Performance DANCE X Akademie

When:
Sun, May 25, 2025, 2pm – 4pm

Free admission

Meeting point:
Kunstbau

When:
Sun, May 25, 2025, 2pm–4pm

Free admission

Meeting point:
Kunstbau

The links between contemporary dance and the visual arts are manifold. While dance has always been inspired by the formal language of the visual arts, there is also a shift towards performative formats that take place in museums and galleries. Against the background of this development, the International DANCE Festival Munich and the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München are creating a new kind of collaboration: students from the classes of Alexandra Pirici (performance) and Julian Rosefeldt (media art) have been invited to develop concept ideas for performative works as part of an open call. The focus is on works that centre on human bodies and their mutual relationships. From the concepts submitted, a jury selected ten works that will be realised as part of the festival. At the Lenbachhaus, there will be performances by Josefine Simonsen, Nicolas Maximilian, Noemi Calzavara, and Lea Geerkens. The presentations will take place in the exhibition spaces of two art institutions: In the Kunstbau of the Lenbachhaus (May 25, 2-4 pm) and in the Haus der Kunst (May 30, 2-8 pm). 

Program

2pm–2.10pm and 3.50–4.00pm 
Nicolas Maximilian „Walking Title“ 
Performer: Nicolas Maximilian

2.10pm–2.35pm and 3.15pm–3.40pm 
Josefine Luka Simonsen „Moving through Lipsi (together)“ 
Performers: Ken Konishi, Josefine Luka Simonsen, Leonie Stöckle

2.35pm–3.15pm 
Noemí Calzavara „Recall a wave, a ripple, a vanishing sand castle“ 
Performers: Noemi Calzavara, Claudio Murabito

2.50pm–3pm and 3.40–3.50pm 
Lea Geerkens „Drinking from Someone’s Back“  
Performers: Leonie Brehorst, Lea Geerkens, Geumok Oh, Luka Toprak, Frederick Schnellinger 

More information here (PDF). 

Dance x Akademie is presented by the International DANCE Festival Munich in co-operation with the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Haus der Kunst and Lenbachhaus.