A Sky Like A Wall

Dance On Ensemble & Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop with Rabih Mroué at the Berlinische Galerie

An encounter in the rooms of the Berlinische Galerie: “A Sky Like A Wall“ is the first major collaboration between the musicians of the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, the dancers of the Dance On Ensemble and the author and performance artist Rabih Mroué.

Both ensembles develop a collective authorship and team up with Mroué who wrote a notebook entitled ‘The Notebook of an Unspecified Colour’ for the production. Various scores are collected in it: Drawings, collages, illustrations, settings, instructions, which form the starting point of the creative process. The leitmotif of the notebook is the story of the Tower of Babel, which fails due to a lack of understanding. The idea of polyphony and multilingualism is inherent in the way both ensembles work. They ask themselves: How can we use different languages and still communicate? How can a project like this speak about the lack of dialogue in our day?

In the rooms of Berlinische Galerie the sixteen performers create miniatures in duos, trios and quartets. They are precisely arranged with each other; in one place in the room, a movement becomes visible, while in another place the sound that matches this movement is heard. Gradually, a sculpture of sound, dance and voices emerges, inviting the audience to constantly refocus their gaze and ear on what is happening and sounding. Many scenes take place simultaneously side by side. The audience travels with the artists through the space and decide for themselves which frame they choose, what they focus on.

Artists/Collaborators: Javier Arozena, Alba Barral Fernandéz, Ziv Frenkel, Anna Herrmann, Emma Lewis, Miki Orihara, Jone San Martin, Marco Volta (Choreografie, Musik und Performance Dance On Ensemble), Mia Bodet, Anna Faber, Isabelle Klemt, Ildiko Ludwig, Yodfat Miron, Sophie Notte, Michael Rauter, Mari Sawada (Choreografie, Musik und Performance Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop), Rabih Mroué (Konzept und Buch), Grégoire Simon (Komposition Chor), Maxi Menja Lehmann (Dramaturgie), Werkstattkollektiv (Kostüm), Doreen Kutzke (Vocal Coach), Martin Beeretz (Technische Leitung und Licht)

A production by DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter & SOLISTENENSEMBLE KALEIDOSKOP in co-operation with the Berlinische Galerie, in collaboration with Radialsystem, funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

The DANCE ON initiative is a project of Bureau Ritter gUG. It is funded by the Federal Government, with funds from the Commissioner for Culture and the Media, by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin and by co-financing from the Creative Europe programme of the European Union as part of DANCE ON, PASS ON, DREAM ON.

The soloist ensemble Kaleidoskop receives a subsidy for independent groups without their own venue from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

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

Media partnerships ‘A Sky Like A Wall’: Radio 3

Next date:

• Date Friday, 29/November/2024 19:00 (3 more dates)
• Venue Radialsystem V
• Address Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain