Gabi Beier

Looking back at neworks - Destruction Bureau with ASYA ASHMAN & BELMON / THERESE BENDJUS Thank you to @dancewithlav @tui.bth & an anonymous guest for your thoughts and perspectives! The studio writer position at ada Studio has been existing since 2013. It was born out of the lack of publications of texts about dance in the feuilleton and gave the person who accompanied the performances at ada Studio for one year as a writer the opportunity to take a look at the artists and their works from their perspective and share it. After 12 years, we think it’s time for a change and also for a different form of publishing. During our research, we came across the @danceperformancetheatre channel on Instagram, met the owner Clara Dünnebeil and received permission to bring this wonderful format to ada Studio in an expanded form.  From August 2025, a total of 3 studio writers from different professional fields will publish their short texts: sharing impressions and thoughts about the performances at ada Studio. The aim is not reviews, but spontaneous comments and snapshots. The guiding principles are: appreciation for the work of the artists, honesty in sharing thoughts and an open and respectful exchange.

COMING UP: neworks - Destruction Bureau with ASYA ASHMAN & BELMON / THERESE BENDJUS 24 & 25 April 2026 7pm live at ada studio Tickets via pretix (pay as you can), link in bio. Asya and Belmon are busy with the possibility and potentiality of the destruction of movement and material matter by the means of performative practices, dance and sound. In this they examine the entanglement between destruction and regeneration, questioning how they can embody both the collapse and the potential for renewal — not as opposites, but as interdependent forces. Destruction itself interests Asya and Belmon as an actualization of rage and empowerment in positions of oppression as well as a space of losing and grief. Trying to catch this moment of complete destruction, they ask themselves: What is the difference between destruction and deconstruction and its relation to violence? How much violence is there in ending things? The motto for the “neworks” series in 2026 is CONTINUE WORKING. We want to give artists the opportunity to continue research processes they have already begun, develop them into full-length performances and present them at ada Studio. Asya and Belmon have worked on Destruction Bureau at ada Studio in a residency before and shared their process during our open studio series “reinkommen”. We are very happy to have them back at ada studio. Credit (except photo one) © Dijana Zadro @pranapic

Looking back at reinkommen / open studio with ANWEN & JUANA Thank you to @dancewithlav @tui.bth & an anonymous guest for your thoughts and perspectives! The studio writer position at ada Studio has been existing since 2013. It was born out of the lack of publications of texts about dance in the feuilleton and gave the person who accompanied the performances at ada Studio for one year as a writer the opportunity to take a look at the artists and their works from their perspective and share it. After 12 years, we think it’s time for a change and also for a different form of publishing. During our research, we came across the @danceperformancetheatre channel on Instagram, met the owner Clara Dünnebeil and received permission to bring this wonderful format to ada Studio in an expanded form.  From August 2025, a total of 3 studio writers from different professional fields will publish their short texts: sharing impressions and thoughts about the performances at ada Studio. The aim is not reviews, but spontaneous comments and snapshots. The guiding principles are: appreciation for the work of the artists, honesty in sharing thoughts and an open and respectful exchange.

NOW ONLINE: reinkommen // JUANA & ANWEN // open studio // work in process videostream 29th March — 1st April on our website The two artists ANWEN and JUANA are united by their search for a physical dialogue between origin and present, between ritualized, communal forms and the individual expressiveness embodied by house dance. While each of them pursues her own cultural starting point in her solo research, they come together in an exchange about movement, rhythm, and identity. Their common goal is to use the practice of house to find new ways to embody and transform cultural memories and ultimately share them in community. OSÉWHEN - that’s Berlin-based artists Anwen and Juana, who are passionate about sisterhood and self-expression. Their symbiosis on stage, developed through years of friendship and shared experiences in dance and music, reveals childlike facets deeply rooted in their souls. Their art is intimate and accessible. Together, they discovered the freestyle scene and began practicing the African-American dance style hip-hop as an improvisational language at Grenzallee 5 (Jugendclub Neukölln). In the dance frenzy of Berlin’s clubs, their love for house music also unfolded, the club style in whose dance scene both are active today.

JUANA & ANWEN // reinkommen // open studio // work in process 27 March 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on March 27th, thank you) The two artists ANWEN and JUANA are united by their search for a physical dialogue between origin and present, between ritualized, communal forms and the individual expressiveness embodied by house dance. While each of them pursues her own cultural starting point in her solo research, they come together in an exchange about movement, rhythm, and identity. Their common goal is to use the practice of house to find new ways to embody and transform cultural memories and ultimately share them in community. OSÉWHEN - that’s Berlin-based artists Anwen and Juana, who are passionate about sisterhood and self-expression. Their symbiosis on stage, developed through years of friendship and shared experiences in dance and music, reveals childlike facets deeply rooted in their souls. Their art is intimate and accessible. Together, they discovered the freestyle scene and began practicing the African-American dance style hip-hop as an improvisational language at Grenzallee 5 (Jugendclub Neukölln). In the dance frenzy of Berlin’s clubs, their love for house music also unfolded, the club style in whose dance scene both are active today. videostream 29th March — 1st April on our website

ANWEN & JUANA // reinkommen // open studio // work in process 27 March 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on March 27th, thank you) The two artists ANWEN and JUANA are united by their search for a physical dialogue between origin and present, between ritualized, communal forms and the individual expressiveness embodied by house dance. While each of them pursues her own cultural starting point in her solo research, they come together in an exchange about movement, rhythm, and identity. Their common goal is to use the practice of house to find new ways to embody and transform cultural memories and ultimately share them in community. OSÉWHEN - that’s Berlin-based artists Anwen and Juana, who are passionate about sisterhood and self-expression. Their symbiosis on stage, developed through years of friendship and shared experiences in dance and music, reveals childlike facets deeply rooted in their souls. Their art is intimate and accessible. Together, they discovered the freestyle scene and began practicing the African-American dance style hip-hop as an improvisational language at Grenzallee 5 (Jugendclub Neukölln). In the dance frenzy of Berlin’s clubs, their love for house music also unfolded, the club style in whose dance scene both are active today. videostream 29th March — 1st April on our website

COMING UP: reinkommen // ANWEN & JUANA // open studio // work in process 27 March 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on March 27th, thank you) The two artists ANWEN and JUANA are united by their search for a physical dialogue between origin and present, between ritualized, communal forms and the individual expressiveness embodied by house dance. While each of them pursues her own cultural starting point in her solo research, they come together in an exchange about movement, rhythm, and identity. Their common goal is to use the practice of house to find new ways to embody and transform cultural memories and ultimately share them in community. OSÉWHEN - that’s Berlin-based artists Anwen and Juana, who are passionate about sisterhood and self-expression. Their symbiosis on stage, developed through years of friendship and shared experiences in dance and music, reveals childlike facets deeply rooted in their souls. Their art is intimate and accessible. Together, they discovered the freestyle scene and began practicing the African-American dance style hip-hop as an improvisational language at Grenzallee 5 (Jugendclub Neukölln). In the dance frenzy of Berlin’s clubs, their love for house music also unfolded, the club style in whose dance scene both are active today. videostream 29th March — 1st April on our website

Looking back at reinkommen / open studio with NÚRIA CARRILLO ERRA & MIGUEL WITZKE PEREIRA Thank you to @dancewithlav @tui.bth & an anonymous guest for your thoughts and perspectives! The studio writer position at ada Studio has been existing since 2013. It was born out of the lack of publications of texts about dance in the feuilleton and gave the person who accompanied the performances at ada Studio for one year as a writer the opportunity to take a look at the artists and their works from their perspective and share it. After 12 years, we think it’s time for a change and also for a different form of publishing. During our research, we came across the @danceperformancetheatre channel on Instagram, met the owner Clara Dünnebeil and received permission to bring this wonderful format to ada Studio in an expanded form.  From August 2025, a total of 3 studio writers from different professional fields will publish their short texts: sharing impressions and thoughts about the performances at ada Studio. The aim is not reviews, but spontaneous comments and snapshots. The guiding principles are: appreciation for the work of the artists, honesty in sharing thoughts and an open and respectful exchange.

TOMORROW: reinkommen // NÚRIA CARRILLO ERRA & MIGUEL WITZKE PEREIRA // open studio // work in process 20 February 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on February 20th, thank you) Departing from the idea that TikTok dances emerged in the shadow of a real virus, this research examines contagion as a choreographic and social logic for success. At a moment when the independent dance scene is increasingly forced to shut down spaces, bodies, and practices, the urgency of dance comes sharply back into focus. Núria Carrillo Erra and Miguel Witzke Pereira investigate how viral dances operate as strategies of visibility, circulation, and survival, and ask whether their logics—replication, timing, and reach—can be translated, deconstructed, or recreated within a theatrical context. Through humour and embodied experimentation, the project questions what it means to “make it” as a dancer today. videostream 22 — 25 December 26 on our website

NÚRIA CARRILLO ERRA & MIGUEL WITZKE PEREIRA // reinkommen // open studio // work in process 20 February 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on February 20th, thank you) Departing from the idea that TikTok dances emerged in the shadow of a real virus, this research examines contagion as a choreographic and social logic for success. At a moment when the independent dance scene is increasingly forced to shut down spaces, bodies, and practices, the urgency of dance comes sharply back into focus. Núria Carrillo Erra and Miguel Witzke Pereira investigate how viral dances operate as strategies of visibility, circulation, and survival, and ask whether their logics—replication, timing, and reach—can be translated, deconstructed, or recreated within a theatrical context. Through humour and embodied experimentation, the project questions what it means to “make it” as a dancer today. videostream 22 — 25 December 26 on our website

COMING UP: reinkommen // NÚRIA CARRILLO ERRA & MIGUEL WITZKE PEREIRA // open studio // work in process 20 February 2026 at 18:00 live at ada studio Free entry. Please reserve a spot via ticket[at]ada-studio.de (Please register before 10 o’clock on February 20th, thank you) Departing from the idea that TikTok dances emerged in the shadow of a real virus, this research examines contagion as a choreographic and social logic for success. At a moment when the independent dance scene is increasingly forced to shut down spaces, bodies, and practices, the urgency of dance comes sharply back into focus. Núria Carrillo Erra and Miguel Witzke Pereira investigate how viral dances operate as strategies of visibility, circulation, and survival, and ask whether their logics—replication, timing, and reach—can be translated, deconstructed, or recreated within a theatrical context. Through humour and embodied experimentation, the project questions what it means to “make it” as a dancer today. videostream 22 — 25 December 26 on our website

Looking back at We hate pink! neworks / Wiederaufnahme with SUEKI YEE & GIORGIA BOVO Thank you to @dancewithlav @tui.bth & an anonymous guest for your thoughts and perspectives! The studio writer position at ada Studio has been existing since 2013. It was born out of the lack of publications of texts about dance in the feuilleton and gave the person who accompanied the performances at ada Studio for one year as a writer the opportunity to take a look at the artists and their works from their perspective and share it. After 12 years, we think it’s time for a change and also for a different form of publishing. During our research, we came across the @danceperformancetheatre channel on Instagram, met the owner Clara Dünnebeil and received permission to bring this wonderful format to ada Studio in an expanded form.  From August 2025, a total of 3 studio writers from different professional fields will publish their short texts: sharing impressions and thoughts about the performances at ada Studio. The aim is not reviews, but spontaneous comments and snapshots. The guiding principles are: appreciation for the work of the artists, honesty in sharing thoughts and an open and respectful exchange.