Gauthier Dance ist ein junges dynamisches Ensemble von acht vielseitigen Tänzerpersönlichkeiten unter der Leitung des Choreographen, Tänzers und Musikers Eric Gauthier. Ganz dem zeitgenössischen Tanz verpflichtet, präsentiert die Company des Theaterhauses Stuttgart Werke von Gauthier und von renommierten zeitgenössischen Choreographen wie Mauro Bigonzetti, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Itzik Galili, Paul Lightfoot/Sol Léon und Hans van Manen. Gauthiers Choreographien zeichnen sich durch originelle Ideen, Humor und hohe theatrale Wirksamkeit aus. Sein selbst erklärtes Ziel ist es, mit zugänglichen Stücken ein neues Publikum für den zeitgenössischen Tanz zu gewinnen. Bislang ist die Rechnung aufgegangen: Seit dem Start im Januar 2008 erfreut sich Gauthier Dance erkennbar der Gunst von Publikum und Presse – mit exzellenten Kritiken und regelmäßig ausverkauften, umjubelten Vorstellungen. Inzwischen ist die Company nicht nur zur festen Größe in der Kulturszene von Stuttgart und der Region avanciert. Mit ihrem ansprechenden Repertoire tourt sie national und weltweit. In der Spielzeit 2009/2010 wurde Gauthier Dance zu 15 Gastspielen ins In-und Ausland eingeladen, darunter München, Bonn, Luxembourg, Sofia, Linz und Houston. Darüber hinaus engagiert sich die Company mit einem umfangreichen sozio-kulturellen Programm: Gauthier Dance Mobil bringt den Tanz zu Kindern und Jugendlichen, Senioren und Menschen mit Behinderungen oder in psychischer Rehabilitation.
Koproduktionspartner: Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Kooperationspartner: Theater Bonn, Schauburg München
Touring Management: ecotopia dance productions
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Gauthier Dance wird unterstützt von dem Fashion- und Lifestylehaus Breuninger in Stuttgart, der Germanwings GmbH, der John Cranko Gesellschaft und den First Friends und Friends of Gauthier Dance.
Gauthier Dance is a young, dynamic company of six highly individual, versatile dancers, directed by the dancer, choreographer and musician Eric Gauthier. As the Resident Dance Company of the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Gauthier Dance presents contemporary dance by Gauthier and internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Mauro Bigonzetti, Itzik Galili, Paul Lightfoot/Sol Léon, Hans van Manen and Charles Moulton.
Gauthier, a former soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet, is known for his highly original, humorous choreographies. One of Mr. Gauthier’s primary goals as a director and choreographer, is to present and create content-oriented dance, which has a meaning recognizable even to audiences not familiar with dance. He pursues his goal of making contemporary dance accessible and attractive to a new as well as younger audience with works such as Eclipse, a one-act piece about an encounter between two species on a faraway planet inspired by Kung-Fu films and Sci-Fi comics, and Air Guitar, a witty and inventive hommage to an instrument primarily associated with rock and pop music.
In addition to performances in the Theaterhaus, Gauthier Dance undertakes an extensive Educational and Community Outreach program, the first of its kind in Germany: Gauthier Dance Mobile. With a specially tailored repertory of works which can be presented in small performing spaces with limited technical equipment, Gauthier Dance Mobile brings contemporary dance to children and teens in community centers as well as to a segment of our society which would otherwise have no opportunity to enjoy this art form: senior citizens and people with dementia living in retirement homes, people with physical or mental disabilities or people in rehabilitation centers. Germany is undergoing a massive demographic change and in response to this, and to a childhood spent as the son of one of Canada’s foremost researchers on Alzheimer’s, Mr. Gauthier conceived Gauthier Dance Mobile. With these performances, the company literally mobilises the dance, takes it out of the theater and brings it into new spaces and to new or disadvantaged audiences. For this project, Mr. Gauthier received substantial start-up funding from the City of Stuttgart and from Star Care e.V. Stuttgart.
The Theaterhaus Stuttgart, which opened its doors in 1985, is a unique cultural center in the city of Stuttgart, which presents theater, music, dance, cabaret, comedy, literature, political discussions and more on a total of four stages. The Theaterhaus has a long tradition of producing and presenting Tanztheater; most well known are the collaborations between Marcia Haydée and Ismail Ivo. The Theaterhaus has also traditionally been and continues to be, a venue for the free-lance dance scene in Stuttgart. Gauthier Dance is the first resident contemporary dance company in Stuttgart.
