Tanz im August 2015

27th International Festival Berlin
13.8. – 4.9.2015


We are proud to present the programme of the 27th edition of Tanz im August, Berlin’s not-to-be-missed summer date with contemporary dance, produced by HAU Hebbel am Ufer. It is inspired by current discussions around the connections between the visual arts and dance and by the growing dance culture of Asia. We have invited artists who tackle complex subject matters, experiment with form and inspire the cultural conversation in society. The festival takes off with an exhibition on stage, with a performance in a gallery, a 24-hour event and an architectural structure in a theatre space. The field of dance allows a constant evolvement that escapes preconceptions and conventions.

Tanz im August is not a ‘thematic’ festival, but nevertheless raises plenty of issues. The works of art do speak for themselves, and it is my conviction that through art complicated realities begin to unravel and the unknown begins to take shape and find its articulation. Art and especially dance allows us to see the world with the eyes of another, and feel, see and experience something yet not named.

(Foreword of Tanz im August programme magazine 2015 by Virve Sutinen)

Venues 2015: HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1 and HAU3), Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Sophiensælen, RADIALSYSTEM V and the Akademie der Künste (Hanseatenweg).

  • Programme

    Adam Linder Auto Ficto Reflexo
    Cie Gilles Jobin QUANTUM
    deufert&plischke 24h DURCHEINANDER
    Isabel Lewis Occasion I, II, III
    Rosemary Butcher SCAN
    Sammlung Haubrok Die Erde, zur gleichen Zeit halb so klein und doppelt so groß
    Elina Pirinen Personal Symphonic Moment
    Antony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe MEETING
    Company SIGA Equilibrium
    Geumhyung Jeong 7ways
    John Adams / Lucinda Childs / Frank O. Gehry Available Light
    Compagnie Marie Chouinard Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge & HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS
    TAO Dance Theatre 6 & 7
    Rosemary Butcher Secrets of the Open Sea & The Test Pieces
    Rosemary Butcher Moving in Time: Making Marks and Memories
    MOUVOIR/Stephanie Thiersch & Asasello-Quartett, DJ Elephant Power Bronze by Gold
    Eisa Jocson Host
    Choy Ka Fai SoftMachine: Surjit Nongmeikapam (India) & Rianto (Indonesia)
    Korea National Contemporary Dance Company / Ahn Aesoon Bul-ssang
    La Veronal Voronia
    Constanza Macras / DorkyPark THE GHOSTS

Adam Linder: Auto Ficto Reflexo, Tanz im August 2015, HAU1
Cie Gilles Jobin: QUANTUM, Tanz im August 2015, HAU1
Cie Gilles Jobin: QUANTUM, Tanz im August 2015, HAU1
TAO Dance Theatre: 7, Tanz im August 2015, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
John Adams, Lucinda Childs, Frank O. Gehry: Available Light, Tanz im August 2015, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
John Adams, Lucinda Childs, Frank O. Gehry: Available Light, Tanz im August 2015, Haus der Berliner Festspiele