Dates:
18 & 19 October 2025, 19 - 22 h
Location:
DOCK 11 / DOCKdigital
Saal 4
Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin
With LABDance, choreographer Johanna Lemke, together with dramaturge Masza Raesch and changing special guests, opens the archive of her artistic work and invites the audience into a dialogue. Across a total of eight performance slots of approximately 30 minutes each, visitors experience a multi-layered, experimental format.
LABDance is simultaneously an open rehearsal, an archive opening, a laboratory space, and a workshop for the future. It creates an intense atmosphere that allows for personal encounters between performers and the audience. Visitors are free to choose whether to attend individual slots or experience the full program.
Tickets available on-site, based on donations
Entry 15 minutes before each session
Language english
PROGRAM
18.10.2025
19:00–22:00 h
19:00 – 19:30 Workshop PunkDrumLove
c/o Johanna Lemke
Movement workshop on the themes of the piece PunkDrumLove: spending cuts, and the unbounded “always-on” nature of artistic and dance work and life. A physical exploration of exhaustion, resistance, and the drive to keep going, nonetheless.
19:45 – 20:15 Art! In this Economy?
c/o Masza Raesch
Text installation of sound and visuals featuring fragments and quotes on dance and art as practice and paid work; on their ambivalent relationship with society, between critique and co-optation; on the economic and political contexts in which they are created and take place; and on the connections between neoliberalism, budget cuts, and the shift to the right.
20:30 – 21:00 Slapping
Special Guest: Eli Cohen
Open rehearsal and research for a piece in progress that may or may not be produced in the future.
21:15 – 21:45 Im Gespräch mit...
Special Guest: Jule Flierl
Filmed conversation about dance, Berlin, and dance in Berlin; on the politics of dance, off-dance and politicals, as well as memories and reflections.
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19.10.205
19:00–22:00 h
19:00 – 19:30 Back to the Future East><West
Special Guest: Gabrielè
Drag and performance with Gabrielè and Johanna Lemke on being in-between and beyond: East and West, transitions, transformations, and dislocations.
19:45 – 20:15 Body in Crisis
c/o Masza Reasch
Candlelight reading reflecting on personal, historical, and societal experiences of crisis; on dreams and identity; on political repression and collective trauma; and on questions of how body, language, and memory can find expression in times out of joint.
20:30 – 21:00 Impro
Special Guest: Eli Cohen, Pia Achternkamp
Dance improvisation with Eli Cohen and Johanna Lemke, together with sound artist Pia Achternkamp.
21:15 – 21:45 Im Gespräch mit...
Special Guest: Jule Flierl
Filmed conversation about dance, Berlin, and dance in Berlin; on the politics of dance, off-dance and politicals, as well as memories and reflections.
Project supported by: the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, DOCK 11 / Dockdigital
