June 2025
Elaheh Hatami’s Dance Archive in Exile
What should a dance archive look like for dance artists who face extensive dance bans in their home country? Elaheh Hatami’s weblog “Dance Archive in Exile” serves as a platform for documenting and reflecting on the contemporary dance scene in Iran and the work of Iranian dancers both within the country and in the diaspora. Political, social, and cultural restrictions have led to the invisibility of dance in Iran, while artists in exile face security challenges, limited visibility, and experiences of Othering.
This project engages with dancers based in Iran and Europe, particularly in German-speaking countries, to explore the role of documentation and archiving. Through interviews, artists discuss their artistic practices, the challenges they face, and their perspectives on creating a dance archive.
July 2024
Review of the book “Times of Change: Artistic Perspectives and Cultural Crossings in Nineteenth-Century Dance”
Dance Chronicle recently published a review by Lynn Matluck Brooks of the anthology Times of Change: Artistic Perspectives and Cultural Crossings in Nineteenth-Century Dance (https://www.pirettieditore.com/product-page/times-of-change). The publication presents the results of the international scientific conference Times for Change, which took place in Salzburg in 2019 in cooperation with partners from Italy (AIRDanza) and France (Association Chercheurs en Danse). The focus of the conference was on transcultural interconnections in the context of 19th-century European dance, which were examined by scholars from Europe and the United States using a variety of methodological, analytical and interpretative approaches.
The editors are delighted with the positive feedback!
October 2023
Concert & Performance: “Lebenstänze – Lebensstürme”
June 2023
Tage der Archive: Auf den Spuren des Tanzes
Guided tour of the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives with archive head Irene Brandenburg
From 5 to 7 June 2023, a large number of Salzburg’s archives will be presenting what they have to offer. A varied programme will provide insights into various aspects of archival material and showcase the diversity of the individual archive collections. Join us on a walk through the city, visit secret storage rooms and browse through historical writings!
The Dance Archives of the University of Salzburg (Derra de Moroda Dance Archives) preserve a globally unique collection of dance-related books, documents, music, pictures, photos and objects from six centuries, which are used for research, teaching and artistic projects. The tour provides insights into the multifaceted holdings and, using selected archival materials, follows in the footsteps of Austrian dancer Fanny Elssler in stage dance of the 19th century and the present day.
May 2023
Dance & Archive:
Issue 10 Dance And Writing: Artefacts, Hypertexts – and Nijinsky
Im Zentrum des vorliegenden Hefts von Tanz&Archiv stehen die diversen Spuren, die Waslaw Nijinsky im kollektiven Tanzgedächtnis hinterlassen hat – Spuren, denen die Autor*innen der Beiträge in der Tanzhistoriographie des 20. Jahrhunderts nachgehen (Franz Anton Cramer), in Erinnerungen an persönliche Begegnungen mit Romola Nijinsky im Kontext von deren Bemühungen um die ‚Rekonstruktion‘ der Tanzwerke Nijinskys in den 1970er Jahren (Angela Dauber), in aktueller Forschung zu Nijinskys Tanzschreiben (Claudia Jeschke) und in flankierenden, kontextualisierenden und methodologischen Erörterungen (Anja K. Arend und Gabriele Klein). Spuren des ‚Mythos Nijinsky‘ sedimentieren sich aber auch in konkreten Materialien, nämlich in einem Koffer mit Notizen, Skizzen, Fotografien, Kostümen und Memorabilia, den Romola Nijinsky 1950 der Bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra in Paris zur (vorübergehenden) Verwahrung anvertraute – „un trésor de souvenirs“ in den Worten der Tanzkritikerin und -forscherin Françoise Reiss. more…
January 2022
Exhibition PLUSpoints
To mark the 400th anniversary of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, the DomQuartier Salzburg will host the exhibition “PLUSpoints: 400 Years of Paris Lodron University of Salzburg” (from January 27 to October 31, 2022). The 14 focal points of the university’s history also include the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives: graphics, objects and videos will be on display, some of which represent the focal points of the collection and some of which are related to artistic and scientific projects of the archive. A virtual portal provides more information on topics and objects.
