AWAL / BEGINNING
A PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION OF DANCE WITH LIVE MUSIC ABOUT STARTING OVER AND CONTINUING ON
How can we regain hope in the face of personal loss and existential threat? Where do we find new sources of joy and promise for the future? We fall down and pick ourselves back up over and over again. What is this perpetual motion that drives us ever forward?
rubarb dance & art explores these questions through dance, music, and visual art, drawing inspiration from traditional Indonesian music and dance. Working in international collaboration, the ensemble transforms the House of Indonesian Cultures in Berlin into a laboratory of synergies in which visual and sensory experiences overlap. The performance installation unfolds within diverse spaces, opening up new perspectives and auditory experiences.
A Phantasmagoric Gamelan Frenzy / Richard Pettifer
In “AWAL / BEGINNING” created by choreographer Ruben Reniers and collaborators at the Rumah Budaya Indonesia Berlin,
an explosion of performative pedagogy blends traditional and contemporary choreography in a
phantasmagoric performance event taking place over three days from 16 to 18 December 2022.
PREMIERE
Dec 16, 2022, 7.30 pm
MORE PERFORMANCES Dec 17 & 18, 2022, 7.30 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Donations are welcome via Paypal
VENUE
Rumah Budaya Indonesia
Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen
Theodor-Francke-Str. 11
12099 Berlin
CONCEPT, ARTISTIC DIRECTION,CHOREOGRAPHY
Ruben Reniers
DANCE, PERFORMANCE
Nora Vladiguerov,Yuya Fujinami, Chia-Ying Chiang, Ruben Reniers
COMPOSITION, LIVE MUSIC
Konstantin Heuer, Bilawa Ade Respati
PAPER ART, PERFORMANCE
Barbara Steinitz
COSTUME
Juliane Längin
LIGHT DESIGN
Emese Csornai
DRAMATURGY ADVICE
Monika Radl
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Studio Workshop
PHOTOGRAPHY
Carlos Collado
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
Marco Baass