Tanz im August – International Festival Berlin

31.8.–2.9. | Volksbühne Berlin

Alan Lucien Øyen explores the boundary between dance, theatre, text and film. Through staging the most intimate of moments, the Norwegian choreographer wishes to reflect the simplicity, beauty and complexity of human experience. This of course perfectly matches Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal, which always looks for the deeply human.

17.–19.8. | Haus der Berliner Festspiele

What does it mean to write the story of your own life? For 25 years Wayne McGregor has created choreographies that ask questions about life through the experience of the body. Now the well-known British choreographer turns to the body as archive in order to create a series of choreographic portraits.

World premiere | 16.–19.8. | KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst

In her performative exhibition “INSIDE OUT” Isabelle Schad shows choreographic sculptures that are experienced in their powerfully sensuous moving forms. Her work situates itself between dance and visual art, draws on her ongoing fascination with Aikido-Zen, community building and her long-term collaboration with Laurent Goldring, whom she invited to participate in “INSIDE OUT”.

15.–17.8. | Sophiensæle

What is the basis of Black masculinity? Is it the walk, is it posture, is it the time one takes? In “portrait of myself as my father” Nora Chipaumire grapples with the father gure, which becomes an opportunity to question colonial and post-colonial strategies.

German premiere | 11.+12.8. | HAU1

A passion denotes both action and stasis, suffering and joy, love and death. In “Pasionaria” Marcos Morau seeks the common theme that links these very different forces, and at the same time examines their varied meanings. The Spanish choreographer and his company La Veronal became well known for their narrative power and interdisciplinary approach.

25.+26.8. | Haus der Berliner Festspiele

A grid of dots shatters into a flurry of snow; a wave suddenly rises up from the floor: in “Pixel” eleven dancers move in a digital cosmos. Their bodies control the projections, but they are also part of the illusion. Mourad Merzouki always transitions between various disciplines.