The dance classic Travelogue I – Twenty to eight by Sasha Waltz is celebrating its revival at the Sophiensæle. The piece from 1993 will be shown from 27 February to 2 March 2025. Further performances will take place at the Radialsystem from 3 to 6 April 2025. With Travelogue I – Twenty to eight, Sasha Waltz founded the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests together with Jochen Sandig in 1993. Waltz and Sandig were among the co-founders of Sophiensæle in 1996.
Image above: © Sebastian Bolesch.
After a seven-year break, Travelogue I – Twenty to eight is being revived at the Sophiensæle with a new dance cast. This revival is also a return to the beginning: one year after Sasha Waltz came to Berlin at the invitation of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, the choreographer founded the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests together with Jochen Sandig in 1993 – with Travelogue I – Twenty to eight. The piece is the prelude to the Travelogue trilogy, which is created in the following years and establishes the company’s success. With the world premiere of Allee der Kosmonauten, another production by Sasha Waltz opens the Sophiensæle on 23 September 1996.
Travelogue I – Twenty to eight, which emerged from a dialogue between five dancers from all over the world as part of a scholarship from Künstlerhaus Bethanien and in co-production with the Grand Theatre Groningen, was highly praised by critics and audiences alike. The expressive language of movement leaves room for abstraction. Simple events from everyday life with comic turning points form the contrast to dramatic and emotionally charged parts. With humour, aggression and sensuality, Sasha Waltz paints a moral picture of the present that has lost none of its explosiveness and relevance to this day: a dance classic.
Sasha Waltz: Travelogue I – Twenty to eight
In Travelogue I – Twenty to eight, Sasha Waltz uses humour, aggression and sensuality to paint a moral picture of the present that has lost none of its explosiveness and relevance over the years: a dance classic. The expressive language of movement leaves room for abstraction. Simple events of daily life with comic turning points form the contrast to dramatic and emotionally charged parts.
The revival of Travelogue I – Twenty to eight in February & March 2025 at the Sophiensæle marks a return to the beginning: just one year after Sasha Waltz came to Berlin, she founded the dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests together with Jochen Sandig in 1993 – with Travelogue I – Twenty to eight. It was also the prelude to the Travelogue trilogy, which was created in the following years, establishing the company’s success and becoming iconic. To this day, the timeless piece continues to delight audiences worldwide and is now being passed on to a new generation of dancers for the second time.
WHEN?
Sophiensæle:
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 8 pm
Friday, February 28, 2025, 8 pm
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 5 pm
Sunday, March 2, 2025, 8 pm
Radialsystem:
Thursday, April 3, 2025, 8 pm
Friday, April 4, 2025, 8 pm
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 8 pm
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 6 pm
WHERE?
Sophiensæle
Sophienstraße 18
10178 Berlin
Radialsystem
Holzmarktstraße 33
10243 Berlin
