Folkwang University of the Arts
The Folkwang University of the Arts is a German university for music, theater, dance, design and academic studies. Its traditional main location since 1927 is in the former Werden Abbey in Essen in the Ruhr Area, with additional facilities in Duisburg, Bochum and Dortmund and since 2010 at the Zeche Zollverein, a World Heritage Site.[1] The Folkwang University is the home of the international dance company Folkwang Tanz Studio (FTS). Founded as Folkwangschule, its name was Folkwang Hochschule (Folkwang Academy) from 1963 until 2009.
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[edit] History
The university shares its unusual name with the Museum Folkwang founded in 1902 by arts patron Karl Ernst Osthaus. The term Folkwang derives from the Old Norse name of the afterlife meadow of the dead, Fólkvangr, presided over by the Norse goddess Freyja.[2] It stands for a view of the arts as a whole, not split in unconnected divisions. This in mind, opera director Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg and choreographer Kurt Jooss founded in 1927 the Folkwangschule für Musik, Tanz und Sprechen (Folkwang School for Music, Dance, and Speech) in Essen. In 1928 a previously established school of design joined the Folkwang institution, which received status and name Hochschule (Academy) in 1963, University in 2010, named Folkwang-Hochschule. In 2010 the institution was named Folkwang University of the Arts, reflecting the broader scientific approach. This coincided with RUHR.2010, the Ruhr being European Capital of Culture.
[edit] Activities
The Folkwang University unites training in music, theatre, dance, design and scholarship, in order to encourage collaboration among the arts.[3] Public events take place at the Folkwang University on its six in-house stages and in collaboration with cultural institutions of the region, such as the Philharmonie in Essen, the Schauspielhaus Bochum, Musiktheater im Revier, the Duisburg Philharmonic, the theatres in Wuppertal and the Ruhrfestspiele.
Undergraduate courses:
- Instrumental training for different musical instruments (accordion, bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, horn, oboe, organ, percussion, piano, recorder, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin)
- Jazz / Performing Artist
- Integrative composition (instrumental composition, electronic composition, jazz composition, pop composition, composition and visualisation)
- Church music
- Voice (concert performance, Lieder, oratorio and music theatre)
- School Music
- Music pedagogy
- Musicology in combination with an artistic subject
- Musicals
- Acting
- Physical Theatre
- Directing
- Dance
- Industrial Design
- Communication Design
- Photography
Advanced programs:
- Orchestral playing
- Conducting (orchestral/choir)
- Vocal Ensemble Direction
- Musicology in combination with an artistic discipline
- Chamber music
- Composition (electronic composition, instrumental composition, instrumental/electronic composition)
- Concert Performance
- Solo Dance
- Choreography
- Labanotation
- Dance Pedagogy
[edit] Staff
Staff have included
- Hermann Baumann
- Young-Chang Cho
- Chris Houlding
- Nicolaus A. Huber
- Ifor James
- Kurt Jooss
- Uwe Köller
- Scott Lawton
- Fritz Lehmann
- Frank Lloyd
- Lore Lorentz
- Lauren Newton
- Walter Nicks
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1966 to 1968), composer
- Gerhard Stäbler
- Rita Streich (1920–1987), opera soprano
- Paul Tortelier
[edit] Alumni
Alumni have included
- Pina Bausch (1940–2009), choreographer
- Max Burchartz
- Andreas Deja
- Vladimir Djambazov
- Tommy Finke
- Agnes Giebel, (1920–), soprano
- Reinhild Hoffmann, (1943–), choreographer
- Theo Jörgensmann
- Salome Kammer, cellist, vocalist
- David Kamp
- Heinz Kiwitz
- Susanne Linke
- Gerd Ludwig
- Ann Mandrella
- John McGuire (composer)
- Carlos Orta
- Jürgen Prochnow (1941–), actor
- Andreas Pruys, bass
- Karl Ridderbusch
- Thomas Ruff
- Stefanie Schneider
- Anton Stankowski
- Günther Strupp
- Raphael Thoene
- Graham Waterhouse, composer and cellist
- Dirk Weiler
[edit] References
- ^ Deutschlandradio New Name and Building, 10 January 2010 (in German)
- ^ "History". Folkwang-uni.de. http://www.folkwang-uni.de/en/home/hochschule/about-folkwang/history/. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ academics The Institution – Courses – Activities
[edit] External links
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- Folkwang University
- Folkwang Tanz-Studio
- ICEM Institute For Computer Music and Electronic Media (in German)
[edit] Further Reading
- Neuhaus, Thomas. “[Institutions] Folkwang University: Development of Electronic Music and the ICEM – Institut für Computermusik und Elektronische Medien (Essen, Germany).” eContact! 12.4 – Perspectives on the Electroacoustic Work / Perspectives sur l’œuvre électroacoustique (August 2010). Montréal: CEC.
