Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends featuring Rachel Libeskind – Sophiensæle | Freies Theater in Berlin

Ariel Efraim Ashbel is a Berlin based director. He collaborates with his transdisciplinary, international team of friends to make stage spectacles at the intersection of theater, visual art, dance, music and ritual. Ashbel is associated artist at HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin. His shows are also presented at Kampnagel Hamburg and FFT Düsseldorf, as well as other international institutions and festivals. He collaborates with different artists as dramaturg, light designer and occasionally performer, and teaches in several art schools and universities. He is represented by the Berlin based production and performance label high expectations.

Rachel Libeskind is an artist, performer, thinker and (creative) director. Her practice is based in Berlin. Libeskind has presented solo exhibitions, installations and performances at Center for Jewish History, New York; Watermill Center, Long Island; Pioneer Works, Brooklyn; Bombay Beach Biennale; and Mana Contemporary, Miami. She has also been included in group exhibitions at institutions such as ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe; Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile; Baker Museum, Naples, Florida; Carpenter Center at Harvard University, Cambridge; and National Media Arts Festival of Lithuania, Vilnius. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships at Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe; The Watermill Center, Long Island; Long Road Projects, Jacksonville; and The Scuola di Grafica, Venice, Italy. She holds a B.A. with honors from Harvard University.