Oct 25 - Sinnestaumel
© 2025 | Phil Dera
Sinnestaumel — A dance performance by laborgras.
Delicate, flowing, almost chamber music-like, sinnestaumel unfolds into a sensually charged work that understands the body as a resonance space for music, light, and movement.
Three sonatas from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 lay the groundwork and form the driving kinetic force behind an extraordinary encounter: Midori Seiler (violin) and Christian Rieger (harpsichord), specialists in historical performance practice, create together with the dancers of laborgras a space where baroque lines and contemporary bodies enter into a finely tuned dialogue.
In endless variations, the five performers open associative spaces, oscillating between hope, longing, melancholy, and joie de vivre, weaving poetry, drama, humour, and grotesque into the poetic power of a humanity that repeatedly emerges through dance and music.
Location: DOCK 11 / DOCK ART | Kastanienallee 79 | 10435 Berlin
Performances: 23th—26th 10.2025 | 19:30
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Concept and artistic direction: laborgras, in artistic collaboration with Barbara Weigel. The choreography, created in 2021 in collaboration with dancers Abraham Iglesias Rodriguez and Tian Gao, now takes on a new form. In October 2025, it will be performed by Abraham Iglesias Rodriguez, Renate Graziadei, and Djamila Polo. Musical interpretation: Midori Seiler (violin) and Christian Rieger (harpsichord), specialists in historical performance practice. Artistic team: Arthur Stäldi (dramaturgy), Claudia Janitschek (costumes), Raquel Rosildete (lighting design). Production: Micaela Trigo and Urszula Heuwinkel. Communications: Yven Augustin / Augustin PR (press), Marcelo Vilela da Silva (social media) Photography: Phil Dera·Design: Mia Sedding Music: Johann Sebastian Bach – Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019), including Sonatas BWV 1014, 1017 & 1019.
A production by laborgras with the kind support of DOCK ART. laborgras is supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
Media partnerships: tip Berlin