Monday, 5 June at 7pm

Irina Pauls, at present Artistic Director and Choreographer of TanzTheater Freiburg-Heidelberg will talk about her work and show video-examples of her dance-theatre productions.

Irina Pauls was born in Leipzig. She studied dance at the Palucca School Dresden and choreography at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig. She worked as Artistic Director and Choreographer at the Landestheater Altenburg (1985-89).

In 1990 she was appointed as Director of the newly formed TanzTheater Irina Pauls at the Schauspiel Leipzig where she worked until 1998, creating 15 world premieres. From 1998-1999 Irina Pauls was Director of Dance Theatre at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. Since the year 2000 she has been engaged with her Compagnie at the City-Theatre Heidelberg which cooperates with the City-Theatre Freiburg.

She also worked as a guest choreographer at other German Theatres (Schauspiel Essen, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Bayrisches Staatsschauspiel München) and held several workshops in Germany and abroad (Athens, Kiev, Perm, Dublin).

Irina Pauls is a member of the committee of Internationales Theaterinstitut Deutschland.

This talk is being organised especially for persons active in the dance scene in Malta. You are welcome to come and bring along your friends and colleagues. Conference hall is air-conditioned!

Venue: German-Maltese Circle, Messina Palace, 141, Triq San Kristofru, Valletta