Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Gabriele Brandstetter

Hypnogirl 23 creates illusions of Magdeleine G. in a fascinating way, who caused a sensation in Munich in 1904 with her spectacular dances while under hypnosis. The experimental artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster will present this "dream dancer" as an "apparition in both a fictional and an installative manner." On the opening day of the exhibition in the Villa Stuck, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster will have a discussion with Prof. Dr. Gabriele Brandstetter, who has dealt extensively with dancers and dance in the beginning of the 20th century over the course of her academic career, about the creation of Hypnogirl 23, and about today's perspectives on the human body and technology, reality and fiction, dance history, and contemporary performance.

Gabriele Brandstetter is a professor of theater and dance studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on the aesthetics and history of dance from the 18th century to the present, with a focus on avant-garde dance. She is currently involved in the project "Intervening Arts" at the Freie Universität Berlin.