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Luftmasse
Date details
- Date Wednesday, 30/September/2026 19:00 ( 2 more dates )
- Venue Humboldt Forum: Saal 1
- Address Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Hackescher Markt
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S75
- S9
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S Hackescher Markt
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Underground
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U Museumsinsel
- U5
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U Rotes Rathaus
- U5
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U Hausvogteiplatz
- U2
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U Unter den Linden
- U5
- U6
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U Museumsinsel
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Bus
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U Museumsinsel
- 100
- N5
- 300
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Berliner Schloss
- 147
- U2
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- N42
- 100
- 200
- M1
- N2
- N5
- N8
- N40
- N60
- N65
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Werderscher Markt
- 147
- U2
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Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
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Neumannsgasse
- 147
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U Rotes Rathaus
- 200
- N2
- N8
- N40
- N42
- N60
- N65
- U2
- 300
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S Hackescher Markt
- M1
- N42
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Staatsoper
- 100
- N5
- 300
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Nikolaiviertel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- U2
- N8
- N40
- N60
- N65
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Fischerinsel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- U2
- 147
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
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Universitätsstr.
- 12
- M1
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Jüdenstr.
- 248
- 300
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S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr.
- M1
- M2
- U2
- N2
- 100
- 200
- N5
- N8
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U Unter den Linden
- 100
- N5
- 300
- 147
- N6
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U Spittelmarkt
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- U2
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U Museumsinsel
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Tram
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- M4
- M5
- M6
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S Hackescher Markt
- M4
- M5
- M6
- M1
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Am Kupfergraben
- M1
- M6
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
- M6
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Universitätsstr.
- M6
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Monbijouplatz
- M1
- M5
- M6
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
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Performance by Paper Tiger Theater Studio
Bild 1: Aufführung des Stücks "Luftmasse" von Paper Tiger Theater Studio beim Theater der Welt Festival in Chemnitz – Vier Personen auf dunkler Bühne, Arme nach oben gestreckt. Leuchtende Linien erinnern an Hände im Hintergrund. пилынпьщму
© Luftmasse Coproduktion: Paper Tiger Theater Studio / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Theater der Welt Chemnitz, Photo: Xin Tong
The present seems to be in a state of limbo. China’s ascent is redefining Asia, and with it, Europe. Is the Western-dominated world order under threat? Will a conflict in Eurasia constitute the world’s ‘last great war’?
A hundred years ago, Alfred Döblin described these conditions in his futuristic novel Mountains Oceans Giants as a ’factual fantasy’: a relentless chain of climate catastrophes and continental drift, as well as crises, pandemics, and global economic crises. In 1924, Döblin offered a vision of a war between Europe and Asia and Europe’s great exodus to Greenland.
Now, the Sino-German Paper Tiger Theater Studio has adapted this material for the stage. The performance, co-produced with the festival Theater der Welt Chemnitz 2026, creates a world of images and sound featuring plenty of movement and using means that are both astonishingly simple and sensuous. The visual concept is by China’s most famous contemporary artist, Ai Weiwei. Five dancers, performers and singers from China and Germany work with videography and spatial design. Their bodies, shaped by diverse cultural backgrounds and contemporary discourses, embody the conflicting emotions between bleak visions of the future and the reality of the present. Chinese, German, English and other languages from various cultures interweave to form a multi-layered tapestry of sound.
The Paper Tiger Theater Studio ensemble exists between worlds. Its productions emerge from a constant dialogue between German and Chinese history and stories. In Berlin, it most recently presented its restaurant project 10,000 Noodles for Kafka and, as a commissioned production for the Humboldt Forum, Revolution. The Foe of an Arrow Wound.
Participants
With Elena Bechter, Yanan Wang, Sibo Sheyang, Jingwen Li, Fu-Hsuan Shih, Tian Gebing
Director: Tian Gebing
Choreography, Producer: Yanan Wang
Music: Piotr Kurek
Dramaturge: Christoph Lepschy
Assistant Directors, Interpreters: Jingwen Li, Yuchen Xie
Technical Direction: Wang Tiange
Light Design: Zhao Tong
Szenography: Paper Tiger Theater Studio
Video: Xin Tong
Intern: Song Yuke
Visual Concept: Ai Weiwei
Text: Tian Gebing
Performance rights for the excerpts from Alfred Döblin’s Mountains Oceans Giants are held by Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs GmbH, Berlin
With generous support of: Zhong Ben Zhi, AWW Germany GmbH, Shenzhen Ming Culture Communication Co. LTD
Koproduktion: Festival Theater der Welt Chemnitz 2026, Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Paper Tiger Theater Studio
- Price: 20 EUR/ reduced 10 EUR
- Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer.
- Language: English and Mandarin with German and English surtitles
- Location: Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard, Hall 1, Ground Floor
- Belongs to: Transkontinentale 2026
A hundred years ago, Alfred Döblin described these conditions in his futuristic novel Mountains Oceans Giants as a ’factual fantasy’: a relentless chain of climate catastrophes and continental drift, as well as crises, pandemics, and global economic crises. In 1924, Döblin offered a vision of a war between Europe and Asia and Europe’s great exodus to Greenland.
Now, the Sino-German Paper Tiger Theater Studio has adapted this material for the stage. The performance, co-produced with the festival Theater der Welt Chemnitz 2026, creates a world of images and sound featuring plenty of movement and using means that are both astonishingly simple and sensuous. The visual concept is by China’s most famous contemporary artist, Ai Weiwei. Five dancers, performers and singers from China and Germany work with videography and spatial design. Their bodies, shaped by diverse cultural backgrounds and contemporary discourses, embody the conflicting emotions between bleak visions of the future and the reality of the present. Chinese, German, English and other languages from various cultures interweave to form a multi-layered tapestry of sound.
The Paper Tiger Theater Studio ensemble exists between worlds. Its productions emerge from a constant dialogue between German and Chinese history and stories. In Berlin, it most recently presented its restaurant project 10,000 Noodles for Kafka and, as a commissioned production for the Humboldt Forum, Revolution. The Foe of an Arrow Wound.
Participants
With Elena Bechter, Yanan Wang, Sibo Sheyang, Jingwen Li, Fu-Hsuan Shih, Tian Gebing
Director: Tian Gebing
Choreography, Producer: Yanan Wang
Music: Piotr Kurek
Dramaturge: Christoph Lepschy
Assistant Directors, Interpreters: Jingwen Li, Yuchen Xie
Technical Direction: Wang Tiange
Light Design: Zhao Tong
Szenography: Paper Tiger Theater Studio
Video: Xin Tong
Intern: Song Yuke
Visual Concept: Ai Weiwei
Text: Tian Gebing
Performance rights for the excerpts from Alfred Döblin’s Mountains Oceans Giants are held by Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs GmbH, Berlin
With generous support of: Zhong Ben Zhi, AWW Germany GmbH, Shenzhen Ming Culture Communication Co. LTD
Koproduktion: Festival Theater der Welt Chemnitz 2026, Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Paper Tiger Theater Studio
- Price: 20 EUR/ reduced 10 EUR
- Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer.
- Language: English and Mandarin with German and English surtitles
- Location: Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard, Hall 1, Ground Floor
- Belongs to: Transkontinentale 2026
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- Venue:
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- Address:
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- Date:
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- Venue:
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- Address:
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- Price:
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- Address:
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- Price:
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