Posts Tagged ‘SOPHIENSAELE’
‘Coming of Age’ Festival Takes On Ageism in Theater
Sept. 7, 2021
The performance festival ‘Coming of Age’ looks at the different challenges of aging—a phenomenon that affects us all. Taking place from September 15th to November 7th at Sophiensæle,…[read on]
THE WEEK Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 2021
Openings and events at Momentum, CTM Festival, KOW, Robert Morat Galerie, Galerie Auslage, Kwadrat, Wilhelm Hallen, Efremidis,…[read on]
Melanie Jame Wolf
by Alison Hugill // Feb. 2, 2021
Since July last year, Australia-born, Berlin-based artist Melanie Jame Wolf has been a resident at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Kreuzberg. The expansive, high-ceilinged studios…[read on]
THE WEEK June 15–21, 2020
Exhibitions and events at Société, Esther Schipper, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Chert Lüdde, HAU 1 – Hebbel am Ufer, Meyer Riegger, Klosterruine Berlin, Sweetwater Berlin,…[read on]
Defying Sex Laws: ‘Around the World: An Evening of Lavani’ at Sophiensaele
by Sumugan Sivanesan // Jan. 17, 2020
Savitri Medhatul from Kali Billi Productions appears on stage before the full house of Sophiensaele’s Hochzeitssaal. “Namaste!”, she beams and the not-exclusively-white audience…[read on]
Cultural Edging: An Interview with Melanie Jame Wolf
Interview by Louise Trueheart // June 25, 2019
The music you listen to when you’re around 13, I’ve heard it said, is wired in your brain in a way that no other music will ever be…[read on]
Performing the Political in Drag: An Interview with Olympia Bukkakis
Interview by Ilyn Wong // May 31, 2019
For the Berliner Tanztage in March of this year, the performer Olympia Bukkakis presented ‘Gender Euphoria’, a performance-lecture-cabaret show that proposes drag as a way to experience not only a sense of euphoria…[read on]
Berlin’s Performing Arts Festival 2019
May 28, 2019
The Berlin Performing Arts Festival, which began in 2016, is an annual week-long event celebrating the diversity of Berlin’s independent performing arts community…[read on]
Join an Artistic Research Lab with Barak adé Soleil
Apr. 10, 2019
Making a Difference invites Berlin-based dance practitioners with physical and/or sensory disabilities to apply for their artistic Research Laboratory, led by contemporary Chicago-based artist Barak adé Soleil…[read on]
THE WEEK April 30 – May 6
Openings & events at Kosmetiksalon Babette, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlinische Galerie, Haus am Lützowplatz, me Collectors Room, Sophiensaele, Haus der Kulturen der Welt,…[read on]
Escapism // Practice of Prophecy: An Interview with Kareth Schaffer
Article by Louise Trueheart // Apr. 17, 2018
Kareth Schaffer’s piece ‘Cassandra Has Turned 2’, which premieres at Sophiensaele on the 18th of April, dwells in the layers upon layers of worlds that blossom when prophets/performers are…[read on]