Skip to content

Category Archives: dance

KÖRPER

Monday, August 30, 2010

As a surprise birthday gift, I took my friend to see Körper by Berlin-based choreographer Sasha Waltz, for the 10th anniversary of probably her most famous piece. It’s still sinking in.

Also filed in | | Comments Off

BERLIN STORIES

Thursday, August 12, 2010

I have started writing this post about twelve hours ago, but since my internet went down (and stayed like that all day) I had to re-write the original ‘Jens Lekman, the Swedish indie pop musician and song writer is playing tonight at Lido club, Berlin. There are still some tickets available and you can buy [...]

Also filed in australia, berlin, culture, events, friends, leisure, music | | Comments (1)

DUSTDANCING

Friday, May 14, 2010

As part of the current Screendancing exhibition at .HBC dedicated to some of Berlin’s finest club visuals – which in these latitudes is considered almost as cool as making music, for some reason – our friends at Jutojo will be performing a live ‘audiovisual concert’ with Phillip Sollmann entitled Dust. Cough. Nice.

Also filed in berlin, design, events, friends, sound | | Comments Off

LITERATURE ON THE DANCEFLOOR

Thursday, March 4, 2010

As an interview magazine that also is involved in running a fashion label, a photography studio and in hosting a range of events, the new experiment by the German independent publisher Blumenbar is just our cup of tea: in an attempt to attract the so-called ‘Generation Internet’ to the written page, Blumenbar opted to bring [...]

Also filed in events, literature | | Comments Off

WOUND

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Speaking of dance, we were fortunate enough to assist the dress rehearsal of the new piece Wound by Berlin-based Cie. Toula Limnaios, for some research into the next collection of mono.gramm. As all works conceived by the Greek/Belgian choreographer, Wound is an intense and rather unsettling experience, consisting of fragments of dreams, memories and nightmares. [...]

Also filed in berlin, events | | Comments Off

BODY-RELATED

Saturday, November 14, 2009

DORKYPARK’s newest production Oedipus Rex will premiere in Dresden this Thursday, November 19. Igor Strawinsky’s “opera-oratorio after Sophocles” is mise-en-scène at Festspielhaus Hellerau by Argentinean choreographer Constanza Macras, the set is designed by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. The productions by DORKYPARK are hard to describe with words: expect opera singers, dancers, a choir, a full [...]

Also filed in art, events, opera, theatre | | Comments Off