The Japanese word 開花 (Kaika), along with the concept of blooming, is the theme of TANZ_KASSEL's season. Kaika is composed of the characters 開 (opening, unfolding) and 花 (flower) and means flowering or blossoming. It describes the moment when a flower opens its bud and blooms in all its glory. This meaning can be understood both literally and metaphorically—as a symbol of growth, unfolding, and the beginning of something new. It becomes a metaphor for life, which blossoms amidst death and decay but can never last. A fleeting moment of elevation that is inevitably swallowed by darkness.

The Whole And Its Parts (at)

Staatstheater Kassel

Hofesh Shechter is one of the most outstanding and sought-after figures in the contemporary dance scene. He is known for his impressive choreographies in a unique movement language, characterized by high physicality and corporeality, accompanied by his own musical compositions of epic power. tHE bAD is an abstract choreography that aims to break through conventional patterns and structures, to live and celebrate anarchy, but also to question it. The piece celebrates freedom and pure movement, explores rhythm and choreographic structure(s), and, in its captivating and vibrant sound mix, investigates the connection between music and movement, the connection between life and death.

tHE bAD / Shuv

Im berühmten Andante seines d-Moll-Streichquartetts komponiert Schubert nach dem Text von Matthias Claudius einen eisig eintretenden Tod und zeichnet ihn mit düsteren Mollakkorden – doch dieser Tod entpuppt sich auch als Freund, als Erlöser und rückt das Werk in ein Spannungsfeld zwischen Leben und Tod, Jugendlichkeit und Vergänglichkeit, und liefert trotz bestürzender Todesnähe final Seelenbalsam. Im Doppeltanzabend Der Tod und das Mädchen, des Griechen Andonis Foniadakis und des aus Israel stammenden Eyal Dadon, ist der Tod nicht das Ende im end...


Anastasios Tassos Sofroniou

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tHE bAD / Shuv · Staatstheater Kassel

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