Whispering stories of butterflies and crows: Story, story, die.

By Katja Vaghi, 30 August 2019

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Reviewed at Hebbel am Ufer: HAU1, Berlin on 29 August 2019

Story, story, die (Alan Lucien Øyen)

Martin Flack, Set Designer

Stine Sjøgren, Costume Designer

Torkel Skjerven, Lighting Designer

Olivia Ancona, Dancer

Zander Constant, Dancer

Mai Lisa Guinoo, Dancer

Pascal Marty, Dancer

Lee Yuan Tu, Dancer

Tom Weinberger, Dancer

Cheng An Wu, Dancer

Alan Lucien Øyen's Still Life: visions of ethereal beauty

Maggie Foyer, 26th May

Totally riveting, in Still Life the dancers move in ways that are thought-provoking and eloquent, underpinning the message that to be human is to be at one with nature.

****1

Norwegian National Ballet: Nothing Personal is powerfully moving

Graham Watts, 12th October

A spotlight on human connection in a world increasingly devoid of empathy.

*****

Tanztheater Wuppertal: Stepping into the unknown without Pina

Katja Vaghi, 31st August

A dance-marathon with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in Alan Lucien Øyen’s New Piece II for Tanz im August at the Volksbühne in Berlin.

****1

Listening to Nature’s Whispers: Schubot & Gradinger at the Hau

Katja Vaghi, 28th February

With nature as a a co-creator, Angela Schubot’s and Jared Gradinger’s The Nature of Us premieres at HAU.

***11

moons in a dark sky: Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody)

Katja Vaghi, 29th November

A HAU am Hebel’s production, Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody) is surely a raw and direct, disturbingly grotesque, beautifully poetic and unwittingly explicit journey to an unfortunately unknown destination.

***11

Kat Válastur's Stellar Fauna at Theatre HAU Hebel am Ufer

Katja Vaghi, 21st November

Minimal yet expressive, archaic mythology collides with the contemporary world in Kat Válastur’s Stellar Fauna at the HAU Hebel am Ufer highlighting the things upon which our survival depends.

****1

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.

Whispering stories of butterflies and crows: Alan Lucien Øyen / winter guest in Story, story, die.