Peeping Tom arrives in Berlin: “We show you the oppression of man”
We interviewed Franck Chartier from Belgian collective Peeping Tom over the course of Tanz im August festival, where they were present with “32 rue Vandenbranden”. One of the inspirational sources for this piece was Shohei Imamura’s The Ballad of Narayama where an old woman is taken to the top of mountain Narayama by her children, to die. Gabriela Carrizo and Franck Chartier wanted to dig into … Continue reading Peeping Tom arrives in Berlin: “We show you the oppression of man”
Meg Stuart for Tanz im August: “Material is alive, and we can dialogue with it”
We interviewed choreographer Meg Stuart over the course of the 28th Edition of Tanz im August Festival, where she was present with the solo “BLESSED”. An apocalyptic scenario in a stage format, including funny appearances by a Brazilian carnival dancer: a sonny boy, clad in white and sandals, stalks through a cardboard paradise with a Swan Lake swan, South Seas palm tree and hut. But soon … Continue reading Meg Stuart for Tanz im August: “Material is alive, and we can dialogue with it”
Tanz im August: Interview with Motus
Daniela Nicolò and Enrico Casagrande share fascinating insights on the recently shown and much celebrated MDLSX. The bleeding pain and warm gratitude of Silvia Calderoni’s voice honor each and everyone’s fleeting being that cannot be contained within the borders of the body, skin color, sexual organs or boundaries of national identity. Silvia Calderoni’s strength is endearing to us as she takes on godly imageries of … Continue reading Tanz im August: Interview with Motus
Sebastian Matthias takes the groove in Berlin, but not the ordinary way
We shape our urban surroundings collectively, often without even noticing it; this is how we create the daily groove of a city. For three years now, in his performance series groove space, Sebastian Matthias and his team of dancers have been investigating the essential features of this specific rhythm: the tactile collective movement of a city. The last performance in the series, x / groove … Continue reading Sebastian Matthias takes the groove in Berlin, but not the ordinary way
Dance with Me in Berlin
A presence that is felt constantly in Berlin Kreuzberg is a revolutionary feeling, the struggle for freedom and the desire to live together peacefully. This work comes from observation, which led to a series of questions. Can art (dance) break down the walls that divide us? During moments of celebration it seems like it can. But what if we took dance into everyday life, for … Continue reading Dance with Me in Berlin
Rhythms
Animal rhythms between Britzer Garten and the former Tempelhof Airport, Berlin. Video by Luna Paese shot during our workshop “Visual Storytelling”. Continue reading Rhythms
Berlin-Tempelhof | Distorsion
Berlin-Tempelhof as a place of past, present and future. The former airport is occupied and its spaces reused by different communities. You can meet different social, animal, vegetable microcosms. Physical and sensory abnormalities manifest in the place. Video by Luna Paese Continue reading Berlin-Tempelhof | Distorsion
Exploring Kreuzberg with dance: a story of space, time and body
This work, shot in Kreuzberg, one of the most populated, multicultural and distinctive districts of Berlin, aims at grasping what characterizes it. In this second part the focus is on the woman looking at the neighbourhood from various angles, relating herself, through her dance, with the space she meets, thus establishing a connection game between space, time, body. Video by Elisa Sbaragli – Dancer: Maruska … Continue reading Exploring Kreuzberg with dance: a story of space, time and body
In the middle of Kreuzberg | The point of view #1
This work, shot in Kreuzberg, one of the most populated, multicultural and distinctive districts of Berlin, aims at grasping what characterizes it. In the first part of the work the images capture the diversity and features of the main streets, the cafés and the Turkish market in Kreuzberg, both from an architectural point of view and a cultural/historical one. Video by Elisa Sbaragli (Collettivo K) Continue reading In the middle of Kreuzberg | The point of view #1
Osmosis
A thin membrane is the one which separates man from the place he lives in. A constant interchange occurs between an individual and the city he inhabits. Is it man to give identity to the environment in which he breathes or is it the contrary? ‘Osmosis’ talks about the spontaneous and continuous exchange in which human beings and places mutually define themselves. Their being liquid … Continue reading Osmosis