Author Archives: Sasha Amaya

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : diversity as divergent aesthetic ideals courtesy of wayne mcgregor

Diversity as Divergent Aesthetic Ideals Wayne McGregor brings his virtuosic choreography to Berlin audiences for the first time at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele from August 17th to 19th.   For the 30th anniversary of Tanz im August, Artistic Director

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : diversity as divergent aesthetic ideals courtesy of wayne mcgregor

Diversity as Divergent Aesthetic Ideals Wayne McGregor brings his virtuosic choreography to Berlin audiences for the first time at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele from August 17th to 19th.   For the 30th anniversary of Tanz im August, Artistic Director

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : love as practice from maija hirvanen

Love as Practice Maija Hirvanen’s ”Art & Love”, a German premiere at HAU3 for Tanz im August, is full of challenge but even more charm.   Sitting in the HAU3 foyer awaiting the performance, Finnish choreographer Maija Hirvanen sends us

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : love as practice from maija hirvanen

Love as Practice Maija Hirvanen’s ”Art & Love”, a German premiere at HAU3 for Tanz im August, is full of challenge but even more charm.   Sitting in the HAU3 foyer awaiting the performance, Finnish choreographer Maija Hirvanen sends us

Combattimento Restaged for Intersections: Between Music and Theatre in Seicento Italy

Intersections: Music and Theatre in Seicento Italy This two-day conference, exploring the connections between theatre and music in seventeenth-century Italy, will be held on Thursday 20th September and Friday 21st September 2018 in the Conference Room SR24 of the Faculty of

Combattimento Restaged for Intersections: Between Music and Theatre in Seicento Italy

Intersections: Music and Theatre in Seicento Italy This two-day conference, exploring the connections between theatre and music in seventeenth-century Italy, will be held on Thursday 20th September and Friday 21st September 2018 in the Conference Room SR24 of the Faculty of

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : otherworldly introductions: the transformative experience of ola maciejewska’s bombyx mori

Otherworldly Introductions: the Transformative Experience of Ola Maciejewska’s Bombyx Mori In the frame of Tanz im August Ola Maciejewska recreates Loïe Fuller’s form in sound, light, and sociality.   Jacques Ranciere, writing on Loïe Fuller’s dances in various works including

tanzschreiber : writing on dance : otherworldly introductions: the transformative experience of ola maciejewska’s bombyx mori

Otherworldly Introductions: the Transformative Experience of Ola Maciejewska’s Bombyx Mori In the frame of Tanz im August Ola Maciejewska recreates Loïe Fuller’s form in sound, light, and sociality.   Jacques Ranciere, writing on Loïe Fuller’s dances in various works including

4.5 : writing on dance : le ballet de l’opéra de lyon + the agency

Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon: Trois Grandes Fugues. 10.08.2018, Tanz im August, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin. There’s something blissfully old fashioned about this programme which sees bodies – in different numbers, in different clothes, under different lighting conditions, with

4.5 : writing on dance : le ballet de l’opéra de lyon + the agency

Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon: Trois Grandes Fugues. 10.08.2018, Tanz im August, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin. There’s something blissfully old fashioned about this programme which sees bodies – in different numbers, in different clothes, under different lighting conditions, with

4.5 : writing on dance : xavier le roy

In the frame of Thomas Oberender / Tino Sehgal: Welt ohne Außen. Immersive Spaces since the 1960s. Xavier Le Roy: Le Sacre du Printemps. 02.08.2018, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin. There are three of them: a beautiful woman, an ordinary man,

4.5 : writing on dance : xavier le roy

In the frame of Thomas Oberender / Tino Sehgal: Welt ohne Außen. Immersive Spaces since the 1960s. Xavier Le Roy: Le Sacre du Printemps. 02.08.2018, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin. There are three of them: a beautiful woman, an ordinary man,

Darmstadt 14 / Forest Rave + Stockhausen’s STIMMUNG (1968)

Photo credit: Sara Glojnarić Karlheinz Stockhausen: STIMMUNG (1968) for six vocalists – “Paris Version” ChorWerk Ruhr Julia Mihály (Musical Direction) 6h00 “Time is suspended. One listens to the inner self of the sound, the inner self of the harmonic spectrum, the inner

Darmstadt 14 / Forest Rave + Stockhausen’s STIMMUNG (1968)

Photo credit: Sara Glojnarić Karlheinz Stockhausen: STIMMUNG (1968) for six vocalists – “Paris Version” ChorWerk Ruhr Julia Mihály (Musical Direction) 6h00 “Time is suspended. One listens to the inner self of the sound, the inner self of the harmonic spectrum, the inner

Darmstadt 12 / Discontinuity at the Kunsthalle Opens 6 PM

DISCONTINUITY PROGRAMME Michael Maierhof Workshop Darmstadt Kunsthalle NORTHWEST & NORTHEAST GALLERIES INSTALLATION #popfem (2016/17) Sara Glojnarić Video 7’17” #popfem explores the ultraconservative, right-wing, pro-life, anti-feminist, and misogynistic side of YouTube videos and transforms them into their opposites. Taking videos that

Darmstadt 12 / Discontinuity at the Kunsthalle Opens 6 PM

DISCONTINUITY PROGRAMME Michael Maierhof Workshop Darmstadt Kunsthalle NORTHWEST & NORTHEAST GALLERIES INSTALLATION #popfem (2016/17) Sara Glojnarić Video 7’17” #popfem explores the ultraconservative, right-wing, pro-life, anti-feminist, and misogynistic side of YouTube videos and transforms them into their opposites. Taking videos that

Darmstadt 11 / Rehearsing with Caroline Louise Miller + Leo Hofmann

Photo credit: Sara Glojnarić Caroline Louise Miller In June of 2013, Caroline L. Miller embarked on a research expedition in the Philippine Sea, sailing from Taiwan to the Republic of Palau as part of an oceanographic science party. The class politics of

Darmstadt 11 / Rehearsing with Caroline Louise Miller + Leo Hofmann

Photo credit: Sara Glojnarić Caroline Louise Miller In June of 2013, Caroline L. Miller embarked on a research expedition in the Philippine Sea, sailing from Taiwan to the Republic of Palau as part of an oceanographic science party. The class politics of

Darmstadt 10 / Nadar Ensembles presents Prins, d’Heudieres, Bailey + Abas Kiarostami

Laughter Studies 7, Louise d’Heudieres. Photo: Kristof Lemp. Nadar / OurEars Private concerts in the afternoon: Natacha Diels: ‘I love myself deeply and unconditionally.’ (In collaboration with Sam Scranton) 14.00–18.00 ongoing Vladimir Gorlinksy: Rosenhöhe. Apollo (With participation of Nemø Ensemble) 14.00, 16.00

Darmstadt 10 / Nadar Ensembles presents Prins, d’Heudieres, Bailey + Abas Kiarostami

Laughter Studies 7, Louise d’Heudieres. Photo: Kristof Lemp. Nadar / OurEars Private concerts in the afternoon: Natacha Diels: ‘I love myself deeply and unconditionally.’ (In collaboration with Sam Scranton) 14.00–18.00 ongoing Vladimir Gorlinksy: Rosenhöhe. Apollo (With participation of Nemø Ensemble) 14.00, 16.00