Studentenwerk Dresden

Since 1950, the TU Dresden folklore dance group “Thea Maass” has been among Germany's hardest working, most artistically prominent amateur dance groups. Under the leadership of dance instructor and choreographer Maud Butter, the group with its some 40 dancers and musicians is committed to the cultivation and interpretation of German folklore dance and the interpretation through ambitious stage choreographies of traditional practices from various regions of Germany. The group works with a sensitive focus on a responsible treatment of German cultural heritage in its arrangement of topical, action-oriented pieces using the diverse means of folklore dance. Following the example of choreographer and dance director Thea Maass, who led the ensemble for years, the goal of the group is to bring to the public folklore in its vital authenticity, its expressive richness of form and in all its beauty.

The ensemble, comprising mainly students and TU Dresden alumni, pursue this aim at regional and national shows, but also at numerous folklore festivals and dance competitions abroad as a member of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF).Through contact with folklore groups and individuals from all over the world, the ensemble constantly receives new impulses for its creative work while simultaneously contributing through its own versatility to a lively cultural exchange.

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