ร†ffective Choreography
by Andrรฉ Uerba
๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ & ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
Andrรฉ Uerba

๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ at Radialsystem (2022) ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Gyรถrgy Jellinek, Jone San Martin, Lyllie Rouviรจre, Manoela Rangel, Pedro Aybar

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ Halle am Berghain (2023), Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (2023), Tanzbiennale Heidelberg (2023) & English Theater Berlin (2024) ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Gyรถrgy Jellinek, Lea Fulton, Lyllie Rouviรจre, Manoela Rangel, Nattan Dobkin, Pedro Aybar, Kauri Sorvari

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Augustรฉ Schnorr, Christopher Mills, Ester Machado, Manoela Rangel, Nayia T. Karacosta, Panos Malactos

๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Manoela Rangel, Pedro Aybar, Feรฑa Celedรณn Pรฉrez, Lu Chieregati, Lyn Diniz, Reinaldo Ribeiro, Olga รlvarez

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ (in Cyprus & Barcelona)
Manoela Rangel

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป & ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ
Kreatress

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด
Live rendition and excerpt of Vivaldiโ€™s โ€œCum dederitโ€

๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜
Meg Stuart

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป, ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ
Andrรฉ Uerba

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
Striid Koburger

๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ
Kreatress

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€
Short Hope / Andrรฉ Uerba

๐—–๐—ผ-๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
Radialsystem

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
Apricot Productions

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜
Tanzfabrik, Theaterhaus Mitte

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ
Bernardo De Almeida, Berghain Team (Kirschan, Andrรฉ, Norbert), Filipe Serro, Kule, Dock11, Asier Solana

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ (in Cyprus & Barcelona) ๐—ฏ๐˜†
Goethe Institut



How does your body feel today? In this time of velocity and violence, choreographer and performer Andrรฉ Uerba explores intimacy as a practice of being together, along with seven performers and a musician. This work plays with the boundaries between sharing and withdrawing, movement and stillness, vulnerability and exposure.
The performers structure their encounter through a slow pace, propelling their bodies to attune, sink and merge together, refining their present moment. The desire to make hidden things visible is unfolded by their intimate gestures. Collectively they turn their gaze to inner landscapes where slowness and touch become a main practice.

Andrรฉ Uerba began his research on rehearsing intimacy during the process of โ€œBurn Timeโ€ (2018) and continued through โ€œFire Starterโ€ (2019/20), โ€œInviting Moments of Stillnessโ€ and โ€œA hole the size of your touchโ€ (2021). โ€œร†ffective Choreographyโ€ marks a new chapter in the research and was reinforced by his training in bodywork by the Institute for Somatic Learning, Sexuality and Bodywork (ISB Berlin).
๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ญ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ are often linked to the external genitalia in a sexualizing way. But feelings, emotions, memories and wounds also rotate in the body as embodied traces of human coexistence in societies characterized by violent power relations. As if locked in roller suitcases, these affects are often carelessly pushed through everyday life. Andrรฉ Uerbaโ€™s ร†ffective Choreography traces these embodied and perhaps confused transitions and brings them to light in a processual interplay between social interaction and introspection.

Janine Muckermann
Photos: Alicja Hoppel & Video Stills: QuietCityFilms (Svea Immel, Paul Holdsworth)
๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ
English Theater, 10th Expo Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Dance House Lefkosia, "On Bodies Festival" (Nicosia, Cyprus)
La Caldera / Grec Festival (Barcelona, Spain)

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival, De Studio (Antwerp, Belgium)
Halle am Berghain (Berlin, Germany)
Tanzbiennale Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)

๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ
Radialsystem (Berlin, Germany)
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