Article by Louisa Stark in Berlin // Feb. 28, 2018
From the moment the audience enters the studio space at Tanzfabrik for the performance ‘Now and Then’, they are made acutely aware of time. Two performers, Christina Ciupke and…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Feb. 23, 2018
Race, heritage and the act of Othering are currently trending on Berlin’s stages. That said, ‘Unrestricted Contact’ by Grupo Oito was not just “another work about race,” as quoted from their performance. The collective…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce, Photos by Michela Filzi in Berlin // Jul. 10, 2017
Berlin’s free dance scene, in all its eclecticism and diversity, provides fertile grounds for experimentation within performance. An approach to…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Jan. 13, 2017
For the past twenty years Sophiensaele has hosted one of Berlin’s most attractive contemporary dance festivals: Tanztage. Over ten consecutive days, the dance year is inaugurated with a robust programme of new…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Jan. 03, 2017
Since it was founded in 1996 by choreographer Toula Limnaios and composer Ralf R. Ollertz, cie. toula limnaios has been highly successful…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Dec. 21, 2016
The holocaust, most famously lamented in literature and film, has also been explored in dance. From direct responses in modern dance (Anna Sokolow’s ‘Dreams’) to reflections on its impact on the present (Rami Be’er for KCDC’s …[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Dec. 16, 2016
The body — Körper — is the carrier of our weight, the instigator of movement, the instrument with which we breathe, perceive and act upon the world. It is this essentialist perspective that underpinned Sasha Waltz’s…[read on]
Blog post by Caranacias – in Berlin; Friday, August 10, 2012.
While Berlin is often listed with the likes of Paris and London as the European capitals of visual art production, our burgeoning city coalesces in another cultural trifecta…. [read on…]