Festspielhaus Hellerau (DE) [Dresden]
type: Item
label: Festspielhaus Hellerau @nl
description: theatre close to Dresden, used by Appia
description: bouwwerk in Duitsland @nl
description: teatro vicino a Dresda, utilizzato da Appia @it
alternative label: Festspielhaus Hellerau (DE)
Wikidata source: Q825047
Field: architecture
Field: scenography
Type of information: Performance venue
Country: Germany
GPS: Point(13.7522 51.114)
City: Dresden
EUTA building identifier: 1842
Importance: international importance
opening date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137773
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 137494
Web: www.hellerau.org
architect: Heinrich Tessenow
closure date: 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 556
Stage height: 1200
Stage width: 1600
Stage depth: 3500
Source URL: festspielhaus-hellerau
Source URL: https://vimeo.com/316625164
Source URL: gartenstadt-dresden-hellerau
Source URL: 2020-07-14 downloadhistory hellerau.pdf
Source URL: https://nachtkritik.de/index.php
Propertylabel: 59
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
time frame: Early 20th Century
Anno teatri id: 25
Canon Event Label: Festspielhaus Hellerau
significant person: Adolphe Appia
significant person: Emile Jaques Dalcroze
significant person: Harald Dohrn
significant person: Alexander von Salzmann
Wikidata instance: Q3469910
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q184871
Carthalia ID: 1777
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1911-1912 by Heinrich Tessenow as Festspielhaus der Bildungsanstalt für rhythmische Gymnastik Emile Jaques-Dalcroze [festival house of the ballet school Emile Jaques-Dalcroze], as a part of the Gartenstadt Hellerau quarter. First modern Raumbühne stage without any division of stage and auditorium. Light system (with 7000 lamps) by Alexander von Salzmann. Subsequently a centre of the European avantgarde. Used as a military hospital in World War I. Rebuilt in the 1930s. 1937 destruction of the accompanying buildings, extension by side wings. From 1937 used as a police school, later used by the SA and SS. From 1945, used as a military hospital by the Red Army. Since 1992 used for ballet performances and various art projects.