
Unravelling Expectations
A Study in Thread by Arada Böhm / Laura Sophie Faiß
Languages:
German
and
English
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
Languages:
German
and
English
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.

For All the Tired Horses
Dawn by Adam Seid Tahir
Languages:
German
and
English
Dawn by Adam Seid Tahir, which premiered at MDT Stockholm and was presented at Sophiensæle from 23–25 May in the festival Making Life in the Ruins, creates inspiration, reviving ancient runic symbols.

Embodiment at Arm’s Length
Everyone here is a bit of a horse by Vera Shchelkina
Languages:
German
and
English
An excerpt of her upcoming piece developed through the Master’s program in Choreography at HZT Berlin, Vera Shchelkina’s Everyone here is a bit of a horse, which played in the Potsdamer Tanztage festival from 22–23 May, directs encounters through manual contact.

Art, Bullets, Cold Blood
Something Is Approaching by Carolina Mendonça
Languages:
German
and
English
On 16 May 2025 at the Forum Theatertreffen 1965-2025 in the foyer of the Berliner Festspiele, choreographer Carolina Mendonça offered insight into Something Is Approaching, a new piece that will celebrate its premiere in June.

Where Am I?
On Stage by Maria Hassabi
Languages:
German
and
English
On Stage, a performance by Maria Hassabi, had its German premiere at Radialsystem on 25 and 26 April 2025.

In Search of Your Own Voice
Inner Mining - experiment #1: voice by Jule Flierl
Languages:
German
and
English
“Inner Mining – experiment #1: voice” is a piece by Jule Flierl that celebrated its premiere at Dock 11 on 24 April 2025. It is performed by bottom up productions: Chihiro Araki, Felipe Fizkal, and Julek Kreutzer.

She’s always on the move
ANUNCIA EN EL PEDREGAL by Silvia Ospina
Languages:
German
and
English
The series I’M A UTERUS >< PROCREATORS & WARRIORS IN RESISTANCE takes place on three evenings in the CORDILLERA Raum für Körper und Utopien (Space for Bodies and Utopias). I attend the performance ANUNCIA EN EL PEDREGAL by Silvia Ospina on 19 April 2025.

She Eats Éclairs in Paris
Divas by Mel Brinkmann
Languages:
German
and
English
Since November 2024, choreographer Mel Brinkmann has been meeting with seven young dancers once a week in Mädchen*zentrum Szenenwechsel. The result is Divas, an expressive dance performance performed from 11 to 13 April 2025 at Uferstudios.

How can a human also be a rhinoceros? It’s inconceivable.
Die Nashörner by URSina Tossi
Languages:
German
and
English
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 […]

Cutbacks, Diversity, and Accessibility in the Berlin Cultural Sector – An Interview with Representatives from Diversity Arts Culture
Thema: Diversity Arts Culture Languages: German and English
Art and culture should be available to everyone. To accomplish this, barriers have to be dismantled and perspectives from groups that have been thus far un(der)represented introduced to the cultural sector. Diversity Arts Culture is driving diversity development in (Berlin) cultural institutions. Their numerous consulting services, workshops, events, and publications target artists as well as institutions and those active in the cultural […]

Touch me like…
On my tongue by Emilie Gregersen
Languages:
German
and
English
In On my tongue, Luisa Fernanda Alfonso, Paolo de Venecia Gile, Sigrid Stigsdatter Mathiassen, and Emilie Gregersen debate queer touch, boundaries, and communication. The piece, which premiered in Copenhagen, is showing from 27-29 March at UFER_STUDIOS.