Continue reading “Water finds its way!”With “Water Will (in Melody)”, Ligia Lewis presents a different kind of pre-Christmas fairytale in HAU2. Her grim, grotesque movement theater takes the audience on a ride to a dystopian future world where women reside as freaky artifacts of a bygone era. We don’t really want that.
Christine Matschke
is intrigued by the connections between dance, visual arts and society as well as dance formats for a young audience. As a freelance dance journalist (M.A. Tanzwissenschaft) she writes for Die Deutsche Bühne, tanz, tanzraumberlin magazine as well as Theater der Zeit / IXYPSILONZETT. She is editor for the festival Tanznacht Berlin 2018 and author for the blog Viereinhalb Sätze.
Boxed in by [Fear]
Continue reading “Boxed in by [Fear]”With “The Emergency Artist”, Clément Layes provides space for the openness of meaning in language and action. In times of increasing political isolation, it can be interpreted as a kind of artistic protest.
Collective Future Perspectives?
Continue reading “Collective Future Perspectives?”During this year’s anniversary edition of Tanz im August there was also space for young choreographers and emerging dance talents. With “Paradise Now (1968-2018)” young Belgian choreographer Michiel Vandevelde does an exemplary job of entrenching the vision of a new, politically ambitious dancer theater for a present day young audience.