Performing Arts - Latest news - 2022

Swiss Grand Award for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring 2022 goes to Barbara Frey

This year’s Swiss Grand Award for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring goes to the theatre and stage director Barbara Frey. She directs productions on prestigious German-speaking stages and is also regarded as an astute institutional head.

Nine more Swiss Performing Arts Awards

Further Swiss Performing Arts Awards go to Frida León Beraud, Marco Berrettini, Sophie Gardaz, Geschwister Pfister, Paola Gianoli, Yann Marussich, Mike Müller, Susanne Schneider/BewegGrund, and Ticino is Burning.

June Johnson Newcomer Prize 2022, InQdrt

Dance Production 2021, Theatre Production 2021 & June Johnson Newcomer Prize

Awards go the dance production “La Peau de l’Espace” by Yasmine Hugonnet and the theatre production “Manuel d’exil” by Maya Bösch and her company sturmfrei. The June Johnson Newcomer Prize goes to the collective InQdrt.

Presentation of the Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2022 on 21 October 2022 at the Théâtre de Carouge

The Swiss Performing Arts Awards will be presented on 21 October at the newly built Théâtre de Carouge. The event will be streamed live on various websites and then made available as video on demand.

MIMOS volume on Martin Zimmermann as print on demand

The MIMOS volume on Martin Zimmermann, winner of the Swiss Grand Award for the Performing Arts / Hans Reinhart Ring 2021, was published in May and can be ordered from the publishers Peter Lang.

Présidentes des jurys Danielle Chaperon, Béatrice Goetz

Calls for submissions for the Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2023

The next entries for the June Johnson Newcomer Prize, Dance Production 2022 and Performing Arts Heritage can be submitted between 5 October and 8 November 2022 via the FOC’s support platform.

Promotions & social media #swissperformingartsawards

The hashtag for the Swiss Performing Arts Awards on Instagram, Facebook and now also TikTok is #swissperformingartsawards. Coverage of the current awards will continue until the partner events in spring 2023.

Swiss Performing Arts Awards 2021 winners at the Artists’ Fair in Thun from 20 to 23 April

Manuel Stahlberger and the duo fleischlin/meser will be appearing at the opening of the Swiss Artists’ Fair on 20 April 2022. They received Swiss Performing Arts Awards in autumn 2021.

Swiss Performing Arts Awards winners at Tanzfest from 11 to 15 May

Winners in the dance category of the Swiss Performing Arts Awards will be showing their work around Switzerland at Tanzfest. They include the Ballet Junior, the Groove’N’Move festival, Jasmine Morand, Mirjam Gurtner and 2019 Dance Awards winners Marie-Caroline Hominal, Edouard Hue, Cie Greffe/Cindy van Acker, and Cie Linga.