Radical Minimal
2022, Length: 70 minutes
about the piece
videos
Coming Together - The German Dance Award 2022 | AALTO-THEATER ESSEN
Stay On It - Kühlhaus- Berlin
Come Out - Kühlhaus- Berlin
Coming Together - Kühlhaus- Berlin
credits
Concept: Christoph Winkler | Music: Zafraan Ensemble - Flute: Liam Mallett - Saxophone: Martin Posegga - Clarinet: Miguel Pérez Iñesta - Percussion: Daniel Eichholz - Piano: Clemens Hund-Göschel - Violine: Emmanuelle Bernard - Viola: Josa Gerhard - Violoncello: Martin Smith | By and with: Oluwafemi Israel Adebajo, Lisa Rykena, Aloalii Tapu, Ridwan Rasheed, Raha Nejad, Sophie Prins, Andromeda Gervásio | Speaker: Howard Katz, Martin Hansen | Costume: Marie Akoury | Video editing: Gabriella Fiore | Video contribution: Vadim Epstein, Matthias Härtig | Technical management: Fabian Eichner | Production management: Laura Biagioni
A production by Company Christoph Winkler in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE.
Supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe and the Federal Cultural Foundation with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
dates
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05. May 2023, 18:00Seaside Cottage Theater - Barriga LagosCome out
"This piece was created and premiered in Berlin by Company Christoph Winkler X The Future Of Dance Company in 2022 and it’s high time we retold our story from the west African perspective using 4 bodies" (Future of Dance Company)
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15. October 2022Deutscher Tanzpreis 2022 - Aalto-Theater - Essen
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20. - 21. October 2022Kühlhaus - Berlin
reviews
[...] Director Michael Freundt, who hosted the evening of the award ceremony, explains: "The German Dance Award honours outstanding personalities of dance in Germany - regardless of whether they were and are effective on or behind the stage, in pedagogy, journalism, science or other areas of dance creation. In addition, performers, ensembles and projects in the dance landscape are honoured for future-oriented initiatives, exemplary concepts or extraordinary productions."
This time, the choreographers Marco Goecke and Christoph Winkler as well as Reinhild Hoffmann, one of the pioneers of German dance theatre, were awarded an honorary prize for their life's work. The Aktion Tanz association was also honoured for its special commitment to dance education.
All of them presented a sample of their artistic work to the audience and were also introduced with short film portraits. The premiere of "Coming Together", choreographed by Christoph Winkler, was particularly impressive. Laudator and dance dramaturge Elisabeth Nehring: "Christoph Winkler is not only a choreographer, but also an unconditional researcher who has dealt with socially relevant issues such as racism and postcolonialism - long before they also became en vogue in dance." Frank Blum - Stadt Spiegel