Impulse Theater Festival
international impulse theater festival theater festival impulse present production independent theatre scene germany austria switzerland festival founded dietmar n schmidt directed show remarkable production independent theatre germanspeaking world biennial since foundation become important platform independent experimental theatre impulse theater festival held several city north rhinewestphalia since establishment currently düsseldorf cologne mülheim der ruhr since festival held biennially take place annually main program presented one partner city two present satellite special context organizer nrw culture secretariat since florian malzacher artistic director since festival organized artistic direction florian malzacher thus focus shifted away pure bestsighted view curatorially motivated link thematic question selection prize jury abolished open call artistic advisory council supported programming essence ten invitation outstanding work artist food point germanspeaking country supplemented commissioned work developed international artist partner city among others yael bartana phil collins ahmet öğüt lotte van den berg also since impulse accompanied advisory board science art advisory board included curator ellen blumenstein ethnologist thomas hauschild theatre scientist hansthies lehmann founding director max planck institute empirical aesthetic comparatist winfried menninghaus edition kunsthistorikerin curator beatrice von bismarck philosopher boris buden well sociologist oliver marchart form advisory council director nrw cultural secretary wuppertal dietmar n schmidt founded impulse theatre festival theatrical meeting free scene every year outstanding theatrical production free group theatre presented schmidt direction jury expert nominated best theatrical work scene every year former theatre director cultural producer tom stromberg took artistic direction festival together director festival director matthias von hartz twoyear rhythm festival presented new aesthetic contextual position within germanspeaking free theatre festival showed outstanding production coproductions germanspeaking theatre among two introduced innovation special guest international theatrical production complemented festival program well visitor program international curator aimed international marketing shown production german scene haiko pfost took artistic direction festival curator dramaturge shaping festival since first edition responsible three program focus rotate annually venue cologne düsseldorf mülheim der ruhr showcase city project academy institutional partner thus central venue respective city ringlokschuppen ruhr mülheim der ruhr forum frey theater düsseldorf studiobühneköln cologne showcase guest performance selected impulse advisory board shown presented challenging work represent variety different theater form aesthetic precisely diversity exemplary independent scene advisory board consists artistic direction dramaturgy impulse regional scout audience scout respective showcase partner thus since impulse theater festival juried festival independent jury together artistic director selected festival participant production addition prize jury reviewed work shown festival awarded various prize honour festival founder dietmar n schmidt prize awarded best artistic performance euro christian esch matthias von hartz tom stromberg hrsg e geht auch anders theaterfestivalimpulse bi theater der zeit berlin isbn florian malzacher u stefanie wenner hrsg two minute standstill collective performance yael bartana sternberg press u nrw kultursekretariat berlinwuppertal isbn florian malzacher ahmet öğüt pelin tan hrsg silent university towards transversal pedagogy sternberg press u nrw kultursekretariat berlinwuppertal isbn webpräsenz de festival spiegel online zum überarbeiteten konzept