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April 1999:
company founded by Dan Pel­leg, Som­mer Ul­rik­son and Mar­ko E. Wei­gert
Au­gust 2011
 → July 2024:

mer­ger with the "Dan­ce Thea­ter Gör­litz" / out­going bal­let direc­tor: Gun­du­la Peu­thert,
ope­ra­ting as the GHT's dan­ce divi­sion un­der "wee dance com­pany of the Ger­hart-Haupt­mann-Thea­ter Gör­litz-Zit­tau"
artistic directors:
Dan Pelleg and Marko E. Weigert


awards, nominations and grants:
2019:Wonderland nominated for the Ursula-Cain Award 2018 / 2019
2017:iHome nominated for the Ursula-Cain Award 2016 / 2017
2015:Dance Company awarded Audience's Favourites Award for the 2nd time by the Theatre and Music Association Görlitz 2014 /2015
2015:Dan Pelleg and Marko E. Weigert awarded Badge of Honour by the Theatre and Music Association Görlitz 2014 /2015
2015:Romeo & Juliet nominated for the Ursula-Cain Award 2014 / 2015
2014:Nora Hageneier awarded Audience's Favourites Award by the Theatre and Music Association Görlitz 2013 /2014
2014:Romeo & Juliet named by SZ reviewer Gabriele Gorgas as most interesting dance production in Saxony 2014 / Sächsische Zeitung
2013:Dance Company awarded Audience's Favourites Award by the Theatre and Music Association Görlitz 2012 /2013
2012:Dan Pelleg and Marko E. Weigert awarded Audience's Favourites Award by the Theatre and Music Association Görlitz 2011 /2012
2008:Nominated as "Best Company 2007" for the pieces "the butterfly defect" and "Nebenan" by critic Volkmar Draeger in "Dance For You Magazine" / Januar-Februar 2008
2006:Audience's Prize at the 20th International Competition for Choreographers, Hanover (for the piece Box)
2007:Finalist / Kurt Jooss Prize 2007 (one of four finalists out of 112 applicants from 28 countries; viewing held at PACT Zollverein / Choreographic Centre Essen, nominated for the piece Box)
2007:Finalist at the 2nd "no ballet" International Choreography Competition (Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen, nominated for the piece Grasshopper)
2006:Nominated for the 1st "no ballet" International Choreography Competition (Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen, nominated for the piece Box)
2000:Artist in Residence at Podewil, Berlin

international tours
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outside of Germany, wee dance has toured to 16 countries:
Denmark:2024 The Little Match Girl (with Art Farm)
Croatia:2007 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
Cyprus:2008 Shortcut
2003 the butterfly defect
Czechia:2013 Bach (e)motions
Estonia:2023 Jawoll!
Israel:2015 Romeo & Juliet
2014 the butterfly defect
2007, March & Dec. 2006, 2005 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
2005 Box
Italy:2000 Äug
Malta2014 Box
The
Netherlands:
2007 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
2006 Box
Poland:2008 Box
2011 the butterfly defect
2012 Black, No Sugar
Portugal:2000 Let's Sleep on it
Russia:2006 There's Time
2009 the butterfly defect
Scotland:2001 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Drop
South
Korea:
2019 Tangled
USA:2008 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
2024 De Torrente and Happily Ever After
Zimbabwe:2007 the butterfly defect
2006 There's Time

performances in Germany
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outside of Berlin, Görlitz & Zittau, wee dance has performed throughout Germany in more than 30 cities and towns:
Bautzen:2014 Romeo & Juliet
2016 The Little Mermaid
2018 AQUA
Berlin:wee dance has performed in 11 different Berlin venues. → here's the overview
Bonn:2001 Äug
Cottbus:1999 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
Dresden:2006 There's Time
2004 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
2001 plan b
2000 (July) Sneak (renamed Äug), (February, March + April) Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
1999 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
Erfurt:2022 Happily Ever After (German Unity Day, for Zipfelbund)
Essen:2007 Box
Frankfurt
/Oder:
2006 Box und mehrere Ausschnitte
Freiburg:2007 Box
Görlitz:2008 Nebenan,
2011
 ↓
2024
Almost the entire repertoire of the company has been presented on the stage of the Görlitz main theatre as well as at the Apollo, in the Stadthallengarten, in schools throughout the city as well as on the stages of various city festivals.
Groß Leuthen:2006 Box
Hannover:2006 Box
Heidelberg:2007 Box
Heilbronn:2009 the butterfly defect
Hoyerswerda:2017 AQUA
Idar-
Oberstein:
2012 Black, No Sugar
Kassel:2006 There's Time
Kempten:2006 the butterfly defect
2008 There's Time
2017 AQUA
Leipzig:2007 the butterfly defect
2014 Bach (e)motions
Löbau:
2011
 ↓
2024
school performances in several schools in the city and its surroundings, amongst others: the butterfly defect, The Little Match Girl, iHome
Ludwigshafen:2007 (May) There's Time, (March) Grasshopper
2006 Box
Magdeburg:2009 There's Time
2004 the butterfly defect
2003 Let's Sleep on it
Mainz:2010 the butterfly defect
Marburg:2001 Äug
2000 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked
Potsdam:2006 Wordless
Regensburg:2022 Box (at the 19th international Aids-Gala)
2001 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
2000 Äug
Reutlingen:2011 Grasshopper, Happily Ever After, Box
Rostock:2008 the butterfly defect
Schloss
Wiepersdorf:
2003 Let's Sleep on it
Schwäbisch
Hall:
2007 Next Door
2014 Bach (e)motions
2015 the butterfly defect
2016 Watch Out: Glass!
Schwerin:1999 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
Stuttgart:2001 Äug
Würzburg:2006 the butterfly defect
2002 Let's Sleep on it
Zittau:
2011
 ↓
2024
several full-length dance pieces, short pieces and short piece evenings, both at Zittau's main theatre as well as in other venues and schools in the city, amongst others: Black, no Sugar, Romeo & Juliet, AQUA, The Little Mermaid, Phoenix, Momo by Michael Ende, Jawoll!, Bach (e)motions, Rendering, Short Transit Görlitz-Zittau, Happily Ever After, Viva Vivaldi, The Little Match Girl

Berlin venues we have performed in (more details here):
Akademie
der Künste:
2006 Box
Dock 11:2004 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
2000 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked, Old Hat
HAU 2:2005 Q (produced by "phase7-performing.arts")
Jewish
Museum
Berlin:
2011 Das Buch der Fragen by Kai Grehn, collaboration between Theater fleur du mal & wee dance company
Kunsthaus
Tacheles:

2009 10 years wee dance company: Black, No Sugar (premiere), the butterfly defect, There's Time, Shortcut
2008 the butterfly defect
2007 (September, November) the butterfly defect, (September) Nebenan
2006 (October) the butterfly defect, (November) There's Time
2005 (August + September) There's Time, (May) Box
2004 (May) median strip (renamed Grasshopper), (February) Blocked
Max Planck
Institute for
the History
of Science
2022 (September 21) Happily Ever After (at the Elkana-Forum / Disciplines in Disarray)
Pfefferberg:1999 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked
Podewil:2000 (June) Sneak Preview, (October) wee three
Sophiensæle:2011 Happily Ever After
2002 the butterfly defect
2001 plan b
2000 Äug
Tanzfabrik:2000 Old Hat, Sneak Preview
1999 Let's Sleep on it, Blocked
Urania:2001 Äug

production grants:
2000 Äug single–project funding, Berlin Senate (department for science, research and culture)
2002 the butterfly defect single–project funding, Berlin Senate (department for science, research and culture)

grants for international tours:
2000 Let's Sleep on it Goethe Institute Lissabon / Portugal
2003 the butterfly defect Goethe Centrum Nicosia / Zypern
2004 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit Israeli Foreign Ministry (department for cultural and science ties / קשתו״ם)
2006 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
Goethe Institute Tel-Aviv / Israel
Berlin Senate (department for science, research and culture),
Israeli Ministry of Culture
2007 the butterfly defect
Goethe-Zentrum Harare – Zimbabwe-German Society,
Berlin Senate (The Governing Mayor of Berlin – senate's chancellery – cultural affairs)
2008 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit Goethe Institute Chicago / USA
  Short Cut Goethe – Centrum Nicosia / Cyprus
2009 the butterfly defect St. Petersburg German Consulate General
2015 Romeo & Juliet
Goethe Institute Tel Aviv,
the Israeli Choreographers' Association,
A Stage For Life
2023 Jawoll!
The Saxon State Chancellery,
Goethe Institute Estonia
2024 De Torrente and Happily Ever After
German Consulate General, NYC,
Goethe Institute NYC

grants for tours in Germany:
2000 Sneak (renamed: Äug) NPN (Projekt­theater Dresden)
2004 the butterfly defect NPN (Magdeburg, vergeben 2003)
2006 There's Time NPN (Projekt­theater Dresden)
2007 the butterfly defect NPN (Lofft Leipzig)
2007 There's Time NPN (Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen)
2008 the butterfly defect NPN (Höhenrauschfestival Rostock)

commissions:
2005 Q Literaturwerkstatt Berlin (for the Poetry Festival Berlin, Production: Phase7 performing arts Berlin)
2007 Diskutanz Stadttheater Görlitz