In C
Sasha Waltz & Guests meets tanzmainz – Terry Riley
Dance
© Yanina Isla
SWG / tanzmainz © Andreas Etter
Ticket Prices
46 Euro, discount 32 Euro
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Ticket Prices
46 Euro, discount 32 Euro
36 Euro, discount 24 Euro
29 Euro, discount 20 Euro
18 Euro, discount 14 Euro
Ticket Prices
46 Euro, discount 32 Euro
36 Euro, discount 24 Euro
29 Euro, discount 20 Euro
18 Euro, discount 14 Euro
Ticket Prices
46 Euro, discount 32 Euro
36 Euro, discount 24 Euro
29 Euro, discount 20 Euro
18 Euro, discount 14 Euro
In early July, Sasha Waltz & Guests bring their renowned choreography “In C” to Radialsystem once again, with a live performance of Terry Riley’s composition by the ensemble Musikfabrik. As part of a collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and tanzmainz, the performances feature dancers from both ensembles.
Sasha Waltz's colourful expedition into the world of minimal music is based on Terry Riley's revolutionary and open composition of the same name. In the spring of 2021, the choreographer developed choreographic material alongside 10 dancers that follows a varying structure similar to the piece, thereby leaving space for infinitely new variations. “In C” comprises an experimental process in constant evolution that develops further the long-standing artistic approach tried and tested by Sasha Waltz & Guests, as well as the dialogue between dance, music, and space, in both digital and analogue contexts
„The score of „In C“ consists of fifty-three musical phrases and reads like stage directions for musicians. The thought of translating these detailed instructions into dance through a choreographic exploration of the music appealed to me. The result is an experimental system of fifty-three movement phrases for a structured improvisation with clear rules and laws. The length of the piece remains variable, as does the number of musicians and dancers.“
Sasha Waltz
Cast
Concept, Light and Choreography
Sasha Waltz
Costume
Jasmin Lepore
Light
Olaf Danilsen
Concept and Dramaturgy
Jochen Sandig
Live Music
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Dance and Choreography
Sasha Waltz & Guests
tanzmainz
Biographien
Sasha Waltz is a choreographer, dancer and director. She studied dance and choreography in Amsterdam and New York. Together with Jochen Sandig she founded the company Sasha Waltz & Guests in 1993 and is cofounder of the Sophiensæle (1996) and the Radialsystem (2006). From 2000-2004 she was a member of the artistic direction of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz and in the season 2019/20 she was director of the Berlin State Ballet together with Johannes Öhman. In her current choreographic work Waltz focuses on the condensation of collaborative processes, such as the synchronous development of choreography and music (e.g. „Kreatur“, 2017). In 2021 Sasha Waltz was awarded the French cultural order „Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres“.
tanzmainz meets Sasha Waltz & Guests
The two companies Sasha Waltz & Guests and tanzmainz have teamed up for the first time to present a multi-part project throughout 2025: in March, dancers from both ensembles kicked off the tanzmainz festival #5 with a joint performance of Sasha Waltz's choreography “In C” set to Terry Riley’s music. The festival also featured Sasha Waltz & Guests’ production “Beethoven 7”, which has been extensively toured, with live musical accompaniment by the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra. In July, Radialsystem hosts joint performances of “In C” with dancers from both ensembles. tanzmainz's guest performance of Moritz Ostruschnjak's outstanding piece “Trailer Park” at Tanz im August marks the conclusion of this extraordinary collaboration
Credits
A production by Sasha Waltz & Guests. Made in Radialsystem.
Sasha Waltz & Guests is funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Community.
In C
Music by Terry Riley
© Associated Music Publishers Inc./ Edition Wilhelm Hansen. With permission of Bosworth Music GmbH/ Wise Music Group.
Media partners: taz. die tageszeitung, tip Berlin, ExBerliner and Rausgegangen.
In early July, Sasha Waltz & Guests bring their renowned choreography “In C” to Radialsystem once again, with a live performance of Terry Riley’s composition by the ensemble Musikfabrik. As part of a collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and tanzmainz, the performances feature dancers from both ensembles.
Sasha Waltz's colourful expedition into the world of minimal music is based on Terry Riley's revolutionary and open composition of the same name. In the spring of 2021, the choreographer developed choreographic material alongside 10 dancers that follows a varying structure similar to the piece, thereby leaving space for infinitely new variations. “In C” comprises an experimental process in constant evolution that develops further the long-standing artistic approach tried and tested by Sasha Waltz & Guests, as well as the dialogue between dance, music, and space, in both digital and analogue contexts
„The score of „In C“ consists of fifty-three musical phrases and reads like stage directions for musicians. The thought of translating these detailed instructions into dance through a choreographic exploration of the music appealed to me. The result is an experimental system of fifty-three movement phrases for a structured improvisation with clear rules and laws. The length of the piece remains variable, as does the number of musicians and dancers.“
Sasha Waltz
Cast
Concept, Light and Choreography
Sasha Waltz
Costume
Jasmin Lepore
Light
Olaf Danilsen
Concept and Dramaturgy
Jochen Sandig
Live Music
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Dance and Choreography
Sasha Waltz & Guests
tanzmainz
Biographies
Sasha Waltz is a choreographer, dancer and director. She studied dance and choreography in Amsterdam and New York. Together with Jochen Sandig she founded the company Sasha Waltz & Guests in 1993 and is cofounder of the Sophiensæle (1996) and the Radialsystem (2006). From 2000-2004 she was a member of the artistic direction of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz and in the season 2019/20 she was director of the Berlin State Ballet together with Johannes Öhman. In her current choreographic work Waltz focuses on the condensation of collaborative processes, such as the synchronous development of choreography and music (e.g. „Kreatur“, 2017). In 2021 Sasha Waltz was awarded the French cultural order „Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres“.
