The programme 23/24 of Sophiensæle starts on 07.12.2023
On 7.12.2023, after urgently needed renovation work, the 2023/2024 season will begin at the Sophiensaele under the new artistic direction of Andrea Niederbuchner and Jens Hillje. We will publish the programme for the opening and the season on 26.10.2023, which is also the day when the pre-sale begins.
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TO ALL EMERGING DANCE ARTISTS BASED IN BERLIN
Every new year, the Tanztage Berlin is not only the city's very first festival, it has also established itself nationally and internationally as an important platform for emerging dance artists since its founding in 1996. The next edition of Tanztage Berlin will once again take place under the artistic direction of Mateusz Szymanówka. The festival is currently planned for 5-20 January 2024. The festival offers emerging dance artists based in Berlin a framework for their new productions and revivals. The programme of the last two editions can be found at: https://tanztage-berlin.sophiensaele.com.
Cassandra knows the future but no one believes her. In the first part of Cassandra Has Turned, three female performers predicted a whole array of possible futures, alternative pasts, larger and smaller catastrophes. Now they are setting their prophecies to sound in order to seep into our ears. What is even implausible, a truth or a lie? In a time of alternative facts isn’t every narrative justified as long as the rhetoric and performance fit?
ARTISTIC DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY Kareth Schaffer PERFORMANCE, CHOREOGRAPHY Manon Parent, Lisa Vereertbrugghen, Cathy Walsh LIGHT DESIGN Joseph Wegmann SOUND DESIGN, COMPOSITION Alessio Castellacci VOICE COACHING, COMPOSITION Jara Holdert STAGE, COSTUMES Lena Mody ASSISTANCE STAGE, COSTUMES Olga Sonja Thorarensen INTERN STAGE + COSTUMES, SOCIAL MEDIA Flora Nacer TECHNICAL DIRECTION Michele Piazzi COMPANY MANAGEMENT M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art / Cilgia Gadola INTERN MANAGEMENT Sofia Fantuzzi
The libretto of Cassandra Has Turned 2 is based on the spontaneous speech acts produced in Cassandra Has Turned 1 by prophetesses Ilya Noé, Kareth Schaffer, and Lisa Vereertbrugghen.
Produced by Kareth Schaffer. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds in co-operation with Tanzfabrik Berlin and the friendly support of teh residency schloss bröllin e.V. Funded by the Ministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und dem Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung
M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art
www.mica-berlin.com
KARETH SCHAFFER is a choreographer and performer living and working in Berlin, Germany. She practices an expanded concept of choreography: so far, her dance pieces have examined prophecies, mud wrestling, thrillers, synchronized swimming, Foley, Angela Merkel, emojis, ancient monastic practices, and conversational formats. Her work has been shown in Berlin (Sophiensæle, Tanzfabrik, HAU, Uferstudios, Ballhaus Ost), Amsterdam (Het Veemtheater), Düsseldorf (tanzhaus NRW), Essen (PACT Zollverein), Malmö, Hamburg (Kampnagel), Denpasar (CushCush Gallery) and Mexico City. Kareth Schaffer was awarded "New Talent 2016" by Jahrbuch Tanz and nominated "Dancer of the Year 2018". She was also awarded the 2018 Pina Bausch Fellowship in cooperation with the Mekar Bhuana Center in Denpasar, Bali. Schaffer enjoys working with and for other artists* such as deufert&plischke, Tino Sehgal, Stefanie Wenner, Yvon Chabrowski, Christian Falsnaes, Tomomi Adachi, Dragana Bulut, and Barbara Berti.
Foto © Gerhard Ludwig
