touch / crash / fly (PLAY V) at FASONO Studio Berlin

We are excited to present PLAY as a three-hour-durational work at the beautiful FASONO Studio in Berlin in the frame of 48-Stunden-Neukölln 2023.

Fri 23 June, 20-23pm, Sat 24 June 7-10pm, Sun 25 June 2-5pm, Sonnenallee 133, Berlin-Neukölln. Free entry. Pass by, stay for a short dip or immerse yourself for a couple of hours, looking forward to seeing you there! Full details and information: 48-stunden-neukoelln.de/

TATWERK goes Tempelhofer Feld: PLAY at Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2023

Happy to announce our shows of PLAY outdoors in the frame of Performing Arts Festival Berlin 2023. We perform 31st May – 3rd June at the fantastic Tempelhofer Feld, an old airfield in the midst of Berlin and the largest public recreational open space in Europe. The performances are presented by the beautiful TATWERK | Performative Forschung, with which we share an ongoing cooperation. Bring your friends, lovers, kids, dogs and a summery picnic, see you on the field!

falling / flying / holding (PLAY IV) at Kunshalle Palazzo Liestal

I am happy to present another re-imagination of PLAY at the historical Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal. Pass by on 28 and 29 January 2023 for a four-hour durational restaging of the original work. Read here the great review at Volksstimme, die Zeitung für das Oberbaselbiet, February 2023

FAIRSPEC article on diversity

Diversity in the Performing Arts, new BLOG entry written for FAIRSPEC, October 2022

OPEN PRACTICE 2023

I have started the new research format Open Practice in Berlin, inviting professional dance artists to join my current artistic research. The Open Practice aims set up a regular exchange with freelance dance artists interested in my artistic practice and wants to promote shared creative learning and community in the independent dance scene. This pilot project started in November 2021 and will continue through 2023. Further details and registration here

ALMOST HOME to premiere at STEPS Dance Festival 2022

We are thrilled to announce that ALMOST HOME will premiere at STEPS Dance Festival 2022, with site specific performances at 25hours Hotel Zürich West (29 April - 1 May 2022) and Hotel N’vY Geneva (21 - 22 May 2022). Tickets/details: https://www.steps.ch/programme/tanzflug-mirjam-gurtner.html

The participatory and site specific work ALMOST HOME unites an intergenerational and inclusive cast of amateur and professional dancers. This project was initiated by Verein Tanzflug Zürich and coproduced by ZÜRICH TANZT (2021) and Migros-Kulturprozent Tanzfestival STEPS (2022). A beautiful documentary was released in the frame of ZÜRICH TANZT 2021.

I will be facilitating an inclusive Masterclass for disabled and non-disabled professional dancers and performers with stage experience. This dance workshop welcomes dancers of all ages and all sections of the community. Further details and registration here: https://www.steps.ch/specials/Profiworkshops.html

PLAY invited for Tanzfest 2022

Excited to announce a Swiss national tour of PLAY in the frame of Tanzfest 2022.

My new work PLAY premiered live in May 2021 at Theater ROXY Birsfelden in Basel and was restaged for the outdoors in June 2021 for 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival in Berlin. Further touring 2022/23, watch this space for announcements.

Swiss performing Arts Awards 2021: June Johnson Newcomer Prize

Honoured to receive the June Johnson Newcomer Prize in the frame of the Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2021. My deep gratitude to my wonderful producer Pascal Moor, my co-producers Theater ROXY Birsfelden, Zurich Tanzt, 48-Stunden-Neukölln Festival, Sophiensaele Berlin and especially my artistic collaborators over the past years! Big thank you to Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation and Swiss Federal Office of Culture for the great acknowledgement and support. Portrait: schweizerkulturpreise.ch