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.
In Sorry five orphans from the sprawling African mega-metropolis Lagos go up against a fat German white man in the ring. The asymmetry between the camps is striking, but the question of who is better in what, soon edges into the background. It’s all about guilt and innocence in everything we do in this postcolonial game without any limits, where the moral winner actually seems to be already determined from the start. But the floor on which they move is downright slippery because of soap…
WITH The Footprints, Andreas Klinger CONCEPT Monster Truck, Segun Adefila DRAMATURGY Marcel Bugiel SOUND Alice Ferl LIGHT, TECHNICS Stine Hertel ARTISTIC COLLABORATION Seun Awobajo ARTIST SUPPORT Theresa Pommerenke, Abiodun Sinat Adefila COMPANY MANAGEMENT ehrliche arbeit - freies Kulturbüro
Produced by Monster Truck and The Footprints in co-production with Theater Rampe Stuttgart, Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf, Goethe-Institut Nigeria and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by TURN of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes and by the Governing Mayor od Berlin – Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs. media partner: taz.die tageszeitung
Foto © Monster Truck
