Adam Linder, Ethan Braun, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
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Adam Linder's choreographies combine innovative approaches to movement, virtuosity and performativity, breaking with conventions and renewing classical dance. In his new production TOURNAMENT the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop meets international dancers Doug Letheren, Greg Lau, Olivia Ancona and Nina Botkay. Set to a specially commissioned score by Ethan Braun, this choreography challenges the historical marriage of music and dance.
Inspired by the notion that to subvert classical forms you need to perfect them first, TOURNAMENT draws from a sense of agonism to merge technical perfection with daring artistic experimentation. TOURNAMENT turns the stage into an impressive playing field where musicians and dancers abandon pure interpretation of their craft to negotiate the myth of harmonious unity.
"Rarely have musicians with such theatrical and physical presence been seen mixing with dancers on stage as Anna Faber, Isabelle Klemt, Yodfat Miron, Michael Rauter and Mari Sawada from the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop. [...]"
"The genius of Tournament lies in its portrayal of the present as an age of distraction without this detracting from the piece itself. All the athleticism of the dancers, like the uniformity of the musicians, recedes at a late point in the piece in favour of a new playfulness dressed à la JW Anderson. In the end, gentleness sets the tone, gentleness of all, together."
– Wiebke Hüster in the F.A.Z.
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Eine Produktion von Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop und Adam Linder Studio. Ko-produktion: Kampnagel, deSingel, Tanz im August Berlin / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, December Dance.
Gefördert durch die Kulturstiftung des Bundes. Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien. Gefördert durch die Rusch-Stiftung.



Das Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop erhält einen Zuschuss an freie Gruppen ohne eigene Spielstätte durch die Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt Berlin.






