Continue reading “She Just Wants to Play”Yuki-Onna – the Snow Woman by Isabelle Schad and Aya Toraiwa invites everyone five years of age and older to leave the spring sunshine behind and dive into the snowy landscapes of Japanese lore. The dance piece premiered on 28 April 2024 in Tanzhalle Wiesenburg and was then performed at Theater o.N. from 3 – 5 May 2024.
Tag: Isabelle Schad (EN)
Between Shadows and Phantoms: Realities and Their Traces
Continue reading “Between Shadows and Phantoms: Realities and Their Traces”With the showing “Mirroring” on 17 December 2022 in Tanzhalle Wiesenburg, Isabelle Schad and Josephine Findeisen provided some first impressions of a solo piece in the making: an assemblage of movements of the body and their visual and acoustic traces.
Choreographic Cosmic Axes
Continue reading “Choreographic Cosmic Axes”As part of Offensive Tanz für junges Publikum Berlin (Offensive Dance for Young Audiences Berlin) and a production of the Theater o.N., Isabelle Schad’s new dance piece “Harvest” premiered at the Tanzhalle Wiesenburg. In a fanciful mise-en-scène, the choreographer, three dancers, and a musician play with shifting landscapes, which unfurl through the interaction of sticks and branches.
Minimal Movements: Isabelle Schad’s “FUR”
Continue reading “Minimal Movements: Isabelle Schad’s “FUR””Sometimes you come across pieces that simply leave you speechless. Not because they passed us by and failed to move us. But because they touched us deeply. Regardless, I want to attempt to give an account of Isabelle Schad’s “FUR”. The showings with Aya Toraiwa were on 31 July and 1 August 2020 at the Wiesenburg-Halle.
On Bodies Communing: An Interview with Isabelle Schad
Continue reading “On Bodies Communing: An Interview with Isabelle Schad”The plan was for Isabelle Schad’s trilogy “Collective Jumps“, “Pieces and Elements” and “Reflection” to be shown for the first time in one stretch at HAU Hebbel am Ufer in June. She talks with Jette Büchsenschütz about contemplation, the collective, and the power emanating from interlocking bodies – and it becomes evident how relevant her pieces are today.