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Fragile Security

STUCK by Mounia Nassangar
Language: 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.

by Inky Lee, 21. January 2025

What’s the Limit to Your Love?

We Are (Nothing) Everything by Makisig Akin, Anya Cloud
Languages: DE and EN

For a third time, the duet, We Are (Nothing) Everything, by Makisig Akin and Anya Cloud was performed in Berlin (16-19 January 2025, DOCK11). Rightly so!, according to the author of this article, who has rarely experienced such a captivated audience.

by Johanna Ackva, 20. January 2025

Perspectives on Bodies

WET HOT WOMBS // Super Superficial by Tentacular Figurings // Kysy Fischer
Languages: DE and EN

The double bill WET HOT WOMBS – Bathing into other Bodies by Tentacular Figurings and Super Superficial by Kysy Fischer is a memorable kick-off to Tanztage 2025. The festival takes place from 9 to 25 January at the Sophiensæle.

by Miriam Taschler, 13. January 2025

Self-Portrait with Eggshells

No More Eggs for Breakfast by Dalia Velandia
Languages: DE and EN

No More Eggs for Breakfast, made and performed by Dalia Velandia, is about eggs. Her graduation work from the Solo Dance and Authorship (SODA) Master program at Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz was presented at Uferstudios on 13 and 14 December 2024.

by Alice Heyward, 16. December 2024

Romantic Nostalgia

Four New Works by Lucinda Childs Dance Company
Languages: DE and 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.

by Inky Lee, 12. December 2024

Who’s to Claim?

Frozen Power by Muda Africa
Languages: DE and EN

Frozen Power, by Tanzanian artist Ian Mwaisunga, depicts the power struggles in present day Tanzania during Germany’s colonial rule. The piece premiered on 5 December 2024 at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin and ran until 8 December.

by Maia Joseph, 11. December 2024

So Berlin!

A Techno Ballet Odyssey by Berlin Ballet Company
Languages: DE and EN

See and experience A Techno Ballet Odyssey at Kraftwerk Berlin from 5 to 8 December 2024. The Berlin Ballet Company restages the story of Odysseus in the context of a Berlin club. The performance is just one part of an immersive event.

by Miriam Taschler, 10. December 2024

Thoughts on Dissonance

EIGENTLICH ABER by Frl. Wunder AG & DieOrdnungDerDinge
Languages: DE and EN

EIGENTLICH ABER (ACTUALLY HOWEVER) by Frl. Wunder AG & DieOrdnungDerDinge celebrated its premiere on 28 November 2024 at the FELD Theater für junges Publikum.

by Maxie Liebschner, 5. December 2024

pro re nata

Obelix Nutrix by Ania Nowak
Languages: DE and EN

Ania Nowak’s Obelix Nutrix ruminates on nursing (its histories and realities) as a performance of the art and science of caring. It premiered at Salzburger Kunstverein and ran at Sophiensæle from 29 to 31 November 2024. 

by Alice Heyward, 4. December 2024

Radically Horizontal

A Sky Like A Wall by Dance On Ensemble & Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Languages: DE and EN

Encounters between one member each of the ensembles Dance On and Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop set the stage for the performance A Sky Like A Wall, which premiered on 29 November 2024 in the Berlinische Galerie.

by Johanna Ackva, 2. December 2024

Loose Strings

SPELL by Igor Shyshko
Languages: DE and 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.

by Inky Lee, 18. November 2024

Rocking and faltering, hobbling and dancing…

Songs of the Wayfarer by Claire Cunningham
Languages: DE and EN

Claire Cunningham moves through the theater space, with and without a staff/crutches, a wayfarer, as she simultaneously embarks on a metaphorical journey through life in Songs of the Wayfarer (14-16 November 2024, NO LIMITS Festival).

by Johanna Ackva, 18. November 2024