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founded: April 1999 by Dan Pelleg, Sommer Ulrikson and Marko E. Weigert
merged with the Dance Theater Görlitz: August 2011 wee dance company of 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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Croatia:2007 Jaffa–Berlin Short Transit
Cyprus:2008 Shortcut
2003 the butterfly defect
Czechia:2013 Bach (e)motions
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
Zimbabwe:2007 the butterfly defect
2006 There's Time

performances in Germany (outside of Berlin, Görlitz & Zittau):
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Bautzen:2014 Romeo & Juliet
2016 The Little Mermaid
2018 AQUA
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
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
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

theatres performed in Berlin (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

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