Tanz im August 2013

25th International Festival Berlin
16. – 31.8.2013


This year, Tanz im August is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The anniversary edition of the festival is on the trail of this dynamic change: in “Drums and Digging” the Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula examines the political and social distortion in his home country. In “CRACKz”, Bruno Beltrão, from Brazil, focuses on “humanity‘s repertoire of gesture”, found on the internet by himself and his dancers and used as a starting point for their choreography. “The Goldlandbergs”, a piece from the Israeli choreographer Emanuel Gat, is inspired by a radio documentary done by star Canadian pianist Glenn Gould on the life of a Mennonite community in Canada.

The works of young choreographers, too, such as Eisa Jocson from the Phillipines, Sujata Goel from India, François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea from France / Argentina, Javiera Péon-Veiga from Chile, or Jan Martens from Belgium also create a fascinating interlocking web of different times and cultures, blending and inspecting local tradition, regional history, and global issues.

In addition, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tanz im August, we are presenting an early work from the artist Tino Sehgal: “(untitled) (2000)”, a ”Museum of Dance“ embodied on stage by three different performers.

(Excerpt from the foreword to the 2013 programme by Bettina Masuch)

Venues 2013: HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1, HAU2 und HAU3), Gendarmenmarkt, Hamburger Bahnhof, Sophiensæle, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, ST. AGNES, Theater an der Parkaue, Uferstudios and Volksbühne.

Programme

David Michalek Slow Dancing
Trisha Brown Early Works
Steve Paxton Bound (1982) mit Jurij Konjar
Faustin Linyekula / Studios Kabako Drums and Digging
Ina Wudtke STRUT YOUR STUFF
Trajal Harrell Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem (Made-to-Measure) / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M2M)
Choy Ka Fai Notion: Dance Fiction
Angela Bulloch / David Grubbs The Wired Salutation
Boyzie Cekwana / Panaibra Canda The Inkomati (dis)cord
Eisa Jocson Macho Dancer
Iztok Kovač / EN-KNAP OTTETTO (8 Swings for His Highness)
Radhouane El Meddeb, Matias Pilet, Alexandre Fournier Nos Limites
Emanuel Gat The Goldlandbergs
Emanuel Gat It‘s people, how abstract can it get?
Cecilia Bengolea / François Chaignaud altered natives‘ Say Yes to Another Excess – TWERK
Javiera Peón-Veiga  nosotres
Sujata Goel Dancing Girl
Tino Sehgal (ohne Titel) (2000) / (untitled) (2000)
Jochen Roller Trachtenbummler
Bruno Beltrão / Grupo de Rua CRACKz (Dança morta)
Jan Martens / Peter Seynaeve / CAMPO VICTOR
fABULEUS (Ugo Dehaes) GIRLS
Laurent Chétouane15 Variationen über das Offene