Judith Kuckart
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2011
Judith Kuckart is a dancer, choreographer, director and author. She founded the Skoronel dance theater in 1985, with which she created seventeen productions as the author, dancer, choreographer and director.
Judith is the author of books, plays and radio plays including: No storm, just weather, 2019, Red is like a wooden box feels, 2016, That you have to go through Belgium on the way to happiness, 2015, and Wishes, 2013. She is the recipient of the London Scholarship in cooperation with Queen Mary College of the University of London, 2018, Annette von Droste Hülshoff Prize, 2012, Ruhr Literature Prize, 2009, and the Calwer Hermann Hesse Scholarship, 2008.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
