Culture: choreographer Waltz and artist Elíasson glorious | EUROtoday

The choreographer Sasha Waltz And the set up artist ólafur Elíasson have been awarded the Helmut Schmidt future value. The award, endowed with 20,000 euros, is meant to honor the dedication to democracy, nature and liberal society. For the primary time there are two award winners who share the sum.

After the award ceremony, Elíasson confirmed himself in a great temper in a dialog with journalist Uwe Jean Heuser and director Jochen – husband of Sasha Waltz: within the dialogue in regards to the significance of tradition for democracy, he stored making the viewers snigger. Then the Danish artist confirmed a small dance efficiency on the stage.

Sandig had represented his spouse on stage. Both had the dance firm Sasha Waltz & Guests in 1993 in 1993 Berlin based. Waltz (62) couldn’t personally obtain the award. According to the organizers, she is sick. She was represented by her colleague, the dancer Hwanhee Hwang.

Elíasson – artist, designer and architect of public areas – lives in Berlin and in his birthplace Copenhagen. He offers with mild and different pure phenomena in artwork installations. Elíasson reminds individuals of their accountability for his or her livelihood, in response to the jury’s reasoning.

The Ensemble Sasha Waltz & Guests, which relies in Berlin, is taken into account one of the crucial vital establishments for modern dance. The jury wrote in regards to the work of the choreographer, dancer and director born in Karlsruhe: “In her art, Sasha Waltz contrasts the hostility against democracy a search for empathy and humanity.”

The first award winner was a local weather safety activist Nakate

The award has been awarded since 2022-by the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit”, the Federal Chancellor-Helmut Schmidt Foundation and the Denkfabrik The New Institute, all of that are in Hamburg. Former prize winners are the US AI professional Meredith Whittaker (2024) and Sanna Marin (2023), who was Prime Minister of Finland on the time of the award, and the Ugandian local weather safety activist Vanessa Nakate (2022).

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