Continue reading ““Why criticism?” – a digital debate in three episodes”During the pandemic period, the reviews in daily newspapers and radio broadcasts continued to decline. In any case, art criticism, as a vain genre, is itself repeatedly subject to criticism. Does the current situation mean the swan song to it? Time at least for an inventory.
Astrid Kaminski
(member of the initial tanzschreiber-Team and editorial consultant 2016/2017), writes (about) dance, performance, poetry and socio-politics for daily newspapers, magazines, theme books and live formats. Her texts appear among others in the taz, the F.A.Z., on Qantara.de (DW), in tanz, tanzraumberlin, Frieze and Spike Art. She is co-founder of the blog Viereinhalb Sätze.
Berlin isn’t a German city / Berlin ist keine deutsche Stadt
Continue reading “Berlin isn’t a German city / Berlin ist keine deutsche Stadt”No shows, no training, no touch, no perspectives: Covid-19-measures hit the dance scene heavily. Artists and institutions are longing for solidarity – beyond their own needs.
Berlin’s palaces and the Panama of Brandenburg
Continue reading “Berlin’s palaces and the Panama of Brandenburg”After her South-African township piece “Chatsworth” and her choreography for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar winning “The Favourite”, with “Der Palast” Constanza Macras will stage her first premiere at Volksbühne under the interim director Klaus Dörr. But her engagement with the much debated theatre started years ago… Astrid Kaminski asks the famous Berlin-based, Buenos Aires-born choreographer about her process in becoming an urban choreographer.
