Tanz im August is back – Reconnecting Nature, the City, and our Bodies
How can we still dance in a world where forests burn, oceans boil and societies become hateful instead of peaceful? The recent incident in the US where a young man was fatally stabbed by a teenager at a gas station because he was voguing was a big shock to the queer community worldwide. But it’s not a coincidence that bodies that nonconform to patriarchal power structures get attacked and killed. And especially, bodies that dare to show their power with dance are a threat to the old ideas of how the world should be run.
When thinking of dancing bodies in today’s world I think of pleasure, but I also think about the power of changing things that were taken for granted for way too long. So maybe we can help the world by dancing?
This year’s Tanz im August, the festival of contemporary dance in Berlin, brings together once again innovative choreographers and dance collectives from around the world. One of their powerful topics is how dance and ecology are interconnected. Several shows will happen in different parks in Berlin and I am really looking forward to seeing how different choreographers translate this topic in their work. Presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer and curated by art director Ricardo Carmona and his team, the festival aims to highlight more sustainable ways of production and presentation and to reflect on them artistically. We peeped into the festival program to give you a selection of shows you shouldn’t miss:
Fri, 11.08.2023, 19:00h
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What is the driving force of a collective body? How do traditions change in the context of colonialism? And what might folklore look like in today’s dance spaces? C A R C A Ç A approaches these questions directly, by bringing
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Sat, 12.08.2023, 21:00h
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Nadia Beugré shines a spotlight on people who are pushed to the margins of society, questioning roles and identities, those assigned and those to be taken. Beugré’s new work is based on research into the incredibly lively and rebellious transgender
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Thu, 17.08.2023, 19:00h
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The culture of the Amazigh people in North Africa is passed down from generation to generation by way of stories, dance, and song. Libya celebrates this tradition and attempts to find a different way of writing history. The performers tackle this
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Fri, 18.08.2023, 21:00h
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Simple, but complex and all-encompassing, as is life itself – this is Serge Aimé Coulibaly’s new work. In the wake of the difficulties of the last three years, he views C la vie as a point of departure towards a new
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Sat, 19.08.2023, 21:00h
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STRONG-BORN is the literal translation of the name Iphigenia. In her new work, Kat Válastur takes inspiration from the sacrificial story of “Iphigenia in Aulis” and the ‘anastenaria‘, an archaic ritual of Northern Greece, and channels them into a dance
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Wed, 23.08.2023, 19:00h
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Taoufiq Izeddiou imagines a place beyond the material world, which manifests as an amalgam of rhythm and movement. Hmadcha is named after a Sufi brotherhood, that was founded in the 17th century in Morocco. Inspired by this group’s spiritual festivities,
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Thu, 24.08.2023, 19:00h
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The virtual is by no means a direct representation of reality. It has long created affective worlds with their own power, influencing social interactions and desires in the physical world. Within an imposing set design, such interactions between the intimate
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Sat, 26.08.2023, 14:00h
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On three different dates Tanz im August will present the results of the open call “Interconnecting Dance & Ecology”, in which Berlin artists were called upon to submit concepts that deal with the themes of nature and sustainability. Each Saturday
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Sat, 26.08.2023, 21:00h
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Astronomical theories claim that 85 percent of the universe consists of darkmatter. Can the power of this tremendous mass be used to free bodies from rigid categorizations? This is a guiding question behind the new work by Cherish Menzo. The
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