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• Dance + Theater + Performance Post-Show Talk with Artists Self-awareness
• Focus
• Meditation

• Fr., 05.07.2019, 20:00

Artist talk following 'Meditations'

Berlin newcomer Max Levy presents his first evening work, a collage of awareness and observation, spent in the moments between moments, 4, 5, 6 of July. Join us on the 5th for a post-show discussion!

• 1The surreal moments, when not looking at anything could open your eyes to everything: “There was always something there, just out of the corner of my eye, that I couldn't ever acknowledge.“ Foto © Max Levy
• 2 Suzanne Muller, Freie Dramaturgin und Kulturmanagerin

How often do we experience a moment of lucidity? Can we make them happen more often, or do we just “let them happen?“ What sort of thoughts come to us in those moments of daze? Are we trying too hard in this age of self-awareness and self-validation? Stay after the show on the 5th for an Artist Talk, where you can hear more of the inspirations behind the work, and discuss your thoughts and interpretations.

About the venue

The ACUD Theater

Since 1990, The ACUD Theater has been a place for innovative and experimental work that builds bridges between disciplines in the performing arts. It's Berlin Mitte district home offers 120 performances annually in a 70-seat theater, that include dance, physical theater, butoh, and mixed experimental performing forms. The large majority of ACUD's shows are new productions, Berlin premieres, or world premieres.

An independent theater, ACUD supports national and international theater pieces, making daring experimentation possible. ACUD organizes festivals, initiates international exchanges, multicultural events, facilitates community engagement through theater, and hosts literary readings, workshops, master classes, and laboratories.

http://acud.de/#theater 

About the performance

Meditations

Berlin newcomer Max Levy presents his first evening work, a collage of self-awareness and observation, spent in the moments between moments. Utilizing a background of classical education morphed by countless collaborations with renowned contemporary choreographers, the former soloist of Staatstheater Nürnberg seeks the essence of detail and finality: the surreal moments, when not looking at anything could open your eyes to everything.

“How concentrated/lost had I been that so much time could pass without notice? How had I not seen the sky change colors as the day passed by? How had I not counted the drops of water before a cup overflowed? How had I not realized I was falling in/out of love until my heart was wide open? I always realized afterwards. It was at these moments after the fact, that led me to ponder those gray in-between periods that I had been so focused and unaware. There was always something there, just out of the corner of my eye, that I couldn't ever acknowledge.”

About the artist

Max Levy

Born in Tokyo, Max Levy completed his training at the San Francisco Ballet, under the direction of Jean-Yves Esquerre. He has worked with American Repertory Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, and as a soloist with Staatsballett Nürnberg. He has danced works by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Cayetano Soto, Goyo Montero, and Jeroen Verbruggen, among others. His works take a meditative approach athleticism in a world of detached fantasy, and have been performed in evenings with the Staatsballett Nürnberg, with dancers and choreographers of Staatsballett Berlin, the Freier Tanz im Delta Festival in Mannheim, as well as being awarded Best Dancer by SOLOCOREGRAFICO 2017, and reaching the Top 10 of the 32nd International Choreography Competition in Hannover. He is one of 16 choreogrpahers for the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition 2019, as well as a handpicked choreographer for ChoreoLab - Made in Ulm.

www.max-levy.com