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

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FREE ADMISSION

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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

Marco Baass