Performances

Early Welcome & Tour of Balletthaus der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

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Ben J. Riepe Kompanie DE

CARNE VALE!

Choreography: Ben J. Riepe

The production CARNE VALE! focuses on the human body and its boundless potential. Riepe exhibits it, veils it, reveals it, experiments with forms of a universal, non-verbal language and in doing so utilizes ...

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Opening internationale tanzmesse nrw 2018

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TAO Dance Theatre CN

6 & 7

Choreography: Tao Ye

Tao Ye, China’s rising star of the international dance scene, shows two parts of his numbered series. 6 deals with the human spine. A reflection on the primal power of man to “move” as humans. ...

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LIU Kuan-Hsiang TW

Kids

Choreography: LIU Kuan-Hsiang

Kids is a tribute to death. The choreography explores how a beloved body transforms in the final days of life. The three performers on stage dance to the voice recordings of choreographer LIU Kuan-Hsiang ...

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Kukai Dantza ES

Oskara

Choreography: Marcos Morau

Oskara is an installation work that reviews myths of Basque culture, from their origins to the present time. The performance is structured by an accentuated, almost violent language of abstraction. The ...

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Guangdong Modern Dance Company CN

Outdoor intervention

Choreography: --

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Compañía Tania Pérez-Salas MX

Macho Man XXI

Choreography: Tania Pérez-Salas

For Macho Man XXI, Tania Pérez-Salas draws on her own experiences – experiences that got under her skin and which she has not completely processed yet. With a distinct sense of humour, Macho Man XXI ...

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Soul City FR

KANYAR

Choreography: Didier Boutiana

In the creole language of Reunion Island, “kanyar” refers to a person considered as an outcast. To marginalization. Choreographer Didier Boutiana tackles psychological and social conditioning of ...

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Hodworks HU

Solos

Choreography: Adrienn Hód

Three performers and three solos in a row, surrounded by the audience. Each solo is independent in its compactness, offering a different approach and another variation of the genre. In series, however, ...

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ALDES IT

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni

Choreography: Roberto Castello

The enigmatic Latin palindrome In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (“We wander around at night and are consumed by fire”) of uncertain origin provides the title for Roberto Castello’s play at ...

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Susanna Leinonen Company FI

Dreams of Replay

Choreography: Susanna Leinonen

Choreographer Susanna Leinonen takes the audience on an inspiring, thought-provoking journey: If you look back and consciously deal with the consequences of your decisions in the past, you can hardly ...

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Korea National Contemporary Dance Company KR

Immixture

Choreography: Sungsoo Ahn

Immixture creates “visible music” by combining tunes and movements from the East and the West. The beats of Korean traditional music resonate far, and the rhythms are full of suggestion. By contrast, ...

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Navdhara India Dance Theatre IN

Amaara – A Journey of Love

Choreography: Ashley Lobo

“I hear you, smell you, see you, touch you, taste you in every breath … you are my lover and I am yours”. In a magical hour, Indian-Australian choreographer Ashley Lobo takes us into a world where ...

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Cloud Gate 2 TW

13 Tongues

Choreography: CHENG Tsung-lung

Choreographer CHENG Tsung-lung has always been fascinated by his mother’s stories about “Thirteen Tongues”: the street artist and legendary storyteller from their neighbourhood in Taipei was known ...

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Lai Tak Wai HK

So Low

Choreography: Lai Tak Wai

In the barrenness of a naked stage, in the face of flowing time, a man dances alone, accompanied only by his musicality, his courage and his imagination. In search of refuge within the seemingly inescapable ...

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Hou Ying Dance Theatre CN

TU TU

Choreography: Hou Ying

TU TU relies on its unique dance language and the principles of movement itself. It deconstructs the way the body moves, such as using release techniques and four-dimensional spatial recognition to continually ...

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Compagnie Nicole Seiler CH

The Wanderers Peace

Choreography: Nicole Seiler

The Wanderers Peace sheds light on the life of German dancer and choreographer Beatrice Cordua. From biographical-documentary material, supplemented by the levels of language and (moving) images, the ...

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Oona Doherty IE

HOPE HUNT & The Ascention into Lazarus

Choreography: Oona Doherty

HOPE HUNT & The Ascention into Lazarus lies between the lines of physical theatre, social proclamation and dance performance. A thumping black golf drives up with flashing headlights. Music sounds from ...

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Omar Rajeh | Maqamat LB

#minaret

Choreography: Omar Rajeh

For nearly 1,000 years the minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo soared above Syria’s largest city. It now lies in ruins. The once existing monument represented the city’s soul. A monumental portrayal ...

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dance.on.site

The Friday afternoon at WELTKUNSTZIMMER is dedicated to a three-hour performance discovery tour. dance.on.site opens up a microcosm of site-specific performances and performative intervention. The works ...

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Cia. Pe Mellado Danza CL

La Bailarina

Choreography: Paulina Mellado

The poems of Chilean Nobel Prize winner in literature Gabriela Mistral inspired choreographer Paulina Mellado to create La Bailarina. The montage carries a strong and recognizable message of national ...

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DLD – Daniel Léveillé Danse CA

Crépuscule des océans

Choreography: Daniel Léveillé

At the centre of Crépuscule des océans is a human tide, animated by opposing currents: busy, but at the same time on guard – concentrated to make no mistakes – resistant, ambitious and obsessive. ...

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VILCANOTA FR

People what people ?

Choreography: Bruno Pradet

Choreographer Bruno Pradet invents a world without machines, without sets and props. In this unique universe, motion exists only in the form of vibrating bodies. The dancers develop their own language ...

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Olga de Soto BE

INCORPORER

Choreography: Olga de Soto

A large and bare space in silence. The silence is broken and the space becomes malleable through sound work, specially developed to render visible and audible certain actions that the performer produces. ...

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Companhia Urbana de Dança BR

5 passos pra nao cair no abismo

Choreography: Sonia Destri Lie

5 passos pra nao cair no abismo (5 steps not to fall into the abyss) talks about stories we have lived, starting from the middle of our society, a place of great unbelief, disillusionment, prejudice ...

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Laboratory Dance Project KR

NO COMMENT

Choreography: Chang-ho Shin

No comment. Sometimes that is how the truth really is told. Like the calme pulse, the thumping of the blood that rocks the body, truth is the struggle for reality. NO COMMENT starts with this simple, ...

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Panaibra Gabriel Canda MZ

And if we become child again

Choreography: Panaibra Gabriel Canda / Walter Verdin

Mozambican choreographer and dancer Panaibra Gabriel Canda collaborates in his latest work And if we become child again with the renowned Belgian video artist Walter Verdin. Inspired by the authors Janusz ...

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MARCAT DANCE ES

Wooden Bones

Choreography: Mario Bermúdez Gil

The solo by and with Mario Bermúdez Gil tells the story of an old man who reflects on his past, celebrating memories and past emotions. Wooden Bones is inspired by the true story of former athlete Antonio ...

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Corpo Máquina NL

Even Worse

Choreography: Guilherme Miotto

In Even Worse, cutting edge breakdance, experimental hip-hop to contemporary theater dance merge into a new language of movement. 

Three young men in the virtuosity of their locomotion, whose togetherness ...

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Urban Dance Art Day

Tanzmesse-Saturday is all about urban dance art. Curated by Takao Baba, one of Germany’s leading hip-hip choreographers, the Weltkunstzimmer is animated by selected international urban artists. A vibrant ...

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Simone Grøtte Company NO

FORGOTTEN

Choreography: Simone Grøtte

The performance FORGOTTEN digs into the collective and individual memory of the World War 2, in which Northern Norway and its inhabitants were hit particularly hard. Through authentic sound recordings, ...

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Urban Dance Art Day II

Tanzmesse-Saturday is all about urban dance art. Curated by Takao Baba, one of Germany’s leading hip-hip choreographers, the Weltkunstzimmer is animated by selected international urban artists. A vibrant ...

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Shobana Jeyasingh Dance UK

Material Men redux

Choreography: Shobana Jeyasingh

Material Men redux is a virtuoso piece for two dazzling performers of the Indian diaspora. Their chosen dance styles could not be more different – classical Indian and hip hop. However, they share ...

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INTEGRO PE

Spirală

Choreography: Oscar Naters/Ana Zavala

Spirală symbolizes movement and a dynamic path, a return to memory. It is also a cosmic symbol that is repeated over and over again in nature. A staircase, a sacrificial table, sand, white cotton and ...

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Siamese Cie BE

(B)

Choreography: Koen augustijnen & Rosalba Torres Guerrero

(B) is the powerful heavyweight clash between three boxers and seven dancers. From a variety of backgrounds, they all throw everything they have into the dance ring. In dazzling group choreographies ...

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Shifting Realities - Jacobs, Koné, Manjate, Till DE/BF/MZ

Fragiland

Choreography: Jason Jacobs/ Souleymane Ladji Koné/ Katia Manjate/ Anna Till

FRAGILAND focuses on an understanding of the fragility inherent in all living creatures. The performers assert their individual point of views in an effort to avoid the ever-present risk of collapse. ...

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Guangdong Modern Dance Company CN

Sumeru

Choreography: LIU Qi

In Buddhist imagery, a grain as tiny as a mustard seed can reveal all the wonders of the universe. Just like this, dance as a small spectrum of this vast universe contains fascinating stories and facets, ...

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zoe | juniper US

BeginAgain

Choreography: Zoe Scofield

BeginAgain is a stirring, poignant distillation on siblings, adolescent girls, the painful space between being a child and adulthood through the memory of their childhood. Who we are is never one consistent ...

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Vilnius city dance theatre Low Air LT

Game Over

Choreography: Laurynas Zakevicius and Airida Gudaite

Urban Dance Theatre Low Air presents an innovative live dance installation which connects both visual and urban dance art, inspired by the author Julio Cortázar. Cortázar has this magical realism which ...

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