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<\/span><\/div>\u201eGermaine Acogny \u2013 Die Essenz des Tanzes<\/span>\u201c<\/p>\nDocumentary<\/div><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div>\u201eGermaine Acogny \u2013 Die Essenz des Tanzes<\/span>\u201c<\/p>\nDocumentary<\/div><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dates<\/h2><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.tanztheaterfestival-erfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/underline_wavey_200x5px_01-1.png\")
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Kinoklub Erfurt<\/h2><\/div><\/div>TICKETS<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>INFO<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\nMore information about the film:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n
Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW.
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n
Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Countries of production:
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages in the film:
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer and Director:
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\nCinematographer:
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Editing and Dramaturgy:
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic:
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div>\u201eGermaine Acogny \u2013 Die Essenz des Tanzes<\/span>\u201c<\/p>\nDocumentary<\/div><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dates<\/h2><\/div><\/span><\/div> SAT OCT. 10, 6:30 PM<\/h2><\/div>Kinoklub Erfurt<\/h2><\/div><\/div>TICKETS<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>INFO<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\nMore information about the film:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n
Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW.
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n
Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Countries of production:
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages in the film:
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer and Director:
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\nCinematographer:
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Editing and Dramaturgy:
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic:
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Dates<\/h2><\/div><\/span><\/div> SAT OCT. 10, 6:30 PM<\/h2><\/div>Kinoklub Erfurt<\/h2><\/div><\/div>TICKETS<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>INFO<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\nMore information about the film:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n
Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW.
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n
Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Countries of production:
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages in the film:
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer and Director:
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\nCinematographer:
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Editing and Dramaturgy:
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic:
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div> SAT OCT. 10, 6:30 PM<\/h2><\/div>Kinoklub Erfurt<\/h2><\/div><\/div>TICKETS<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>INFO<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\nMore information about the film:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n
Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW.
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n
Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Countries of production:
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages in the film:
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer and Director:
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\nCinematographer:
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Editing and Dramaturgy:
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic:
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Kinoklub Erfurt<\/h2><\/div><\/div>TICKETS<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>INFO<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\nMore information about the film:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n
Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW.
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n
Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Countries of production:
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\nLanguages in the film:
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Writer and Director:
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\nCinematographer:
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Editing and Dramaturgy:
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic:
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Germaine Acogny is the most prominent figure in contemporary African dance. Known as the \u201cMother of African Contemporary Dance,\u201d she blends the dance traditions of West Africa with European influences, from which she developed her distinctive Acogny Technique. For more than 50 years, as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, she has inspired not only her audiences but also generations of young artists worldwide. Together with her husband, Helmut Vogt, she founded the \u00c9cole des Sables in Senegal in the 1990s, the most influential center for contemporary dance on the African continent. In 2021, Germaine was honored with the Golden Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale for her life\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
Director Greta-Marie Becker grew up in Germany and Ecuador and studied theater, film, and media studies in Vienna, as well as directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. With *GERMAINE ACOGNY \u2013 THE ESSENCE OF DANCE*, her second feature-length documentary, she explores this exceptional artist on a personal, artistic, and political level. The film won the Young Vision Award at the Millennium Festival and the Prix du meilleur film from the French Cultural Critics\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n
A discussion with director Greta-Marie Becker will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\n More information about the film: A production by CALA Film Berlin, Producer: Martina Haubrich in co-production with Les Films d’Ici, Paris, Producer: Charlotte Uzu and Goree Island Cinema, Dakar, Producer: Yanis Gaye.<\/p>\n Development supported by the Film and Media Foundation NRW. Realized with funding from the Institut Fran\u00e7ais Erfurt. <\/p>\n<\/div> Countries of production: Languages in the film: Writer and Director: Cinematographer: Editing and Dramaturgy: Music:
Genre: Documentary
Year of production: 2025
Running time: 89 min
Age rating: 0<\/p>\n
Production supported by BKM, the Film and Media Foundation NRW, the Mini-Trait\u00e9 grant from the FFA and CNC, the Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, and the DFFF.
A co-production with BR in collaboration with ARTE.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Germany \/ France \/ Senegal<\/strong><\/p>\n
French, English, Wolof, Fon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Greta-Marie Becker<\/strong><\/p>\n
Sophie Maintigneux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Katja Dringenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n
Fabrice Bouillon La Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/div>![\"Greta-Maria](\"https:\/\/www.tanztheaterfestival-erfurt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Greta-Maria-Becker-c-Sophie-Maintigneux-320x202.jpg\" "\\"Greta-Maria")
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