Earth Works

Performance by Sergiu Matis

The score of the new performance by choreographer Sergiu Matis is composed of texts written by authors from around the globe about their personal experiences with our existentially threatened environment. These reflections, commissioned for “Earth Works”, are recited, translated and interpreted by five performers. Prompted by words and sentences, images, figures, choreographic spaces and atmospheres emerge through which the performers move: The text carries them through the choreography and the dancers, in turn, carry the words through the performance space. This interdependent movement gives the texts body and voice, oscillating between grief and hope, destruction and resilience. The performers are driven to act, to discover new pathways and give hope to a society that finds itself threatened by a sixth mass extinction event.

“Earth Works” is a continuation of Sergiu Matis’ long-standing artistic exploration of the climate and biodiversity crisis and the relationship between text and choreography.

“Earth Works” will premiere at Radialsystem as part of the :LOVE: cooperation between Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem. With the initiative “Radialsystem ♥ Tanzfabrik”, the two institutions are working together to improve the labor and presentation conditions of dance professionals in Berlin.

Artists/Collaborators: Sergiu Matis (Konzept und Choreografie), Chihiro Araki, Lisa Densem, Moo Kim, Sergiu Matis, Nicola Micallef (Performance), Hana Pera Aoake, Rahima Gambo, Priya Jay, Jeanine Leane, Sergiu Matis, Harun Morrisson, Leena Valkeapää, Oula A. Valkeapää (Text), Mila Pavićević (Dramaturgie), Antye Greie-Ripatti (AGF) (Komposition), Ladislav Zajac (Bühne und Licht), Chihiro Araki, Lisa Densem, Philip Ingman, Moo Kim, Sergiu Matis, Nicola Micallef (Kostüm), Jule Flierl (Coaching Gesang), Andrea Parolin (Technik und Ton), Laurie Young (Assistenz Choreografie), Harun Morrisson (Redaktionelle Koordination), Anna Chwialkowska, Philip Ingman (Produktion)

A production by Sergiu Matis, fby the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. In co-production with Teatro Nacional Dona Maria II Lisbon as part of apap - FEMINIST FUTURES, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, PACT Zollverein, Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin. With the kind support of BUDA (Kortrijk) in the frame of apap.

Media partnerships: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, taz - die tageszeitung, tip Berlin.

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 19/December/2024 20:30 (3 more dates)
• Venue Radialsystem V
• Address Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain