Continue reading “The Nutritious Paradigm of Instant Noodle Soup”The ensemble piece “Yum Yum” by Haus Sommer, led by choreographer and dancer Dasniya Sommer, playing from 12-14 May 2023 in Ballhaus Ost, confounds the supposedly unrelated while unraveling the possibilities of artificiality.
Micha Tsouloukidse
is an off-stage worker in the independent contemporary dance scene Berlin. He is particularly interested in specific practices, theories and organizational forms of physical training.
Reflections of the Omitted
Continue reading “Reflections of the Omitted”Dancer and choreographer Caroline Alves, also known as a member of the dance company Grupo Oito, presents the piece “Transatlantica” from 4 – 6 May 2023 at English Theatre Berlin: an autobiographical dance solo in which she probes the gaps in the colonial historical record via the story of her great-great-grandmother.
The City Under the Direction of the Theater
Continue reading “The City Under the Direction of the Theater”On 21 and 22 April 2023, Johannes Wieland’s new work “we will be removed”, the second part of what will be a trilogy that began in 2016 with “you will be removed”, transformed the traffic island of Charlottenburg’s Ernst-Reuter-Platz into a large open-air stage.
Symphony of Shamelessness
Continue reading “Symphony of Shamelessness”Claire Vivianne Sobottke’s new work “à mort — A choreographic song cycle for three voices,” running from March 22 – 25 2023 at Sophiensæle, is a conglomeration of countless musical, physical, stage and costume design details, behind which lies an impressive ensemble performance. The piece recounts explicitly and with relish the futility of every attempt to contain the female naked body.
Of Romantic Love, Longing for Community, and Other Human Algorithms
Continue reading “Of Romantic Love, Longing for Community, and Other Human Algorithms”In “Beyond Love,” the final installment in her trilogy about the economic and technological interpenetration of emotions running from 8 to 11 February 2023 at HAU3, the choreographer Dragana Bulut focuses on hybrid forms of love and desire between humans and machines.
On Reducing the Discursive Footprint
Continue reading “On Reducing the Discursive Footprint”In his choreographic self-portrait “Jérôme Bel / Ruth Rosenfeld,” which was shown on 23 January 2023 in HAU2, the established choreographer carries out a thorough and somewhat unsatisfying revision of his oeuvre to date.
Strange Mutations
Continue reading “Strange Mutations”TANZTAGE BERLIN 2023 >>> On 10 & 11 December 2022 at Flutgraben, “Bicho Raro”, a video and performance work by dancer and choreographer Danilo Andrés, examined the strange world of bodybuilding. Another version of the piece will be shown under the same title during the Tanztage Berlin festival in January 2023.
This galaxy that you create yourself
Continue reading “This galaxy that you create yourself”Tomi Paasonen’s “Pas de Q”, which takes place from 1-4 December 2022 at Sophiensæle, is a radical performance of community that gives the impression that drag and classical ballet have always been meant for one other.
An Odyssey Into the In-Between
Continue reading “An Odyssey Into the In-Between”“between,” the choreographic debut of Jules Petru Fricker (LEGZ) which ran from 11-13 November 2022 at DOCK 11, navigates with remarkable grace the spaces between artistic disciplines, queer performance practices, and narrations of the self—and births magical, touching moments in the process.
Dance Ritual with Witnesses of Mourning
Continue reading “Dance Ritual with Witnesses of Mourning”Clébio Oliveira and Zula Lemes’ new solo “DARK RED,” playing 20-23 October 2022 at Acker Stadt Palast, exposes the many emotional shades of the post-pandemic body, shaped by loss.
The Murmur of Invisible Hyperpresence
Continue reading “The Murmur of Invisible Hyperpresence”Choreographer Johanna Ackva presented the restaging of “CLOUDS ON CLEAR SKY,” the result of an ongoing engagement with death and dying, at the interdisciplinary venue Vierte Welt at Kottbusser Tor from 6 to 9 October 2022. This fourth and final part of the solo series was created in collaboration with dancer Akemi Nagao.