Interconnecting Dance & Ecology

Tanz im August is inviting Berlin’s choreographers to engage with the themes of nature and sustainability. The question of how artists, and international festivals in particular, can respond to the urgency of the climate crisis is being addressed through an open call – and taken to the middle of Berlin’s parks. From a multitude of project proposals on the overarching theme of dance and ecology, 22 short choreographies by Berlin-based artists were chosen, which will be presented in three different parcours in public spaces on multiple afternoons as part of the Tanz im August programme. These works provide palpable examples of the interconnections between art, performance and sustainability, and they can be accessed for free and in the open air.

A jury of four, consisting of Onur Çimen (Curator & Author), Astrid Kaminski (Author & Journalist), Alina Lauer (Production Manager & Dramaturgy Tanz im August) and Anna Yeboah (Architect & Curator), selected the following works by 22 Berlin artists from 222 applications:

12.8. Park am Gleisdreieck

Tatiana Mejía Exhausted
Maren Strack DAS FLÜSTERN DES KAUTSCHUK – Songlines für LKW
Umi Maisaroh Unraveling
Djibril Sall / liminal.rehab interstitial communion
Martha Hincapié Charry HECATOMB II movements and rituals to renew the world - excerpt
Jasmin İhraç slow drift
Kdindie & Luisa De Santi Imago Cells
Shelley Etkin Gut Instincts

19.8. Stadtpark Lichtenberg
(in co-operation with Kultursommerfestival 2023)

Kévin Bonono WALK OF ABUNDANCE
Chōri Collective Chōri picnic ~Summer Roll~
Anna Natt & Roni Katz Sublime Slime
Claire Vivianne Sobottke / Sheena McGrandles / Abigail Sanders Étude de Chasse
Michelle Félix Passage
Melissa Figueiredo & Giuliana Corsi Ephemeroptera
Diana Alina Serbanescu She brings the rain
Shelley Etkin Gut Instincts

26.8. Volkspark Rehberge

Ming Poon Instructions for dying
Hea Min Jung Because of you
Renae Shadler & Collaborators Under my Gaze – excerpt
Patrycja Masłowska Oryngham
Alvin Collantes & Jun Suzuki Fluids
Iga Śśćk Headflesh
Angelo Petracca & Wojtek Blecharz Death can dance
Shelley Etkin Gut Instincts