The Joana Maria Gorvin Prize, given every five years by the
Academy of the Arts, Berlin
The Academy of Arts (german: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany.
The Academy's predecessor organization was fou ...
on behalf of the Joana Maria Gorvin Foundation, is intended to honor the outstanding performance of a female theater artist in German-speaking countries.
The award is named after the actress , who died in 1993, who among other things belonged to the Berlin State Theater Ensemble of
Gustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...
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The jury for the 10,000 euro prize is made up of five male members of the performing arts section at the will of the founder Maximilian B. Bauer, Joana Maria Gorvin's second husband.
Recipients
* 1995
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
* 2000
Anny Schlemm
Anny Schlemm (born February 22, 1929 in Neu-Isenburg) is a German operatic soprano and later mezzo-soprano.
Her father, Friedrich Schlemm, was a chorister at the Oper Frankfurt. Schlemm studied in Berlin with Erna Westenberger and made her debu ...
* 2005
Anja Silja
* 2010
Jutta Lampe
Jutta Lampe (13 December 19373 December 2020) was a German actress on stage and in film. She was for 30 years a leading actress at the Schaubühne founded in Berlin by her husband Peter Stein, where she played both classical theatre such as Alkm ...
* 2015
* 2020
Andrea Breth
Andrea Breth (born 31 October 1952) is a stage director. From 1999 to 2019 she was in-house director at the Burgtheater in Vienna and also directed for the Salzburg Festival.
Biography
Born in Rieden am Forggensee, Germany, Andrea Breth grew up ...
References
External links
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German theatre awards
1995 theatre awards
Awards honoring women
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