Projection into the Void

Dancers without Borders developed performative formats for public spaces with young people from the video group of the secondary school “Am Baumschulenweg” in Genthin towards the end of the school year 2020/21. The aim was to enter into a conversation with the city and its inhabitants. Interviews with the audience and the performative actions themselves were […]

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I am ready

In this dance piece the children tell the story of their experiences with the realisation that it can be very advantageous for the body to react flexibly to powerful forces. A participative dance project with year 3-4 students of Kastanienallee primary school in Halle/ Saale in cooperation with the WUK Theater Quartier. Artistic Direction: Anja […]

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Moments – A City Dances

“The moment is that ambiguity in which time and eternity touch each other.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Søren Kierkegaard “Moments” formed the conclusion of the trilogy “A City dance”. A contemporary dance piece that not only took Halle’s urban society along as spectators, but emerged from their midst. A city dances! People between the ages of 15 and 90, young and […]

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Tanz ID

A participatory dance project with students from the 3rd to 4th grade of Kastanienallee Elementary School in Halle/Saale in collaboration with WUK Theater Quartier. The project took place within the framework of the “Chance Tanz” format by Aktion Tanz and was initiated by the Bürgerstiftung Halle in cooperation with Tänzer* ohne Grenzen e.V. (Dancers Without […]

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reingezoomt – rausgezoomt

Dance project for students of Kastanienallee Elementary School in Halle (Saale). Using experiential, play, and dance pedagogical methods, the children were inspired to find innovative artistic solutions to stage the body in various spaces—outdoors, indoors, alone, or in a group. In addition to focusing on details, the body was also observed from a distance, considering […]

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Afuera

AFUERA in Spanish stands for out or outside. In this experimental short film, which is structured like a filmed abstract essay, two nameless figures find themselves isolated in a room. A wordless dialogue unfolds between them, although it remains unclear whether one of them is merely left to the imagination of the other. Fragments of […]

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Diva – Eine Stadt tanzt

In August 2019, the six-month research and rehearsal period for the second part of the trilogy “Eine Stadt tanzt” (A City Dances) began. Now it was time for: “Diva – Eine Stadt tanzt” (Diva – A City Dances). This year, the focus was on the city of Saale. We embarked on a journey into the […]

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About laughter

During the 7th International Animation Film Festival in Nikozi, Georgia, Be and Mevlana van Vark collaborated with young filmmakers to stage a  performance about laughter, featuring children from the local art academy. In Tbilisi, Be and Mevlana van Vark conducted an improvisation workshop for the Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet. Performance: September 7, 2017, at the 7th […]

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