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Sasha Waltz & Guests
The company Sasha Waltz & Guests was founded by Sasha Waltz and Jochen Sandig in Berlin in 1993. To date, more than 300 artists and ensembles from the fields of architecture, visual arts, choreography, film, design, literature, fashion and music from 30 countries have collaborated as »Guests« on over 80 productions, »Dialoge« projects and films. Sasha Waltz & Guests works in an international and national constantly evolving network of production and guest performance partners, showing its current repertoire of 12 active pieces in about 70 performances each year. In Berlin, the company cooperates with a wide range of municipal theatres, opera houses and museums and has contributed to the establishing of new cultural institutions such as Sophiensaele (1996), St. Elisabeth Kirche (2004) and Radialsystem (2006). 2013, the company has been named »European Cultural Ambassador« by the European Union. In 2014, Sasha Waltz & Guests was awarded the »george tabori ehrenpreis« by the Fonds Darstellende Künste. Apart from Berlin stagings, national and international guest performances and the continual work on the repertoire, Sasha Waltz & Guests has been increasingly committed to educational and social projects. In 2007, the Children's Dance Company (»Kindertanzcompany«) was founded and since 2016 the interdisciplinary and open exchange platform »ZUHÖREN« serves as a »third space for art and politics«. Alongside these initiatives, the company continues to propose diverse offers in the field of knowledge transfer.
Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Sasha Waltz (CV)
Sasha Waltz is a choreographer, dancer and director. After her first studies at the School of New Dance Development in Amsterdam she joined the postmodern oriented New York City dance scene that worked in interdisciplinary exchange with the other arts. In 1986 and 1987 she danced in the New York based companies of Pooh Kaye, Yoshiko Chumo & School of Hard Knocks and Lisa Kraus & Dancers. Following her return to Europe in 1988 she began an intensive phase of collaborations with choreographers, artists and musicians. In 1992 she came to Berlin with a grant by the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, where she developed the improvisational format »Dialoge« driven by the spirit of her interdisciplinary and international work. She chose the young German capital as the center of her activities where she practiced new choreographic approaches in self-developed infrastructures. Together with Jochen Sandig she founded the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests in 1993 and in 1996 the Sophiensaele as a venue for dance and more, nowadays a center of the independent dance and theatre scene not only in Germany. From 2000-2004 she was one of the directors of the Schaubühne at Lehniner Platz. In the season 2019/20 Sasha Waltz was director of the Berlin State Ballet together with Johannes Öhman.
During her first decade in Berlin she created internationally renowned and influencial dance pieces such as the trilogies »Travelogue« and »Körper« as well as the immersive dance installation »insideout«. In the following years she applied the language and strategies of contemporary dance to vitalize and explore historical and new operas and ballets. With »Dido & Aeneas« (2005), »Medea« (2007) and »Matsukaze« (2011) she realized three pieces about women and at the same time established the genre of the choreographic opera. In 2007 she directed »Romeo et Juliette«, interpreting the dramatic symphony of Hector Berlioz, for the Opéra national de Paris. From this followed »Sacre« in 2013 set to the Music of Strawinsky commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and in 2014 »Tannhäuser« at the Staatsoper Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Simultaneously Sasha Waltz has been pursuing the sharing and teaching of dance knowledge and promoting dance as a medium of social and sociopolitical communication. As part of this endeavor, she founded the Berlin based »Kindertanzcompany« (Children’s Dance Company) in 2007 and, following an invitation from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, developed a choreography with over 100 pupils to dance Schtschedrin’s Carmen-Suite. In 2016 she founded the event format »ZUHÖREN« with which she opened a »third space« for art and politics. She expanded the »Dialoge«-concept to incorporate danced responses to architecture wherein the audience is invited to act as an equal part of the choreographic happening. Examples of this are »Dialoge 99/II« in the new construction of the Jewish Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, »Dialoge 09« performed in the still vacant interior of the Neues Museum in Berlin after the renovation by David Chipperfield (2009) and the choreographic installation »Figure humaine« for the inauguration of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie (2017). In her present choreographic work, Waltz is focusing on the intensification of collaborative processes, such as the synchronic development of choreography and music. In collaboration with Soundwalk Collective and the costume designer Iris van Herpen (among others) she created the choreography »Kreatur« (2017) followed by the work »Exodos« (August 2018), both premiered at Radialsystem in Berlin. In early 2019 the project »rauschen« received its world premiere at the Volksbühne Berlin. On March 13th, 2022 »SYM-PHONIE MMXX«, a piece for dance, light and orchestra by Sasha Waltz and Georg Friedrich Haas, received its world premiere at Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
In 2020 Sasha Waltz reacted to the challenges of the Corona pandemic with different projects on- and offline. From March to June 2020 she published an online »dance diary«, developed the open air project »Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme« in August premiering a choreography to Maurice Ravel’s »Boléro« as well as solos to Georg Friedrich Haas‘ »I can’t breathe« and in December streamed a series of improvisations with the title »Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme II« live from the Radialsystem in Berlin. In 2021 Sasha Waltz’ latest choreographic work »In C« to the composition by the same name of Terry Riley received its online premiere on a livestream from the Radialsystem Berlin before it was performed in front of an audience for the first time during the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiel. In June 2021 a choreography by Sasha Waltz to Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 received its world premiere in the frame of ARTE’s Beethoven day, broadcast live from the ancient Apollo temple in Delphi together with musicAeterna under the batom of Teodor Currentzis.
For her special services in 2011 the choreographer was granted the German Federal Cross of Merit. Since 2013 she is a member of the Academy of Arts Berlin. In 2021 Sasha Waltz was awarded the French cultural order »Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres«.
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During her first decade in Berlin she created internationally renowned and influencial dance pieces such as the trilogies »Travelogue« and »Körper« as well as the immersive dance installation »insideout«. In the following years she applied the language and strategies of contemporary dance to vitalize and explore historical and new operas and ballets. With »Dido & Aeneas« (2005), »Medea« (2007) and »Matsukaze« (2011) she realized three pieces about women and at the same time established the genre of the choreographic opera. In 2007 she directed »Romeo et Juliette«, interpreting the dramatic symphony of Hector Berlioz, for the Opéra national de Paris. From this followed »Sacre« in 2013 set to the Music of Strawinsky commissioned by the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and in 2014 »Tannhäuser« at the Staatsoper Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Simultaneously Sasha Waltz has been pursuing the sharing and teaching of dance knowledge and promoting dance as a medium of social and sociopolitical communication. As part of this endeavor, she founded the Berlin based »Kindertanzcompany« (Children’s Dance Company) in 2007 and, following an invitation from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, developed a choreography with over 100 pupils to dance Schtschedrin’s Carmen-Suite. In 2016 she founded the event format »ZUHÖREN« with which she opened a »third space« for art and politics. She expanded the »Dialoge«-concept to incorporate danced responses to architecture wherein the audience is invited to act as an equal part of the choreographic happening. Examples of this are »Dialoge 99/II« in the new construction of the Jewish Museum in Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, »Dialoge 09« performed in the still vacant interior of the Neues Museum in Berlin after the renovation by David Chipperfield (2009) and the choreographic installation »Figure humaine« for the inauguration of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie (2017). In her present choreographic work, Waltz is focusing on the intensification of collaborative processes, such as the synchronic development of choreography and music. In collaboration with Soundwalk Collective and the costume designer Iris van Herpen (among others) she created the choreography »Kreatur« (2017) followed by the work »Exodos« (August 2018), both premiered at Radialsystem in Berlin. In early 2019 the project »rauschen« received its world premiere at the Volksbühne Berlin. On March 13th, 2022 »SYM-PHONIE MMXX«, a piece for dance, light and orchestra by Sasha Waltz and Georg Friedrich Haas, received its world premiere at Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
In 2020 Sasha Waltz reacted to the challenges of the Corona pandemic with different projects on- and offline. From March to June 2020 she published an online »dance diary«, developed the open air project »Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme« in August premiering a choreography to Maurice Ravel’s »Boléro« as well as solos to Georg Friedrich Haas‘ »I can’t breathe« and in December streamed a series of improvisations with the title »Dialoge 2020 – Relevante Systeme II« live from the Radialsystem in Berlin. In 2021 Sasha Waltz’ latest choreographic work »In C« to the composition by the same name of Terry Riley received its online premiere on a livestream from the Radialsystem Berlin before it was performed in front of an audience for the first time during the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiel. In June 2021 a choreography by Sasha Waltz to Beethoven’s Symphony no. 7 received its world premiere in the frame of ARTE’s Beethoven day, broadcast live from the ancient Apollo temple in Delphi together with musicAeterna under the batom of Teodor Currentzis.
For her special services in 2011 the choreographer was granted the German Federal Cross of Merit. Since 2013 she is a member of the Academy of Arts Berlin. In 2021 Sasha Waltz was awarded the French cultural order »Commandeur de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres«.
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SYM-PHONIE MMXX
for dance, light and orchestra
Choreography by Sasha Waltz
Music by Georg Friedrich Haas
Costumes by Bernd Skodzig
13 March 2022 (world premiere)
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
A production of the Staatsballett Berlin in coproduction with Sasha Waltz & Guests.
Press Photos
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Choreography by Sasha Waltz
Music by Georg Friedrich Haas
Costumes by Bernd Skodzig
13 March 2022 (world premiere)
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
A production of the Staatsballett Berlin in coproduction with Sasha Waltz & Guests.
Press Photos
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Dialoge 2020 - Relevante Systeme - Fotos Teil 2
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Dialoge 2020 - Relevante Systeme - Fotos Teil 1
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Dialoge
The interdisciplinary projects »Dialogues« are important and powerful creative fields for Sasha Waltz ́ work. The short but very intensive encounters between musicians, artists, dancers and choreographers take place in very specific places as the Sophiensæle Berlin, the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Mendelsohnbau at the Lehniner Platz Berlin, a medieval monastery in Montpellier, the Opera in Bordeaux, the St. Elisabeth church in Berlin or the „skeleton“ of the Palast der Republik in Berlin. The architecture is an important protagonist itself. The dialogue is happening on different mulitfaceted levels with the main focus on the free spirit of improvisation and the pure delight of experimentation.
»For me, the most important thing regarding the »Dialogue«-projects, is the experience of so many different forms and worlds in dance and music. I am interested in the biggest possible freedom of art and not in any limitation in form and content. Contradictory actions should persist side by side. Artists, who don ́t inevitably meet each other, should encounter. The more their artistic visions are far away from mine, the more possible it is to create a real dialogue between the artists and to widen the spectators view. Neither dance nor music are arranged before, it is about the condition of being on the way, of being in permanent transition.«
Sasha Waltz
»For me, the most important thing regarding the »Dialogue«-projects, is the experience of so many different forms and worlds in dance and music. I am interested in the biggest possible freedom of art and not in any limitation in form and content. Contradictory actions should persist side by side. Artists, who don ́t inevitably meet each other, should encounter. The more their artistic visions are far away from mine, the more possible it is to create a real dialogue between the artists and to widen the spectators view. Neither dance nor music are arranged before, it is about the condition of being on the way, of being in permanent transition.«
Sasha Waltz
Kindertanzcompany Berlin
The Children's Dance Company dates back to an initiative of Sasha Waltz, Hanna Hegenscheidt and Livia Patrizi. In 2007 they converted a movement group from the initiative »Dancing Time - Time for dancing in schools«, which had existed since 2005/06, into the Company, in which the children could train their movements and develop their talent once a week.
In the meanwhile the Company Sasha Waltz & Guests now has four offspring dancing groups (5-7 years old, 7-10 years old, 10-12 years old, 12-15 years old). A playful engagement with dance occupies centre stage. Led by dancers from the entourage of the Company, the children and teenagers explore both themselves and others through movement, In the past years they have been working on several little pieces within the groups and sometimes present their work in showings at the Radialsystem V.
In 2009, the children worked on the piece »Der kleine Mann« (»The Small Man«), which was about their own life dreams, and in 2010 they worked on a theme they had chosen themselves, »Monster«. During the developing of the pieces live musicians are often also present, as they are in the actual production »The Wild Things«: The dance is accompanied by a four-person chamber orchestra, playing the contemporary compositions of the Japanese composer Hideki Kozadura.
Children's dancing 1, Group 5 to 7 years old
(led by Davide Camplani, Mata Sakka, Andreas Kern)
The children's dancing group for younger children imparts first dancing experiences and pleasure at the movements of one's own body. In small groups, the children develop a basic and playful repertoire of movements. The Ensemble dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests, Davide Camplani und Mata Sakka, together with the concert pianist Andreas Kern, organise a monthly three hour long intensive-workshop.
Children's dancing 2, Group 7 to 10 years old
(led by Davide Camplani, Alessandra Defazio, Annapaola Leso)
The group meets once a week for an intensive workshop of movement and game. Through improvisations and group games the children develop an individual repertoire of movement and expression.
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Children's dancing 3 / Teens, Group 10 to 12 years old
(led by: Gabriel Galindez Cruz)
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Children's dancing 4 / Teens, Group 12 bis 15 years old
(led by: Gabriel Galindez Cruz)
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Admission: depending on available places, available places are announced on www.sashawaltz.de
Fee: 120 EUR per term (no classes during school and public holidays)
Location: RADIALSYSTEM V, Studio A
Contact
Émilie Guérin
Project Management Children’s Dance Company / Administration
Sasha Waltz & Guests GmbH
Sophienstr. 3
D-10178 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 24 62 80 27
eguerin@sashawaltz.de
www.sashawaltz.de
Gabriel Galindez Cruz was born in 1977 in Cali, Colombia. He studied Dance at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers, France, and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. Gabriel has danced among others in pieces of Dominique Dupuy, Alvaro Restrepo, Carmen Werner, Dieter Heitkamp, Toula Limnaios, and Wilhelm Groener. He was awared in Jeunes Talents Cirque Europa 2008 with the contemporary circus company AIUAIO. Together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Gabriel is performing the piece »4 Elemente – 4 Jahreszeiten" von Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola. Gabriel has signed several short pieces. His last creations »Marca«,»Solo« and »Duo« were presented in March 2008 at the Dock 11 Berlin and in november 2008 an the Insoliti Festival in Turin, Italy. Since 2005 he dances in differents projects and pieces by Sasha Waltz & Guests. He can be seen among others in »Gezeiten«, »Medea«, »Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)«, »Continu« and »Métamorphoses« by Sasha Waltz. Since November 2007 he manage the »Kindertanzcompany« of Sasha Waltz & Guests at the Radialsystem V Berlin. He also participated in the 2012 dance project »MusicTANZ - Carmen« within the education project of the Berliner Philharmoniker, where he took part in the choreographical and pedagogical realization of the project with over 100 pupils. In 2014 he took part in the new production of »Tannhäuser« by Sasha Waltz and Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. In December 2014 together with Anne Giseke he realized the dance project »Die Brüder Grimm bitten zum Tanz!«, a collaboration with Chance Tanz at the Mach mit!-Museum for children in Berlin. From 2009 - 2010 Gabriel was part of the dance company of the Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland under the direction of Marco Santi. As a dance teacher he has worked in Colombia (Berkana Danza and Danza Común), Mexico (Bruja danza), Italy (Espacio Lyria), Frankfurt (Tanzszene) and Berlin (Dock 11, Tanzfabrik and Marameo).
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Status: 07-2017
In the meanwhile the Company Sasha Waltz & Guests now has four offspring dancing groups (5-7 years old, 7-10 years old, 10-12 years old, 12-15 years old). A playful engagement with dance occupies centre stage. Led by dancers from the entourage of the Company, the children and teenagers explore both themselves and others through movement, In the past years they have been working on several little pieces within the groups and sometimes present their work in showings at the Radialsystem V.
In 2009, the children worked on the piece »Der kleine Mann« (»The Small Man«), which was about their own life dreams, and in 2010 they worked on a theme they had chosen themselves, »Monster«. During the developing of the pieces live musicians are often also present, as they are in the actual production »The Wild Things«: The dance is accompanied by a four-person chamber orchestra, playing the contemporary compositions of the Japanese composer Hideki Kozadura.
Children's dancing 1, Group 5 to 7 years old
(led by Davide Camplani, Mata Sakka, Andreas Kern)
The children's dancing group for younger children imparts first dancing experiences and pleasure at the movements of one's own body. In small groups, the children develop a basic and playful repertoire of movements. The Ensemble dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests, Davide Camplani und Mata Sakka, together with the concert pianist Andreas Kern, organise a monthly three hour long intensive-workshop.
Children's dancing 2, Group 7 to 10 years old
(led by Davide Camplani, Alessandra Defazio, Annapaola Leso)
The group meets once a week for an intensive workshop of movement and game. Through improvisations and group games the children develop an individual repertoire of movement and expression.
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Children's dancing 3 / Teens, Group 10 to 12 years old
(led by: Gabriel Galindez Cruz)
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Children's dancing 4 / Teens, Group 12 bis 15 years old
(led by: Gabriel Galindez Cruz)
Dates: 1 x week, 1,5 hours
Admission: depending on available places, available places are announced on www.sashawaltz.de
Fee: 120 EUR per term (no classes during school and public holidays)
Location: RADIALSYSTEM V, Studio A
Contact
Émilie Guérin
Project Management Children’s Dance Company / Administration
Sasha Waltz & Guests GmbH
Sophienstr. 3
D-10178 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 24 62 80 27
eguerin@sashawaltz.de
www.sashawaltz.de
Gabriel Galindez Cruz was born in 1977 in Cali, Colombia. He studied Dance at the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers, France, and at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. Gabriel has danced among others in pieces of Dominique Dupuy, Alvaro Restrepo, Carmen Werner, Dieter Heitkamp, Toula Limnaios, and Wilhelm Groener. He was awared in Jeunes Talents Cirque Europa 2008 with the contemporary circus company AIUAIO. Together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Gabriel is performing the piece »4 Elemente – 4 Jahreszeiten" von Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola. Gabriel has signed several short pieces. His last creations »Marca«,»Solo« and »Duo« were presented in March 2008 at the Dock 11 Berlin and in november 2008 an the Insoliti Festival in Turin, Italy. Since 2005 he dances in differents projects and pieces by Sasha Waltz & Guests. He can be seen among others in »Gezeiten«, »Medea«, »Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)«, »Continu« and »Métamorphoses« by Sasha Waltz. Since November 2007 he manage the »Kindertanzcompany« of Sasha Waltz & Guests at the Radialsystem V Berlin. He also participated in the 2012 dance project »MusicTANZ - Carmen« within the education project of the Berliner Philharmoniker, where he took part in the choreographical and pedagogical realization of the project with over 100 pupils. In 2014 he took part in the new production of »Tannhäuser« by Sasha Waltz and Daniel Barenboim at the Staatsoper Berlin. In December 2014 together with Anne Giseke he realized the dance project »Die Brüder Grimm bitten zum Tanz!«, a collaboration with Chance Tanz at the Mach mit!-Museum for children in Berlin. From 2009 - 2010 Gabriel was part of the dance company of the Theater St. Gallen in Switzerland under the direction of Marco Santi. As a dance teacher he has worked in Colombia (Berkana Danza and Danza Común), Mexico (Bruja danza), Italy (Espacio Lyria), Frankfurt (Tanzszene) and Berlin (Dock 11, Tanzfabrik and Marameo).
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Jochen Sandig (CV)
Jochen Sandig was born in Esslingen, Germany. In 1990 he moved to Berlin to study psychology and philosophy. Following the founding of the Tacheles Art Centre in 1990, in 1993, together with Sasha Waltz, he founded Sasha Waltz & Guests. In 1996 he co-founded Sophiensaele, an independent venue for dance and theatre productions in Berlin-Mitte, which he directed until 1999. From 2000 to 2004 Jochen Sandig was a member of the artistic direction at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. Since 2004 he has been the director of the independent Sasha Waltz & Guests GmbH. In 2006, together with Folkert Uhde, Jochen Sandig founded radialsystem in Berlin. In 2010 he was awarded the French cultural order »Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres«. In February 2012 he celebrated his first direction work with »human requiem«, a staging of Johannes Brahms' »Ein Deutsches Requiem« in cooperation with the Rundfunkchor in Berlin and Simon Halsey. Since its premiere the production travelled to Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Granada, Rotterdam, Athens, Hong-Kong, Adelaide and New York. The production was awarded with the »Classical Next Innovation Award 2016«. As a social and political activist he became one of the three co-founders of the World Human Forum in Delphi, Greece. In 2019/20, Jochen Sandig became artistic and executive director of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele / Internationale Festspiele Baden-Württemberg.
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Status: 10-2019
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Status: 10-2019
rauschen
Press Photos and Press Kit
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Status: 06-2019
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Content: 8 Photos; 2 PDFs
Status: 06-2019
Choreographische Oper
The Development of the Choreographic Opera
Sasha Waltz focuses on combining different genres and on promoting dialogue between the various disciplines and arts in her works. This approach led to the creation of projects such as »Dialoge '99« in the Jewish Museum Berlin, »Dialoge 17-25/4« at the Mendelsohn-Bau at Lehniner Platz, Berlin, and the choreographic installation »insideout«.
Sasha Waltz first turned to classical music with »Impromptus«, a Schubert adaptation, which premiered in 2004. This marked the beginning of a new phase of her oeuvre; the logical next step was to stage an opera. Her 2005 project »Dido & Aeneas« (music: Henry Purcell) focused on the choreographic production and on expanding the possibilities of musical theater with the help of theatrical approaches to dance – a new kind of fusion of dance, song and music in opera. The soloists and choir members formed part of an overall choreography which dissociated them from their original functions. Sasha Waltz continued her work on choreographic operas in 2007 with a second opera, »Medea«, with Pascal Dusapin's music and Heiner Müller's libretto, and Hector Berlioz's dramatic symphony »Roméo et Juliette« for the Paris Opera.
»Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)« by Wolfgang Rihm in collaboration with the Ensemble Modern, which premiered in Frankfurt in 2008, marked a further stage in Sasha Waltz's development of contemporary concert forms, together with the choreographic operas »Passion« in 2010 (music: Pascal Dusapin) and »Matsukaze« (2011) with music by the Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa. Sasha Waltz created the choreographic concert »gefaltet« for eight dancers and four musicians in 2012 in collaboration with the French composer Mark Andre. The instrumental soloists were involved in the creation of the piece, which gave yet another new dimension to the interaction of dance and music in »gefaltet«.
Sasha Waltz presented her most recent choreographic opera, »Orfeo«, with music by Claudio Monteverdi in 2014. »Orfeo« combines various strands of her work to date; following her work on the myth of Orpheus in »Passion«, the chamber opera by Pascal Dusapin, Sasha Waltz returns to its Baroque origins and incorporates the choir and the soloists into the movements, as well as the dancers into the musical events. Sasha Waltz's cross-genre work thus succeeds in fusing music and dance in a radically new manner.
Sasha Waltz focuses on combining different genres and on promoting dialogue between the various disciplines and arts in her works. This approach led to the creation of projects such as »Dialoge '99« in the Jewish Museum Berlin, »Dialoge 17-25/4« at the Mendelsohn-Bau at Lehniner Platz, Berlin, and the choreographic installation »insideout«.
Sasha Waltz first turned to classical music with »Impromptus«, a Schubert adaptation, which premiered in 2004. This marked the beginning of a new phase of her oeuvre; the logical next step was to stage an opera. Her 2005 project »Dido & Aeneas« (music: Henry Purcell) focused on the choreographic production and on expanding the possibilities of musical theater with the help of theatrical approaches to dance – a new kind of fusion of dance, song and music in opera. The soloists and choir members formed part of an overall choreography which dissociated them from their original functions. Sasha Waltz continued her work on choreographic operas in 2007 with a second opera, »Medea«, with Pascal Dusapin's music and Heiner Müller's libretto, and Hector Berlioz's dramatic symphony »Roméo et Juliette« for the Paris Opera.
»Jagden und Formen (Zustand 2008)« by Wolfgang Rihm in collaboration with the Ensemble Modern, which premiered in Frankfurt in 2008, marked a further stage in Sasha Waltz's development of contemporary concert forms, together with the choreographic operas »Passion« in 2010 (music: Pascal Dusapin) and »Matsukaze« (2011) with music by the Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa. Sasha Waltz created the choreographic concert »gefaltet« for eight dancers and four musicians in 2012 in collaboration with the French composer Mark Andre. The instrumental soloists were involved in the creation of the piece, which gave yet another new dimension to the interaction of dance and music in »gefaltet«.
Sasha Waltz presented her most recent choreographic opera, »Orfeo«, with music by Claudio Monteverdi in 2014. »Orfeo« combines various strands of her work to date; following her work on the myth of Orpheus in »Passion«, the chamber opera by Pascal Dusapin, Sasha Waltz returns to its Baroque origins and incorporates the choir and the soloists into the movements, as well as the dancers into the musical events. Sasha Waltz's cross-genre work thus succeeds in fusing music and dance in a radically new manner.