Inky Lee

(they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist and a writer living in Berlin. Their work creates space for the embodied experiences of marginalised individuals and communities to be acknowledged, mourned for and celebrated. In their work, Inky looks for ways to be direct and tender at once. Inky has been writing for Tanzschreiber since 2019 and has been working with Tanzfabrik Berlin (artist, writer) and Performing Arts Programm Berlin (counsellor, lecturer). Inky has also been collaborating with other freelance performance artists, dancers, musicians, writers and activists, as well as creating their own works. inkylee.com

Laughing at Ourselves

27. May 2025, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

A Year without Summer, directed and choreographed by Florentina Holzinger, premiered on 21 May 2025 at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, featuring an all cis-female, naked cast—Holzinger’s signature—who display a range of diverse and at times visceral talents.
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Where Am I?

2. May 2025, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

On Stage, a performance by Maria Hassabi, had its German premiere at Radialsystem on 25 and 26 April 2025.
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Depths of Our Bodies

17. March 2025, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

Hey Körper?!, choreographed and performed by Sahra Huby for audiences aged eight and up, was presented at FELD Theater für junges Publikum from 13 to 16 March 2025.
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When the Body Shines

24. February 2025, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conceptualised and choreographed by Edward Clug and performed by Staatsballett Berlin, had its premiere on 21 February 2025 at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Fragile Security

21. January 2025, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

STUCK, choreographed by the waacking icon Mounia Nassangar, opened on 18 January 2025 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer as part of the Purple Dance Festival.
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Romantic Nostalgia

12. December 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

Four New Works by Lucinda Childs Dance Company, which had its world premiere in August 2024 at International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Hamburg, was restaged on 7 and 8 December 2024 at the Berliner Festspiele.

Loose Strings

18. November 2024, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

SPELL by Igor Shyshko had its world premiere on 16 and 17 November 2024 at Radialsystem, as part of the VOICES Performing Arts Festival.
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Micro Utopia

15. October 2024, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

Fields of Tender, an immersive durational dance work for neurodiverse and disabled children aged six months to ten years, had its German premiere on 13 and 14 October at English Theater Berlin, as part of FRATZ International 2024. Inky Lee interviewed the choreographer, Dalija Acin Thelander, after attending a performance specifically for audiences between five and ten years old.
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Underneath the Perfection

9. September 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

Wolf performed by Circa Contemporary Circus and directed by Yaron Lifschitz displays fast-paced acrobatics with fleeting glimpses of vulnerability. It celebrates its world premiere at Chamäleon Berlin from 20 August 2024 to 5 January 2025.

Releasing Control

2. September 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

In The Voice, Rita Mazza, a Deaf artist, shares intimate stories through their whole body. The piece premiered at Sophiensæle from 28 to 30 August 2024 in the frame of Tanz im August.

Safe With You

24. July 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

A Night’s Game, choreographed and performed by Alleyne Dance, a British company founded by twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, was presented on 23 and 24 July 2024 at DOCK 11, as a part of the b12 festival.

Existence as Resistance

27. May 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

In Nawa, Sahar Damoni expresses the pain and the pleasure of living in her body as an undivided experience. Nawa had its German premiere at T-Werk on the 23rd and 24th of May 2024, in the frame of the Potsdamer Tanztage festival.

Are You Lost?

13. April 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

Chaos Kompass, an ensemble-created production featuring 11 performers aged 16 to 27 under the artistic direction of Bahar Meriç, premiered in April 2024 at Theater an der Parkaue, with two additional shows scheduled in June 2024.

Simmering Passion Under Control

4. March 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

Shiraz, choreographed by Armin Hokmi, is a work inspired by the Shiraz Arts Festival, which took place yearly between 1967 and 1977 in Iran. The performance premiered at Heizhaus, Tanzfabrik Berlin from 29 February to 2 March 2024.

dO yOu knOw the wOrld Of O?

15. February 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

O (die shOw), choreographed and performed by Jan Kress, Jan Rozman and Julia Keren Turbahn, is a dance performance for both Deaf and hearing audiences from age six and up. It premiered at FELD Theater für junges Publikum on 14 February 2024 with further performances until 18 February.
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Eating Feelings Like Apples

21. January 2024, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

URUBUS, by and with Aloísio Avaz, Anete Colacioppo, Daniel Brunet, Vinicius Giusti & MXM (Mirella Brandi X Muep Etmo), premiered at Acker Stadt Palast from 19 – 21 January 2024. The performance was a stage adaptation of the book with the same title by Carla Bessa, a Brazilian writer based in Berlin.

Becoming Joy

17. December 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

WERDEN by Magda Korsinsky, which premiered at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse from 15 to 19 December 2023, searches for joy in Black FLINTA* community.

Siblings of the Earth

3. December 2023, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

HEKATOMBE III by Martha Hincapié Charry, which premiered at Radialsystem on 2 and 3 December 2023, shares valuable wisdom of the Wixarika and the Kággaba Communities.

Through the Bodies

8. May 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
and
EN

A.PART Festival 2023 … macht Radau, taking place at ada Studio from 5-7 and 12-14 May, presents works by Berlin’s dance students and alumni. Each weekend introduces works of a different group of artists. Inky attends the opening night, which consists of five performances and a feedback circle.

My Body, My Choice

17. April 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

“Virtual S*Exploration” (for ages 14+), conceived by Jakob* and Christo Schleiff, utilises technology and VR to discuss the topic of sexuality. It premiered at FELD Theater für junges Publikum on 15 April 2023 with further performances until 18 April.

The Colourful World of Lightness

6. March 2023, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

“LUFT” is a dance performance for the audience from age three and up, created in collaboration between Nir de Volff and Theater o.N. It premiered at DOCK 11 on 2 March 2023. The theatre bustles with the energy of excited children on the Sunday afternoon of 5 March, when Inky attends the last show.

Treading through sticky power dynamics

22. February 2023, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

Two Swedish choreographers of two different generations, Mats Ek (b. 1945) and Alexander Ekman (b. 1984), share a total of six evenings of performances (Three in February and three in March) at Deutsche Oper. “A Sort Of…” by Ek and “Cacti” by Ekman is performed by Staatsballett Berlin and premiered on 16 February 2023.

The Landscape of Dreams

9. January 2023, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

TANZTAGE BERLIN 2023 >>> “Pariyestan: Tails of Sisters, 青蛇+白蛇: 緣起” by Parisa Madani invites the viewers into the world of dreams and fantasies. This “durational collective dream meditation” took place at Sophiensæle from 10 p.m. on 7 January to around 5 a.m. on 8 January 2023 in the frame of Tanztage Berlin.

Revenge, Rest, Repair

23. October 2022, Inky Lee

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EN

Ligia Lewis poses questions about destructing pre-existing plots and reconstructing new ones in “A Plot / A Scandal”, which premiered on 20 October 2022 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Don’t Wait

24. February 2020, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

Out of the four days of the T.E.N.T. PALACE MINI-MEGA FESTIVAL (DOCK 11, 20 – 23 February, 2020) Inky Lee attends two evenings and relates on the ways T.E.N.T. ‘host dreams, desires, and basic necessities.’

Hello Death

7. February 2020, Inky Lee

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EN

Enis Turan glamorously stages his own death in “Club27”, a co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Long Black Hair

17. January 2020, Inky Lee

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EN

Inky Lee embarks on a hairy journey, inspired by Areli Moran’s “La Postal de nuestra Existencia,” in which Moran becomes the goddess of ‘Hair, hair, long beautiful hair!’

“La Postal de nuestra Existencia” premiered at the Sophiensæle on 16 January 2020 within the frame of Tanztage Berlin.*

Berlin-Cool

11. January 2020, Inky Lee

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DE
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EN

“Sarabande” by Sasha Amaya, and “Tricks for Gold (T4$)” by Frida Giulia Franceschini premiered at the Sophiensæle on 8 January in the frame of Tanztage Berlin 2020.

Hands

19. December 2019, Inky Lee

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EN

Four deaf performers, Steve Stymest, Jan Kress, Rita Mazza, and Athina Lange, create a musical, “Vier”, using the richness and diversity of German Sign Language and Visual Vernacular to access music from a different angle. “Vier – A Visual Musical in Sign Language” premiered 17 December 2019 at Sophiensæle.

Breathing Space

10. December 2019, Inky Lee

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EN

In the month of November 2019, Lake Studios Berlin offered “Double Bill Residency” to support the creation and the presentation of works by Grace Euna Kim – “Dance Party (the apocalypse is disappointing)” – and Agnė Auželytė & Stephen Doyle – “Undone (a breath score)”. The works premiered on the 6^th December at Lake Studios Berlin.

Hyphenated Identities

26. November 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

With “Dance workshop Afrotrap” and the performance “Un truc d’ouf” hosted at Ballhaus Ost, performance collective La Fleur asks questions about the mixed identities of Europeans of African descent.

What the Body Remembers

14. November 2019, Inky Lee

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EN

In “Fan de Ellas”, premiering at Sophiensæle, Catalina Fernández, Juliana Piquero, and Alex Viteri dialogue with ‘three Latin American heroines’ through movement, soundscape, and objects.

The Golden Creature

18. October 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

In “Melancholía,” a co-production by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Josep Caballero García / Queerpraxis create a sensual world of play where gender and ethnic identities are obscured.

The Choice to Fail

8. October 2019, Inky Lee

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EN

As the final installment of Natal Igor Dobkin’s workshop “My worst performance ever – A Queer Performance Workshop”, part of the Hibernation Party at Raumerweiterungshalle 5 – 6 October, four participants share their works.

No Names, Just Numbers

13. September 2019, Inky Lee

Language:
EN

In “Say My Name, Say My Name”, by Olivia Hyunsin Kim / ddanddarakim and premiering at the Sophiensaele, an immersive world of futuristic designs is created through which Kim attempts to hold a mirror up to the past.

Where Are You From?

6. September 2019, Inky Lee

Languages:
DE
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EN

In Auf meinen Schultern, premiering at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Raphael Hillebrand shares the story of how he navigated his brutal exclusion from society through spoken word, dance, sound, and video.