Overview of Texts

 

Crowded Emptiness

Taw'am by Jouana Samia
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Inky Lee, 14. July 2025

Sheeeee (…) ppphhh haaa

Ya! by Angela Vitovec aka Angela Schubot
Language: EN

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.

by Johanna Ackva, 11. July 2025

A Poignant Plea for Climate Justice at the Deutsche Oper

Figures in Extinction by Crystal Pite, Simon McBurney
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Miriam Taschler, 8. July 2025

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is what I see the truth at all?

Portrait Performance by Ashley Temba
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Maia Joseph, 7. July 2025

Dough, Stones, Storms

Studies on Infinity #3 – Caravaggio by Isabelle Schad
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Alice Heyward, 30. June 2025

Une robe couleur du temps

Aurora by Lina Gómez
Languages: DE and EN

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.  

by Alice Heyward, 25. June 2025

Dreams of Water

offene Probe by Kata Kwiatkowska / Julie Peters
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Miriam Taschler, 25. June 2025

Washing Machine of Life

Fil Rouge by Diverse
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Inky Lee, 24. June 2025

Understanding Body Work

SoDA Präsentation (HZT) by Jemima Rose Dean, Leon Locher
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Johanna Ackva, 16. June 2025

They relate

When I Saw the Sea by Ali Chahrour
Languages: DE and EN

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

by Maxie Liebschner, 4. June 2025

Unravelling Expectations

A Study in Thread by Ara­da Böhm / Lau­ra Sophie Faiß
Languages: DE and EN

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.

by Maia Joseph, 28. May 2025

Laughing at Ourselves

A Year without Summer by Florentina Holzinger
Languages: DE and 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.

by Inky Lee, 27. May 2025