Crowded Emptiness
Taw'am by Jouana Samia
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Taw’am, meaning “twin” in Arabic, explores the grief of artistic director and performer Jouana Samia over the loss of her twin brother. It premiered on 10 July 2025 at Uferstudios Berlin.
Sheeeee (…) ppphhh haaa
Ya! by Angela Vitovec aka Angela Schubot
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From 8-13 July 2025, Angela Vitovec, aka Angela Schubot, and a mixed ensemble of performers from Theater Thikwa and the independent dance scene will once again showcase Ya!, a performance created in collaboration with yarrow in 2024.
A Poignant Plea for Climate Justice at the Deutsche Oper
Figures in Extinction by Crystal Pite, Simon McBurney
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With the trilogy Figures in Extinction, Nederlands Dans Theater & Complicité celebrated its premiere in Germany on 4 July 2025 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. This gripping piece about climate change, empathy, and death ran until 6 July.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is what I see the truth at all?
Portrait Performance by Ashley Temba
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In Portrait Performance, Ashley Temba reflects upon the assumptions made about him, and how they have affected the way he sees himself. The solo work premiered on 5 July and ran until 8 July 2025 at Ballhaus Naunynstraße.
Dough, Stones, Storms
Studies on Infinity #3 – Caravaggio by Isabelle Schad
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Studies on Infinity #3 – Caravaggio by Isabelle Schad was performed 27–28 June at Wiesenburg Sommerfest.ival 2025. Inspired by the Baroque painter’s intense naturalism, it blends collective body awareness in cycles of drama without climax or resolution.
Une robe couleur du temps
Aurora by Lina Gómez
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In Aurora, Lina Gómez’s dancing meets the interplay of evolving light and sound by Alejandra Cárdenas (Ale Hop) and Bruno Pocheron at DOCK11 on 22 June as part of soundance festival berlin 2025.
Dreams of Water
offene Probe by Kata Kwiatkowska / Julie Peters
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The open studio with Julie Peters and Kata Kwiatkowska took place at ada Studio on 20 June 2025. ada Studio’s series “reinkommen (come inside)” gave upcoming artists the opportunity to immerse themselves in their work and share it.
Washing Machine of Life
Fil Rouge by Diverse
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Fil Rouge, choreographed and performed by Rossella Canciello, Paolo Cingolani, Ivaylo Dimitrov, Susanna Grob, Annukka Hirvonen, Anni Lattunen, and Jonas Marx during artist residency periods in Berlin and Italy between 2023 and 2024, was presented at DOCK 11 on 20 June 2025, as part of the soundance festival berlin.
Understanding Body Work
SoDA Präsentation (HZT) by Jemima Rose Dean, Leon Locher
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On three evenings (12-13 June 2025), six students from the MA Solo Dance and Authorship (SoDA) at the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT) present their ongoing research projects. This article reflects on two of these presentations.
They relate
When I Saw the Sea by Ali Chahrour
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When I Saw the Sea, choreography by Ali Chahrour, celebrated its European premiere on 2 June 2025 in HAU 1. Performance: Zena Moussa, Tenei Ahmad, Rania Jamal. Music: Lynn Adib, Abed Kobeissy
Unravelling Expectations
A Study in Thread by Arada Böhm / Laura Sophie Faiß
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A Study in Thread by Arada Böhm and Laura Faiß offers a new meaning to women’s craftsmanship, and challenges societal views on gender stereotypes. The piece premiered on 22 May and ran until 25 May 2025 at Brotfabrik.
Laughing at Ourselves
A Year without Summer by Florentina Holzinger
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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.
