Die Nashörner (The Rhinos) is a dance piece by URSina Tossi with integrated artistic audio descriptions. It’s geared towards viewers aged 14 and up and transports a theater text written by Eugène Ionesco in 1959 to the present day. Following its premiere at Theater an der Parkaue on 3 April 2025, there will be additional performances in April and June 2025.
Continue reading “How can a human also be a rhinoceros? It’s inconceivable. “
Maria Ladopoulos
is a dancer and choreographer living in Berlin. She graduated in 2022 from HZT Berlin with a BA in Dance, Context, Choreography. She now bundles her background between dance theater and biochemistry and her interest in the deep exploration of the body as a container of many stories into choreographies, texts, short films, and costume design.
It All Hangs on a Single Thread
The German premiere of Muna Mussie’s performance-installation Oblio took place on September 15, 2024 in Tanzfabrik Berlin’s new project space Grüntaler9.Continue reading “It All Hangs on a Single Thread”
I Have the Same Birthmark as My Father
Paralelo Teatros theatrical dance production, CONSTELLATIONS, by Alejandro Rodriguez and Dana Sánchez-Graham addresses the relationship between Mexico and the USA and the family histories that inscribe themselves in the body as a result. The revival took place on 17/18 July 2024 in ACUD Theater.Continue reading “I Have the Same Birthmark as My Father”
She Just Wants to Play
Continue reading “She Just Wants to Play”Yuki-Onna – the Snow Woman by Isabelle Schad and Aya Toraiwa invites everyone five years of age and older to leave the spring sunshine behind and dive into the snowy landscapes of Japanese lore. The dance piece premiered on 28 April 2024 in Tanzhalle Wiesenburg and was then performed at Theater o.N. from 3 – 5 May 2024.
The Draw of Elsewhere or A Space of Contrasts
The Fold performance series (Tanzfabrik) presents ElseWhere Rhapsody from 29 February to 3 March 2024 at Uferstudios. Performance maker Jen Rosenblit takes the audience on an eclectic exploratory journey of queer desire. A collage somewhere between tender intimacy and sensory overload spectacle emerges through poetry, song, eroticism, line dancing, and utopia.Continue reading “The Draw of Elsewhere or A Space of Contrasts”
Something other than your face
Continue reading “Something other than your face”Nasheeka Nedsreal opens the 33rd edition of Tanztage on the 5th January, 2024 with the dance performance NuReal Dust (5th – 20th January, 2024).
Side by side, against each other, with each other, in each other
Continue reading “Side by side, against each other, with each other, in each other”The Staatsballet Berlin’s evening of ballet, 2 Chapters Love presented two world premieres at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden on December 9, 2023: Stars Like Moths by choreographer Sol León and Sharon Eyal’s eponymous work 2 Chapters Love.
Part of the Breathing Landscape of the Bog
Continue reading “Part of the Breathing Landscape of the Bog”Mossbelly, which can be seen until 28 May 2023 at HAU2, is the culmination of Angela Schubot’s many years of exploration with moss and the trituration of plant material. A connection with her grandfather, whom she never met, emerged out of this project and prompted her to change her artist name to Angela Vitovec.
Dialogues of Visible Frequencies
Continue reading “Dialogues of Visible Frequencies”In “Foreland – Bach and Britten”, a supplementary program to soundance festival berlin, choreographer and dancer Nitsan Margaliot and cellist Isaac Lottman embody two suites from composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Benjamin Britten. The German premiere took place on 23 May 2023 in the St. Matthew Church.
When the Machine Learns to Dance: From Data to Movement
Continue reading “When the Machine Learns to Dance: From Data to Movement”In “K L O F. cyberographies of folk,” choreographer Irina Demina uses artificial intelligence to develop a new kind of folk dance: an attempt to reflect contemporary digitalized everyday life. The remount runs at DOCK 11 until 7 May 2023.
Embracing Associations and Putting Expectations to Rest
Continue reading “Embracing Associations and Putting Expectations to Rest”In “Am I two?” Vasundhara Srivastava and Hannah Heyde explore their experiences with society’s expectations of women. This search for updated definitions was presented at the ACUD-Theater from 13-15 April 2023.
Flooding in Darkness
Continue reading “Flooding in Darkness”In “HIGH TIDE,” choreographer and performer Pauline Payen addresses the haunting power of grief. The 60-minute dance performance can be seen until 2 April 2023 in DOCK 11.
The Little Mountains on my Arms
Continue reading “The Little Mountains on my Arms”In “Goosebumps”, choreographer Modjgan Hashemian explores the skin as archive of story and touch. The piece for ages twelve and up premiered on 11 March 2023 at Theater an der Parkaue.
The Music Rushes Through the Struggling Bodies
Continue reading “The Music Rushes Through the Struggling Bodies”The two-part, nearly two-hour evening “Beethoven 7” (Sasha Waltz & Guests) premiered on 11 March 2023 in Radialsystem. Choreographer Sasha Waltz asks questions about freedom and social constraints, set to the music of contemporary composer Diego Noguera and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
For Small Heroes and Anti-Heroes
Continue reading “For Small Heroes and Anti-Heroes”What does it mean to be a hero? With “I NEED A HERO,” Camilla Pölzer presents a journey through the expectations and norms of the character of the superhero. The 50-minute performance for all ages nine and up premiered on 22 February 2023 at TANZKOMPLIZEN in Podewil.
Pausing for Breath in the Maze
Continue reading “Pausing for Breath in the Maze”Looking for ways out of dense and individualized webs of discrimination, the dance performance “Labyrinth” with choreography by Ricardo de Paula and featuring dancers from the Grupo Oito celebrated its premiere at HAU2 on 14 October 2022.
Rearranging Time
Continue reading “Rearranging Time”PURPLE DANCE FESTIVAL 14-22 JANUARY 2023 >>> What happens when tomorrow becomes yesterday? In “Über Überüberübermorgen” (About the day after the day after the day after tomorrow), a science fiction journey through time that premiered on 6 October 2022 at FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Cécile Bally and Cathy Walsh investigate the future — with the help of their audience, which welcomes anyone 5 years of age and up.