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States of Collapse
Date details
- Date Friday, 22/May/2026 20:00 (1 more date)
- Venue Brotfabrik - Kino
- Address Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin-Weißensee
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Bus
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Caligariplatz
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Prenzlauer Allee/Ostseestr.
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Gustav-Adolf-Str./Langhansstr.
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Prenzlauer Promenade/Am Steinberg
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Erich-Weinert-Str.
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Heinersdorfer Str./Am Steinberg
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Hamburger Platz
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Ostseeplatz
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Am Steinberg
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Caligariplatz
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Tram
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Prenzlauer Allee/Ostseestr.
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Stahlheimer Str./Wisbyer Str.
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Gustav-Adolf-Str./Langhansstr.
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Prenzlauer Promenade/Am Steinberg
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Erich-Weinert-Str.
- 12
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Am Steinberg
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Friesickestr.
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Humannplatz
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Prenzlauer Allee/Ostseestr.
Part of:
States of Collapse
Premiere
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States of Collapse präsentiert von Boneless Light
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For the opening of their 2026 season, the Berlin-based contemporary dance collective Boneless Light presents States of Collapse.
The evening brings together two new works created in close collaboration with the same ensemble of performers, offering contrasting yet interconnected perspectives.
Too Busy to Burn, choreographed by Laura DeAngelis, examines burnout as a self-destructive loop driven by productivity, repetition, and external validation. Through an installation-based performance, the dancers exhaust themselves attempting to destroy a structure with a lighter out of fuel, trapped in futile labor while ease and softness remain just out of reach. The work reflects on late-capitalist exhaustion and the erosion of self-worth through over-determination.
Banquete Caribe, by Venezuelan choreographer Naia Urresti, offers a counterpoint rooted in Latin American thought and embodied ritual. Inspired by the writings of Alejo Carpentier and Oswald de Andrade, the piece explores chaos as a source of vitality rather than decay. Through movement, rhythm, and collective presence, the performers inhabit instability as a creative force—where identities overlap, structures dissolve, and new forms emerge. The body becomes a territory of resistence, contradiction, and revelation.
Together, the two works form a one-hour program that moves from exhaustion to regeneration, from collapse as depletion to collapse as rebirth. States of Collapse invites audiences to reflect on how bodies respond when systems fail—and what new possibilities emerge in their aftermath.
The evening brings together two new works created in close collaboration with the same ensemble of performers, offering contrasting yet interconnected perspectives.
Too Busy to Burn, choreographed by Laura DeAngelis, examines burnout as a self-destructive loop driven by productivity, repetition, and external validation. Through an installation-based performance, the dancers exhaust themselves attempting to destroy a structure with a lighter out of fuel, trapped in futile labor while ease and softness remain just out of reach. The work reflects on late-capitalist exhaustion and the erosion of self-worth through over-determination.
Banquete Caribe, by Venezuelan choreographer Naia Urresti, offers a counterpoint rooted in Latin American thought and embodied ritual. Inspired by the writings of Alejo Carpentier and Oswald de Andrade, the piece explores chaos as a source of vitality rather than decay. Through movement, rhythm, and collective presence, the performers inhabit instability as a creative force—where identities overlap, structures dissolve, and new forms emerge. The body becomes a territory of resistence, contradiction, and revelation.
Together, the two works form a one-hour program that moves from exhaustion to regeneration, from collapse as depletion to collapse as rebirth. States of Collapse invites audiences to reflect on how bodies respond when systems fail—and what new possibilities emerge in their aftermath.
Collective: Boneless Light (Berlin)
Too Busy to Burn
Choreography: Laura DeAngelis
Performers: Naia Urresti, Beatrice Collevecchio, Jazlyn Goldsworthy, Tea Nadir
Installation (in collaboration): Marek Höpel
Original Music: Atmospheric Conditions
Banquete Caribe
Choreography: Naia Urresti
Performers: Tea Nadir, Beatrice Collevecchio, Laura DeAngelis, Jazlyn Goldsworthy
Original Music: Nuwanliss
Too Busy to Burn
Choreography: Laura DeAngelis
Performers: Naia Urresti, Beatrice Collevecchio, Jazlyn Goldsworthy, Tea Nadir
Installation (in collaboration): Marek Höpel
Original Music: Atmospheric Conditions
Banquete Caribe
Choreography: Naia Urresti
Performers: Tea Nadir, Beatrice Collevecchio, Laura DeAngelis, Jazlyn Goldsworthy
Original Music: Nuwanliss
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