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FOUR DAYS OF CONVENTION-BUSTING CHOREOGRAPHY — DANCE WEEKEND AT RADIALSYSTEM

FOUR DAYS OF CONVENTION-BUSTING CHOREOGRAPHY — DANCE WEEKEND AT RADIALSYSTEM

Three dancers, all dressed in black, lie intertwined on stage. Barely moving, they flop over each other like clothes dumped on a chair. But soon enough, the trio come alive, breaking away from each other before slowly, tentatively coming back together. The rest of dance, a performance created by choreographer duo Ana Laura Lozza and Bárbara Hang, who appear alongside dancer Michelle Moura, is all about encounters and separations. It’s also about identity – a theme that runs through the entire Dance Weekend program of which it’s part. Hosted on the versatile stage of Friedrichshain venue Radialsystem, this weekend’s four day program (27–30.04.2023) brings together three dance premieres that all pose questions and subvert conventions. The weekend sees the first German performance of Personne With Voice, a dance piece exploring the idea of adopting personas by choreographer Isabelle Schad and visual artist Laurent Goldring. It also hosts the premiere of safe&sound, a piece that deals with freedom and belonging. Choreographed by Lee Méir, six dancers stop and start as they move to a constantly-shifting rhythm – a “percussive play” as the artist calls it. Should we go with the flow or make our own path? For the answer – or at least an answer – look to the stage of Radialsystem this weekend…

Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Gretchen Blegen, Laurent Goldring & Martin Prinoth

Radialsystem, Holzmarktstr.33, 10243 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map

Dance Weekend (27–30.04.2023), tickets available online.

@radialsystem_berlin

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THE FIVE DEVILS: FRENCH THRILLER BLENDS WITCHCRAFT, TIME TRAVEL AND QUEER ROMANCE — SCREENING TONIGHT AT PASSAGE KINO

THE FIVE DEVILS: FRENCH THRILLER BLENDS WITCHCRAFT, TIME TRAVEL AND QUEER ROMANCE — SCREENING TONIGHT AT PASSAGE KINO

There are films that keep things simple – one linear plot, one overarching message – and there are films that like to keep you on your toes. The Five Devils, Léa Mysius’s mysterious romance thriller out today (13.04.2023), is definitely in the latter category. The French director’s second feature following her 2017 debut “Ava” (which won the SACD prize at Cannes), the film continues Mysius’s occupation with beautifully-filmed interwoven stories. The enigmatic plot centers on eight-year-old girl Vicky (Sally Dramé), who has an intensely close relationship with her mother Joanne (Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos) while ignoring her father, played by Moustapha Mbengue. But there’s something else going on: Vicky has an extraordinary sense of smell that allows her to access a person’s memories from their scent alone. When an aunt comes to visit the family’s French Alpine home, Vicky uses her special power to uncover the emotional turmoil of their past. Blending witchcraft, time travel and queer romance, The Five Devils is a film not afraid of ambiguity. Multi-layered narratives, strong performances and striking set pieces make it a challenging – and highly rewarding – watch. You can be among the first to see the film in Berlin at a special screening tonight (13.04, 20h) at Passage Kino in Neukölln, featuring a digital Q&A with director Léa Mysius. Tickets are available online and as part of a Mubi Go subscription via the app.

Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: F Comme Film, Trois Brigands Production; Daniel Horn & Yorck; Mubi

Passage Kino, Karl-Marx-Str.131, 12043 Berlin–Neukölln; map

The Five Devils special screening with director Q&A, 13.04.2023, 20h – tickets available online and on Mubi Go.

The Five Devils is released in cinemas today (13.04.2023) and online on Mubi from 02.06.2023. Ava can also be streamed on Mubi.

@mubideutschland

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TAKE FOUR — QUARTET SUMMER SERIES BRINGS INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS TO PIERRE BOULEZ SAAL

TAKE FOUR — QUARTET SUMMER SERIES BRINGS INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS TO PIERRE BOULEZ SAAL

What do you call two violins, a viola and a cello? A string quartet. And what is a string quartet? It’s an ensemble – and also one of the most important genres of chamber music. The four-piece is also a sort of experimental laboratory for new and unheard sounds – a theme that Pierre Boulez Saal is devoting itself to in the coming weeks under the banner of Quartet Summer. Starting off the series on 11.05.2023 is the American Jack Quartet, who are amongst the leading lights of the contemporary classical music scene. They are set to perform works by John Zorn, Caleb Burhans and Helmut Lachmann. Next up are the leaders of the future: the young string quartets of Berlin’s music academies (including the Barenboim-Said-Akademie), who will perform compositions at the Pierre Boulez Saal and academy’s open day (21.05). Also performing are the legendary Kronos Quartet, who will make a guest appearance at the Pierre Boulez Saal with a concert of seminal string quartet works from the 20th and 21st centuries (16.05). The musicians will also present a live musical documentation of the venue’s turbulent history as part of their mini residency. Further program items include Mozart’s “Haydn Quartets” played by the Austrian Hagen Quartet, a performance by the Danish String Quartet, and the Chiaroscuro Quartet who will play music in the original way: on gut strings. This wealth of big names means that even if you are a newcomer to chamber performances, you’re bound to quickly discover innovative and great music. Who knows: maybe one day you’ll be able to tell your friends about the time you heard all those legendary musicians playing live at the Pierre Boulez Saal…

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Eva Vermandel; Caroline Bittencourt & Lenny Gonzalez

Pierre Boulez Saal, Französische Str.33d, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map

Quartet Summer runs 11.05–09.06.2023 – you can check out the full program here.

@boulezsaal

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MUSICAL REFLECTIONS ON GRIEF, HORROR AND HOPE — “CITIES LAND (IN) OCEANS” FROM RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN

MUSICAL REFLECTIONS ON GRIEF, HORROR AND HOPE — “CITIES LAND (IN) OCEANS” FROM RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN

My fascination with classical music has always been the stories, moods and emotions that a symphony or concerto can evoke. For me it’s about mysticism and dreams – the magic and the uncanny. On 22.04.2023, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin invites you to an evening filled with precisely these qualities. Cities Land (in) Oceans is the latest in the Mensch, Musik! concert series that explores the big political, social and ecological questions of the day. Combining the talents of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, artist duo Tauchgold and Berlin creative institute Catalyst, this interdisciplinary stage performance centers on music conducted by Roderick Cox. The evening begins on a slightly romantic note with one of the great symphonies of all time: “La Mer” by Claude Debussy – a clever introduction, since the French composer is considered to be a link between romanticism and modernism. While Debussy’s sea of 1903 was still a place of (relative) innocence, mysticism and longing, today’s oceans are thoroughly explored, overfished and contaminated.

The evening also dedicates several pieces to the greatest atomic atrocity in human history: the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Works include Krzysztof Penderecki’s “Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima” from 1960 and Dai Fujikura’s “Akiko’s Piano”, performed as a solo by Yu Kosuge. It tells of young pianist Akiko who died in the blast but whose piano survives – damaged but playable – to this day. Accompanying and complementing the music are spoken pieces by actors Svenja Liesau and Vidina Popov. Besides human casualties, the loss of insects is also remembered in Christopher Cerrone’s “The Insects Became Magnetic”, a piece for orchestra and electronics. It is this suffering, destruction and grief that creative works articulate so well, a fact demonstrated quite explicitly during the concert’s combining of traditional, electronic and meditative elements. You have to listen – and feel – for yourself.

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: P Meisel, Eliad Wagner & Yu Kosuge

Haus des Rundfunks, Masurenallee 8–14, 14057 Berlin–Westend; map
Cities Land (in) Oceans (22.04.2023 19h30) – tickets are available online.

@rsb_orchest

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RUTH WOLF-REHFELDT RETROSPECTIVE AT DAS MINSK: NICHTS NEUES

RUTH WOLF-REHFELDT RETROSPECTIVE AT DAS MINSK: NICHTS NEUES

With its large glass frontage, staggered terraces and airy columned hall, the Das Minsk Kunsthaus in Potsdam is a wonder of GDR modernism. In September 2022, the 900 square meter former restaurant (re)opened as a new center for art and culture, featuring a rotating program of modern and contemporary art. As you ascend the Brauhausberg on which the gallery stands, you encounter a piece of tiled wall art by Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. It’s an introduction to Nichts Neues(“Nothing New”), a retrospective of the artist’s work from 1960 to 1990 that is on show at Minsk until 07.05.2023. The exhibition explores Wolf-Rehfeldt’s typewriting, prints, collages and paintings in three thematic episodes, exploring the relationship between image, writing and language and tackling themes like environmentalism, feminism and the Cold War. Living in the GDR, Wolf-Rehfeldt became involved in “Mail Art”, an underground movement enabling the uncensored circulation of art and ideas both within the GDR and across borders. In June, half of the gallery will be turned into a space for discussions and workshops about the next exhibition, which is called Werk Statt Sammlung and will include works by Gudrun Brüne, Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer and Stefan Plenkers. It’s set to be an art-filled summer, but until then head to the gallery’s terraces, take in the sun and discover just how fresh “Nichts Neues” actually is.

Text: Alison Musch / Credits: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt; Chertlüdde, Berlin; Ladislav Zajac

Das Minsk Kunsthaus in Potsdam, Max-Planck-Str.17, 14473 Potsdam; map
Daily 10–19h (closed Tue)

@dasminsk

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