“Songs” and “absence”, the two main words in the title, are the content and program of this work. From a feminist perspective, “Absence” looks for the things that are missing, that are not visible, that disappear in the gaps, that want to be said or not, and questions whether absences are ‘just’ a not-wanting/not being able to see. 

”Songs” refers to a formal examination, with the traditional form and album structure of songs, as well as with contemporary performance structures per se. It’s about the composition, the physical, tonal, spatial composition of an evening that works like a polyphonic parkour: polyphonic – multiphonic, an autonomy and independence of the voices.
The result is a songbook, an album, an archive that tries to make the absent visible, to give it a name, to create a homage to the forgotten, the repressed.

Choreography, artistic direction, stage : Anna Konjetzky

Co-Creation, Dance:  Sahra Huby, Sotiria Koutsopetrou, Quindell Orton, Martha Pasakopoulo, Hannah Schillinger, Amie Jammeh, Jin Lee // Music: Sergej Maingardt // Light: Ramona Lehnert // Costume: Dimosthenis Klimenof // Video: Anne Slote // Production management: Elsa Büsing // Pr: Simone Lutz //

Produktion Anna Konjetzky & Co Koproduktion ARGEkultur Salzburg | Delta Pi Athen Gefördert durch das Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München | NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Koproduktionsförderung Tanz | der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien | den Bayerischen Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT) aus Mitteln des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst | die Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse München Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Tanztendenz München e.V.

website : https://www.annakonjetzky.com

In the Magen audiences are invited to be in the space and observe the intrinsic choreography arising from the performers’ play with large brightly coloured objects. Created by visual artist Sandra E. Blatterer, the air-filled objects take on different shapes, meanings and associations as the performers explore their materiality, tactility and aural qualities. With Magenta Haze Koistinen continues her exploration of crowd behavior, the individual within the collective, communal joy and ecstasy. Inspired by the idea that ecstasy is a state where we are taken outside of ourselves and transcend to an ‘elsewhere’ place, Magenta Haze invites the spectator to observe a choreography of subtle tipping points between distance and closeness, togetherness and estrangement; fragility and strength; group and individual. Magenta Haze is a sister project of the solo Breathe, an outdoor performance in the summer 2021.

Concept, choreography and direction l Milla Koistinen

Creation and performance (alternating) l Raul Aranha, Simon Chatelain, Fanny Didelot, Milla Koistinen, Jin Lee, Elise Ludinard, Nitsan Margaliot, Angelo Petracca

Music l Grégoire Simon and Paul Valikoski

Space and light l Sandra E. Blatterer

Dramaturgy l Synne Behrndt

Costume l Jin Lee

Production manager l Jana Lüthje

Production assistant l Birke Van Maartens

Premiere on the 27th October 2022 at Dance House Helsinki

trailer: https://vimeo.com/769839401

Produced by Dance House Helsinki in the frame of SPARKS project. Co-produced by apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and Szene Salzburg . Cooperation with Radialsystem

Supported by NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ Coproduction Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation and TelepART Mobility Support

website : http://millakoistinen.net/magenta-haze/

At the core of the production "Babel" is the question of physical limitations. In the specific case, this production is intended to address deaf people.

The music Django Bates writes for this production has a strong focus on percussive, rhythmic music and on playing with dynamics and volume. Both composer and choreographer explore the entire keyboard of volume, expressivity and instrumentation in musical communication as well as in body and sign language.

In the production "Babel", the dividing lines between choreography and composition between listening and looking. The intuitive movements of the musicians become a physical staging, the choreographed movements of the dancers a communicative action. The interpreters are performers, dancers, musicians and body percussionists all in one. The audience begins to listen with their bodies, contemplating the music.

Artistic direction / concept | Martina Taubenberger
Direction | Axel Tangerding
Composition | Django Bates Choreography | Ceren Oran
Dance | Jihun Choi, Jin Lee, Uwe
BraunsInterpreter:inside |
[Trondheim Voices]
Sissel Vera Pettersen, Torunn Sævik, Siril Malmedal Hauge, Tone Åse, Kari Eskild Havenstrom, Heidi Skjerve
[O/Modernt Kammerorchester]
Hugo Ticciati, Vicky Sayles, Luca(SKO) Bognár, Iskandar Komilov, Przemek Pujanek, Meghan Cassidy, Edward King, Claude Frochaux, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
[Bern Art Ensemble]
Tapiwa Svosve, Florian Hufschmid, Michael Cina, Lisa Hoppe
[Rafael-Evitan Grombelka]
Light | Rainer Ludwig
Consultation choreography / sign language | Kassandra Wedel
Production management  | Luise Schwarz, Juliana Bertsch
website : https://www.outofthebox.art

The dance performance MY CAT IS A UNICORN, as poetic as it is wacky, tells the story of four people who, to different degrees, seek perfection in their daily lives. Some claim to have achieved it already, others are still striving to reach it. Will they attain their goals, and what happens when they do? For these characters, perfection cannot just be defined by the individual but also depends on how tolerant to difference a society might be. 

Choreographer | Pires Monteiro Georges Maikel
Assistant Choreographer | Ileana Orofino
Dancers | Piera Jovic, Natalia Sese Cabello, Diana Rigata, Jin Lee
Composer | Damiano Picci
Light Designer | Marc Thein, Nina Schäeffer
Rehearsal Video/Picture & Editing | Pires Monteiro Brandon
Video & Picture | Bohumil Kostohryz

Coproduction | Kinneksbond, Centre Culturel Mamer ; TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique ; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Support | Fondation Été ; SACEM ; Fondation Indépendance Bil ; Ministère de la Culture
website : https://www.youtube.com/user/Gepimo

A dance piece about having an idea of a better you and the process of trying to move towards it. The project highlights the destructive nature of the concept of an ideal self to our relationship with the world. It examines whether division with one's own self can be a basis of loneliness. 

60min / film

Director / Choreographer | Jasmine Ellis
Performers | Jin Lee, Lukas Malkowski, Winston Reynolds, Breeanne Saxton,
Lukas Bamesreiter,  Maximilian Hirning
Musikalische Leitung | Maximilian Hirning Dramaturge: Martina Missel
Cinematography | Ray Demski Costume Designer: Sarah Kaldewey
Artistic Production Management | Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
Film Production | Bad Posture Productions
Press and public relations | Mandana Mansouri
Music recording and mix | Manfred Mildenberger
Edit consulting | Tobias Beul
Film sound mix | Markus Kaiser

This project is supported by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich, the District Committee Au-Haidhausen and the Cultural Foundation of the Stadtsparkasse München.
website : https://jasminellis.com

A Durational Dance Performance for Public Spaces


Inspired by Dancing Plague of Strasbourg, the choreographer and dancer Ceren Oran created this durational dance performance in public spaces. The Premiere took place during the DANCE Festival, 2019 for 10 days and 70 Hours. 

The more personal the reason why people dance, the more power it has and the more it emotionally touches the ones watching. Personal emotionality expressed by dance is one of the basis for this durational dance performance in the public space. Performers will dance non-stop, the audience (bystanders or bypassers) will see solos, duets, movements by groups in different constellations as well as scenes involving the masses. The dramaturgy of the 11 days will have both different highlights and intense lows due to exhaustion.

The different dance motivations create the basis for individual patterns, choreographies and structures for Who is Frau Troffea?, which developes further on stage through repetition, exhaustion and transferring onto the other dancers. All the dancers involved in the process share common goals: to have a unique transformative experience, express their emotional and physical landscapes, as honest as possible, to interact with the public space, fascinate and touch the audience by the images they are creating and generate a curiosity for DANCE and its uniting power! 

Concept, Choreography | Ceren Oran
Dance, Choreography | Daphna Horenczyk, Dante Murillo, Jaroslav Ondruš, Roni Sagi, Karolína Hejnová, Jean-Baptiste Charlot, Ceren Oran
Dance | Samuli Emery, Michaela Kadlčíková, Jin Lee, Sati Veyrunes, Bry Prunelle, Susanna Ylikoski, Ana Bleda Torres, Akira Yoshida, Jovana Zelenovic
Music | Hüseyin Evirgen
Accompanied Dramaturgy | Jean-Baptiste Charlot
Artistic Production Management | Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
Technical Support | Dennis Kopp Premiere | May 2019, Munich
For detailed information, next performances and the manifestos, please visit the web site of the project: 

www.whoisfrautroffea.com