Dance

On stage, two people who have known each other for thirty years meet: a man in whom the memories of the war still linger, and his partner, the choreographer. Together, they try to create space for the... more

Inspired by Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin, the essay Watching Weimar Dance by Kate Elswit and the legacy of prominent dancers of that time such as Kurt Jooss and Valeska Gert,... more

As a child, Rizzi spent his weekends at the cinema, fascinated by the boundary between reality and fantasy. Film and dance are the two worlds that have shaped his artistic vision, and he has moved effortlessly... more

Every body on stage is at the service of something – the audience, the form, the image it is meant to embody. But what happens when this service is called into question? When two women take to the stage... more

Anyone who thinks of “classical ballet” as stiff people in fur coats has never been to this tour. more

Ballet Classique Solenne is bringing a new, high-quality production of "Swan Lake" to Berlin. more

An enchanting fairy-tale ballet! The libretto is based on a well-known and beloved fairy tale: the romantic love between a hardworking and virtuous servant girl and a prince, the blossoming and unfolding... more

Where is your “safe place”? This work explores the Japanese concept of kokoro no yoridokoro—a place of grounding or return—through the relationship between body, space, and sound, asking what it means... more

The 'point of no return' is the moment that changes one's entire life abruptly. Once this point has been reached, there is no going back; only the possibility of change, whether self-determined or driven... more

The collaborative piece “It’s possible” with Axel Dörner and Christine Saulut Bonansea focuses on the subjects in conceiving a series of narrative experiences appearing as disconnected and fragmented actions. “It’s... more

George Balanchine’s ballet Symphony in C is one of his masterpieces, celebrated for its technical precision, artistic virtuosity, and breath-taking complexity. Balanchine was introduced to Georges Bizet’s... more

The work approaches movement, voice and sound not as expressive or narrative tools, but as material phenomena generated by the body. Sound and choreography are created through reciprocal interaction.... more

For centuries, Western art has projected its own image onto Spain – romantic, exotic, misunderstood.   Hillel Kogan, an Israeli choreographer and contemporary dancer, enters the world of flamenco consciously... more

The program focuses on two fascinating female artists from around 1600: the Japanese dancer and theater maker Izumo no Okuni and the Italian composer Isabella Leonarda. They lived in an era when women... more

“Beauty is accessory” is one of the instructions at the beginning of the fourth movement of Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for solo viola Op. 25 No. 1. This could just as easily have come from Dore Hoyer, expressionist... more