The performance takes place as a double bill with Lounge by Marga Alfeirão. The performances will be shown one after the other with an interval of 45 minutes. When you buy your ticket, you will receive a combi-ticket that allows you to attend both performances.
We recommend wearing an FFP2 mask for the performance visit.
Bang Bang Bodies embarks on a choreographic journey into the collective imaginary. What brings bodies together? Where can the experience of togetherness be situated? The work uses headbanging – common in the metal and punk scenes, rituals, and protests – as an endless chain of reciprocity of space and time, sweat and breath, but also historical, cultural and political particles between bodies. On stage two performers explore the effect of exhaustion, repetition and persistence, bringing out both personal and cultural memories and ideas of how we perceive our bodies in relation to others and the world. They engage in an exchange that is never static but always turbulent.
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event.
General: The performance lasts about 45 minutes and does not use language. Dimmed lights, neon tubes, strobe lights, flickering lights, fog and smoke are used on stage. The sound gradually becomes a rhythmic drone that continues throughout the performance. The sound circulates around the audience and can thus be heard from different directions. It gets loud at some points. Earplugs are available at the box office and at the entrance.
Combi-Ticket: The performance takes place as a double bill with Lounge by Marga Alfeirão. This means that when you buy your ticket, you will receive a combi-ticket that allows you to attend both performances. The performances will be shown one after the other. Reserved tickets must be picked up at the box office by 7.30 pm.
Audience area: The audience area on the grandstand is seated. There are two wheelchair spaces and two beanbag seats, which can be reserved or purchased at the online ticket shop or box office, depending on availability.
Early Boarding: If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding. This is early admission for all people (especially with visible or non-visible disabilities) who want a specific seat or a more relaxed entry. Early Boarding usually starts 10-20 minutes before the performance starts. The meeting point is next to the bar. Five minutes before Early Boarding begins, an on-site announcement will draw your attention to it once again. Our evening staff will be happy to help you find the meeting point.
You can also find more information about accessibility here.
Xenia Koghilaki is a dancer and choreographer coming from Greece. Based in Berlin since 2019, she holds an MA in “Solo/Dance/Authorship” from HZT-Berlin. She has previously studied dance and architecture in Greece. The body both as a concept and as a research tool, is placed at the center of her artistic interest, while her practice focuses on challenging the triptych of power-knowledge-body. She has presented her work in Onassis New Choreographers Festival, Arc For Dance Festival, K-Gold Temporary Gallery, Megaron Underground, among others. As a dancer, she has worked with Kat Válastur, André Uerba, Chto Delat, Porson’s Khashoggi, Hellenic Dance Company, among others. She is a danceweb scholarship holder of ImpulsTanz Festival.
Concept, Choreography, Performance Xenia Koghilaki In collaboration with: Co-creation, Performance Luisa Fernanda Alfonso Sound Design Ernesto Cárcamo Cavazos Light Design Vito Walter Outside Eye André Uerba, Dorota Michalak Mentoring Kat Válastur Tutors Sandra Noeth, Janez Janša
Produced by Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT-Berlin), with the support of Studienabschluss-Stipendium für internationale Studierende at UdK. The 32nd Tanztage Berlin is a production of the SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V., HZT Berlin and Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte. Media partners: Siegessäule, taz and Berlin Art Link.