Ballet Black - Heroes
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Pagrav Dance - Rooh Within Her
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Far From The norm - Until We Sleep
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Colette Sadler - The Violet Hour
"The Violet Hour" is a new live performance featuring four dancers that draws inspiration from the ecological ethos of Ovid’s epic poem "Metamorphoses." It aims to construct a posthuman choreographic narrative focusing on the relationships and entanglements between human and non-human agencies.
Taking seven archetypal female characters from "Metamorphoses" as vehicles, each character represents a different species of flower or plant, including those on the edge of extinction.
Combining dance, digital video, and song with lyrics co-authored by artificial intelligence, "The Violet Hour" will establish unique choreographic logics guided by the idea of human anatomies and desires intertwining with those of plants and artificial intelligence.
Featuring sound and music by Samir Kennedy and 3D animation by Alexander Pannier.
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Alexander Schubert & Colette Sadler
The audience encounters the premises of an institute called Terminal Infinity situated in the near future. It combines characteristics of a temple-like structure and a scientific lab. This institute offers a service of body donation, in which humans can offer their body after death to be used in a digitised embodiment procedure. Donating the body to another entity is the perfect and complete sacrifice. The body is not a storage unit – but a processor device.
Staged as a techno-spiritual pilgrimage, musicians, dancers and audience share a space of contemplation and transformation. The chapters of the staged performance go through symbolic steps of birth, being in the world, extended embodiment and death. It creates a fast-forward replica of what it means to be thrown into the world as an organic embodied lifeform – going from learning to use a body, through engaging into the existential and excessive nature of it and finally parting together with it from life.
Part experiment, part lament, part ritual, Terminal Infinity has been commissioned by Berliner Philharmoniker and Dance On Ensemble as part of its 2025 biennale Paradise Lost – The Threat of Nature.
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Georgia Tegou - Homecoming
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
Book your tickets: details to be announced soon
The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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Rambert x (LA)HORDE- Bring Your Own
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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Colette Sadler - ARK 1
ARK 1 is a multimedia installation composed and directed by the Berlin-based Scottish artist and choreographer Colette Sadler. Comprised of a live solo performance within a video installation made in collaboration with Mikko Gaestel, ARK 1 explores the precarious futures of human culture amid the life-altering interventions of artificial intelligence and ecological crisis. The video establishes a science fictional narrative to which a dancer responds: set in the future, a fictitious bio-technology corporation VESSELS INC created the spaceship “ARK 1” to preserve the distant memory of human life. As Earth’s resources became depleted and its ecosystems threatened human extinction, VESSELS INC launched ARK 1 into deep space, equipped with the technology for sustaining artificial life. Onboard, an algorithm digitally reconstructed the dancer Leah Marojevic to preserve the muscle memory of human experience.
Halfway through the film, Marojevic appears live to perform as the humanoid specimen against the video installation’s virtual backdrop. The live dimension of the performance collapses the temporal distance between our pandemic present and the video’s post-catastrophic future; its simulated world emerges and is embodied through the dancer’s uncanny movements.
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Colette Sadler - ARK 1
ARK 1 is a multimedia installation composed and directed by the Berlin-based Scottish artist and choreographer Colette Sadler. Comprised of a live solo performance within a video installation made in collaboration with Mikko Gaestel, ARK 1 explores the precarious futures of human culture amid the life-altering interventions of artificial intelligence and ecological crisis. The video establishes a science fictional narrative to which a dancer responds: set in the future, a fictitious bio-technology corporation VESSELS INC created the spaceship “ARK 1” to preserve the distant memory of human life. As Earth’s resources became depleted and its ecosystems threatened human extinction, VESSELS INC launched ARK 1 into deep space, equipped with the technology for sustaining artificial life. Onboard, an algorithm digitally reconstructed the dancer Leah Marojevic to preserve the muscle memory of human experience.
Halfway through the film, Marojevic appears live to perform as the humanoid specimen against the video installation’s virtual backdrop. The live dimension of the performance collapses the temporal distance between our pandemic present and the video’s post-catastrophic future; its simulated world emerges and is embodied through the dancer’s uncanny movements.
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Thick & Tight - Dance Scratch Night
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Stopgap - Lived Fiction
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Re:INCARNATION - Qudus Onikeiku
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Colette Sadler - ARK 1
ARK 1 is a multimedia installation composed and directed by the Berlin-based Scottish artist and choreographer Colette Sadler. Comprised of a live solo performance within a video installation made in collaboration with Mikko Gaestel, ARK 1 explores the precarious futures of human culture amid the life-altering interventions of artificial intelligence and ecological crisis. The video establishes a science fictional narrative to which a dancer responds: set in the future, a fictitious bio-technology corporation VESSELS INC created the spaceship “ARK 1” to preserve the distant memory of human life. As Earth’s resources became depleted and its ecosystems threatened human extinction, VESSELS INC launched ARK 1 into deep space, equipped with the technology for sustaining artificial life. Onboard, an algorithm digitally reconstructed the dancer Leah Marojevic to preserve the muscle memory of human experience.
Halfway through the film, Marojevic appears live to perform as the humanoid specimen against the video installation’s virtual backdrop. The live dimension of the performance collapses the temporal distance between our pandemic present and the video’s post-catastrophic future; its simulated world emerges and is embodied through the dancer’s uncanny movements.
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Igor & Moreno - Karrasekare
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LOD / Laila Soliman, Bushra El-Turk & Stacy Hardy - Woman at Point Zero
Inspired by the seminal novel by Egyptian writer and feminist Nawal El Saadawi, Woman at Point Zero is a story two women: Fatma, an activist imprisoned for manslaughter and Sama, an ambitious documentary filmmaker, that unfolds over one day. They share their memories, & experiences and secrets - moving from distrust to curiosity and solidarity and finally friendship. From this universal story of abuse and emancipation, composer Bushra El-Turk, director Laila Soliman, writer Stacy Hardy and scenographer and film designer Bissane Al Charif create a multimedia opera. Conducted by Kanako Abe, the music is performed on a unique mix of ancient folk instruments by musicians from all over the world, alongside the singers Dima Orsho and Carla Nahadi Babelegoto.
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Colette Sadler - Strange Garden
The Strange Garden is no ordinary garden. Inspired by intertwinning forms and ideas from nature and technology, in this living landscape strange creatures come to life. If these creatures are not human like us, who or what are they? Aliens, animals or plants? Where have they come from and what do they want to tell us?
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
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https://www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/de/programm/stuecke/4823-the-long-shadow-of-alois-brunner
Rambert Dance - Death Trap
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Alleyne Dance - Far From Home
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The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - Collective Ma'louba
A new play by Mudar Alhaggi. Two actors arrive to rehearsals with fragments of texts, historical documents and personal memories. What is their story? Where is the play? Whose roles are they meant to play? The documents relate to the true and shocking story of the twice-sentenced and most wanted Nazi criminal Alois Brunner, who fled to safety in Damascus in 1954, protected by the regime and active in building up its brutal secret service. They also find unfinished scenes by their friend and playwright Mudar Alhaggi, in which he imagines meeting Brunner as a young man in Damascus. He also writes about coming to terms with his current exile in Berlin. Why has Mudar disappeared? Why did he not finish the play? Part archival research, part detective quest, part re-enactment, the actors reveal fragile and deeply moving narratives, in which traumatic lives are caught in endless loops of fears, lies and hopeful endings. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner is a deeply personal work, asking searing questions of justice, disappearance, refuge and theatre as an act of revelation - set against the backdrop of two seminal conflicts the 20th and 21st century. Multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) directs renowned Syrian actors Wael Kadour and Mohammad Alrashi.
São Paulo Dance Company
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