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2016 George Tabori Prize

Close together, about 20 people stand in a row on a stage and look into the audience. Some hold gladioli in their arms. © Florian Krauss

Award Winners, Jurors and Program Participants of the Tabori Award Ceremony 2016

On May 29, 2016, the Fonds Darstellende Künste awarded the George Tabori Prize for the 7th time. Once again, it honored two artistic expressions of particular brilliance with the most distinguished national award for ensembles and artists from the independent theater scene.

The Award Winners

The jury of experts awarded the main prize, endowed with €20,000, to the Hamburg-based dance company Antje Pfundtner in Gesellschaft, whose choreographer Antje Pfundtner, according to the jury's statement, "has distinguished herself for many years as one of the outstanding dance personalities of the Republic through the continuously high quality of her dance theater productions". The laudatory speech was given by dance expert Madeline Ritter.

Transforming the theater space into a "safe and at the same time light and cheerful framework within which various options for action and roles can be playfully tried out and renegotiated together with others" – for this "genuinely new position in local children's theater" the jury honored the Bonn performance group pulk fiktion with the €10,000 incentive award. The laudatory speech was given by Prof. Wolfgang Schneider, Director of the Institut für Kulturpolitik at the University of Hildesheim.

The Award Ceremony

The event was rounded off with a welcoming by Berlin's State Secretary for Cultural Affairs Tim Renner and a keynote speech by artist Veit Sprenger, of the performance collective Showcase Beat Le Mot, on the development of independent theater culture from the 1980s to the present. Artistically, the evening was enriched by a solo performance by dancer Ahmed Soura from the production "Hauptrolle" by choreographer Christoph Winkler. The musical framework of the evening was provided by the Berlin band il Civetto with its special mixture of Balkan music, folk, swing and oriental sounds.

Impressions

State Secretary for Culture Tim Renner addresses the audience. He stands at the lectern with the microphone in front of him. © Florian Krauß
Veit Sprenger from Showcase Beat Le Mot during his keynote speech at the lectern. © Florian Krauß
Madeline Ritter holds a laudation for this year's award winner at the lectern. © Florian Krauß
The award winner Antje Pfundtner gives an acceptance speech. Three members of her company are standing in the background. © Florian Krauß
In her speech, juror Katrin Tiedemann introduces the artists nominated for the prize. © Florian Krauß
The two members of Pulk Fiktion stand on stage smiling at each other. One holds a bouquet of flowers, the other a certificate in her hands. © Florian Krauß
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider during his laudation of the Pulk Fiktion award winners, who can be seen in the background with juror Ilka Schmalbauch. © Florian Krauß
Close-up of a dancer jumping, legs slightly bent, hands stretched far up. His face is concentrated. © Florian Krauß
Britta Steffenhagen and Julia von Schacky moderate the evening at the lectern: while they speak, they have their hands clenched into fists. © Florian Krauß
Close together, about 20 people stand in a row on a stage and look into the audience. Some hold gladioli in their arms. © Florian Krauss

2016 Award Jury