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Radical Minimal

20. - 21. October 2022 Kühlhaus - Berlin 15. October 2022 Deutscher Tanzpreis 2022 - Aalto-Theater - Essen With its new project “Radical Minimal”, the Christoph Winkler Company of Berlin seeks new perspectives on the interplay between minimal music, contemporary dance and diversity. To this end, the artists will examine three well-known, classically abstract pieces of minimal music and reinterpret them using their own, thematically oriented choreographies: “Come Out” by Steve Reich, “Coming Together” by Frederic Rzewski and “Stay on It” by Julius Eastman. The development of the choreographies will tie into their reception history in music and dance, as well as their connection to the American civil rights movement. details

The Goldberg Variations – Dancing Like A White Guy

03. October 2022 Festival INTERAZIONI - Teatro Palladium - Rome An appropriation of Steve Paxton‘s structured improvisations based on the personal history of traditional Samoan dance and urban styles embodied by a young dancer from New Zealand. details

On Hela

The Color of Cells 29. October 2022 MOVE! - Krefeld 10. October 2020 Eintazhaus - Mannheim 18. – 19. – 20. September 2020 Ballhaus Ost - Berlin 12. - 15. December 2019 Ballhaus Ost - Berlin This is the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman, whose cells became the basis for the first “immortal” cell line in modern medicine. It is also a story of ethics and privilege. details

A Beginner’s Guide To Worldbuilding

12. November 2022 Monologfestival - TD Berlin 22. - 23. October 2021 Monologfestival - TD Berlin You, Need, Go, Search, Find, Take, Return, CHANGE: With the means of dance, the solo looks at methods of world and character building that assert the plannability of fantasy. What happens when they encounter the unpredictable and the vulnerability of the moment in a performance? details