soundance festival berlin #10
International Festival for Dance and Music
June 11 - 14, 2026, 19.30 h
Programm:
11. June 2026, 19.30 h – Schönheit ist Nebensache / Pol Pi
12. June2026, 19.30 h – It`s possible / Christine Saulut Bonansea, Axel Dörner
13. June 2026, 19.30 h – Limbo song / Maria Colusi, Edgardo Rudnitzky
14. June 2026, 19.30 h – Flos Vanus – Adabana / Yui Kawaguchi, Julia Kursawe, Anna Fusek
- Juni 2026, 19.30 Uhr Berlin-Premiere
Schönheit ist Nebensache / Pol Pi
“Beauty is incidental” is one of the instructions at the beginning of the fourth movement of Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for solo viola Op. 25 No. 1. This could just as easily have come from Dore Hoyer, expressionist choreographer and author of the dance cycle “Afectos Humanos,” with which Pol Pi has been working for the past ten years. Both works consist of five short, pure and expressive solos and were created under the suffering of totalitarian regimes.
Based on letters written by both artists, Pol Pi develops a dialogue between their voices and the political situation in Brazil under Bolsonaro. Words, music and movement combine to form an intimate, yet political trio. Since Lula’s election in 2023 in his native country, Pol Pi has also sometimes invited a local artist to share the last movement of the sonata and the last dance, “Love” from the cycle.
Conception, direction and interpretation: Pol Pi
Dance: Afectos Humanos cycle by Dore Hoyer (© Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln)
– Pride/Vanity
– Desire
– Hatred
– Anguish
– Love
Dance transmission: Martin Nachbar
Music: Sonata for solo viola opus 25 no.1 by Paul Hindemith
– Large
– Very cool and tight
– Very slow
– Fast tempo. Unleashed. The beauty of the sound is incidental
– Slow, with a lot of expressiveness
Body painting: Gwendalys Leriche
Production: NO DRAMA
Production manager: Elizabeth Fély-Dablemont