 and participate in the development of a new collaboration by Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin.[citation needed]
International Choreographic Competition Hannover
[edit | edit source]The Foundation has collaborated for several years with the International Choreographic Competition Hannover at Staatstheater Hannover, in 2021 introducing a new production award at the competition.[5][11]
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