NEWS
January-April 2023
Our research about the Impact of Social Media continues...
Last year, we dealt with the effects that the increasing flood of information in social media can have on people and their relationships.
We are now taking the movement material created in this process out of the typical theater space and are bringing it closer to people in a variety of ways at different locations.
In this way, we would like to enter into direct contact and exchange with the audience, sometimes even letting them become part of the artwork, in order to sensitize them to the subject matter and also to contemporary dance as an art form.
In the next three months we will test different performance formats and locations and invite you to participate in the different performances.
"...HERE!"
Interactive Dance Installation
@CLB Berlin
"Take one step mindfully", "Dance free", "How does silence feel?".
...HERE! is a counter-proposal to our existence in the middle of the media world. In an interactive dance installation, the audience is invited to pause in the here and now and, with time and all their senses, to immerse themselves in looking, experiencing and reflecting alongside the performers.
Embedded in the atmosphere of Volker Kreidler's photography exhibition at the CLB Gallery in Berlin, 3 dancers of the company perform a fixed choreography between different "experience stations". At a certain point, the spectators themselves become part of the dance installation and are allowed to enter the performance space and test out the stations alongside the dancers. In the process, they experience, for example, the collective movement in a "movement snake", and they are allowed to have a close-up photograph taken of a detail of their own body/posture/expression, which is projected live into the space. They can also observe the artistic creative process of a visual artist or simply immerse themselves in a moment of silence under the protection of silent headphones, trace a thought or let the choreography of the space take its effect on them.
In their installation, Company STEVE removes the boundaries between performance and audience space and integrates the individual decisions of their audience into their choreographic work
When: 1.4.23, 1.Round: 3:00pm 2. Round: 4:30pm, Duration: 30min
+ Artistic Talk with Volker Kreidler and Company STEVE, 3:30pm
Where: CLB Gallery Berlin
Who: Artistic Direction/Concept: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl
Performance: Bianca Dakli, Verena Steffen, Sinja J.Völl
Live Painting: Bianca Dakli Home | Bianca Dakli Abstract Art
Photoartist: Katia Cutropia Katia Cutropia
Sound: Company STEVE
Videodocumentation: Hendryk K.Kar
Free Entry!
Registration: programm@clb-berlin.de
More Information: CLB Gallery
...HERE! is a counter-proposal to our existence in the middle of the media world. In an interactive dance installation, the audience is invited to pause in the here and now and, with time and all their senses, to immerse themselves in looking, experiencing and reflecting alongside the performers.
Embedded in the atmosphere of Volker Kreidler's photography exhibition at the CLB Gallery in Berlin, 3 dancers of the company perform a fixed choreography between different "experience stations". At a certain point, the spectators themselves become part of the dance installation and are allowed to enter the performance space and test out the stations alongside the dancers. In the process, they experience, for example, the collective movement in a "movement snake", and they are allowed to have a close-up photograph taken of a detail of their own body/posture/expression, which is projected live into the space. They can also observe the artistic creative process of a visual artist or simply immerse themselves in a moment of silence under the protection of silent headphones, trace a thought or let the choreography of the space take its effect on them.
In their installation, Company STEVE removes the boundaries between performance and audience space and integrates the individual decisions of their audience into their choreographic work
When: 1.4.23, 1.Round: 3:00pm 2. Round: 4:30pm, Duration: 30min
+ Artistic Talk with Volker Kreidler and Company STEVE, 3:30pm
Where: CLB Gallery Berlin
Who: Artistic Direction/Concept: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl
Performance: Bianca Dakli, Verena Steffen, Sinja J.Völl
Live Painting: Bianca Dakli Home | Bianca Dakli Abstract Art
Photoartist: Katia Cutropia Katia Cutropia
Sound: Company STEVE
Videodocumentation: Hendryk K.Kar
Free Entry!
Registration: programm@clb-berlin.de
More Information: CLB Gallery
Exhibition Opening Performance @ CLB Gallery Berlin
In our second performance we will mingle directly with people celebrating the Exhibition Opening of the German photographer Volker Kreidel at the CLB Gallery in Berlin. Spot us at different places in the gallery throughout the opening and have a look at our Performance THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA:
When: Thursday 16.03.2023 @ 6:30 pm
Where: CLB Gallery Berlin Moritzplatz
Who: Artistic Direction/Concept: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl
Performance: Bianca Dakli, Annekatrin Kiesel, Sinja J.Völl
Music: Andreas Stefano & Company STEVE
Videodocumentation: Hendryk K.Kar
Free Entry!
More Information: CLB Gallery, FB Event
When: Thursday 16.03.2023 @ 6:30 pm
Where: CLB Gallery Berlin Moritzplatz
Who: Artistic Direction/Concept: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl
Performance: Bianca Dakli, Annekatrin Kiesel, Sinja J.Völl
Music: Andreas Stefano & Company STEVE
Videodocumentation: Hendryk K.Kar
Free Entry!
More Information: CLB Gallery, FB Event
City Tour
In our first performance we will mingle directly with people in the city center and perform individual "pop up" performances in selected outdoor locations.
When: Saturday 11.02.2023
Start: 1st round: approx.: 13:00 hrs in front of staircase museum "Körperwelten", Alexanderplatz
via Neptunbrunnen with end Karl- Liebknecht-Str.
Start: 2nd round: approx.: 15:00 h Lustgarten in front of Altes Museum
via Friedrichsbrücke to Hackescher Markt
Who: Artistic Director: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl, Dance: Laura Giuntoli, Sinja J.Völl, Music: Andrea Stefano, Video Documentation: Hendryk K. Kar
Have a look at our Online Flyer with more Informations about our performances and a short survey for those who happened to spot us on Saturday:
When: Saturday 11.02.2023
Start: 1st round: approx.: 13:00 hrs in front of staircase museum "Körperwelten", Alexanderplatz
via Neptunbrunnen with end Karl- Liebknecht-Str.
Start: 2nd round: approx.: 15:00 h Lustgarten in front of Altes Museum
via Friedrichsbrücke to Hackescher Markt
Who: Artistic Director: Verena Steffen with Sinja J.Völl, Dance: Laura Giuntoli, Sinja J.Völl, Music: Andrea Stefano, Video Documentation: Hendryk K. Kar
Have a look at our Online Flyer with more Informations about our performances and a short survey for those who happened to spot us on Saturday:
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"Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR, aid programm DIS-TANZEN by the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland."
"Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR, aid programm DIS-TANZEN by the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland."
May-August 2022
Movement-Research Project "The Impact of Social Media"
Concept: Verena Steffen
Dance/Choreography: Laura Giuntoli, Susanne Grau, Verena Steffen, Sinja J.Völl
Evaluation of Company Structures: Verena Steffen, Sinja J.Völl
More Information/Teaser: Instagram
Company STEVE is sharing parts of their movement research about how the consumption of social media can influence our actions, our state of being and our relationships. In the creative process the Company included results from a public survey as well as their own beliefs and observations.
The movement sequences developed reflect and embody social media as a strong force very much present in our society. The play with different speeds and how our brain and body is processing the increasing flood of information plays a major role.
In the open rehearsal, the work processes are made transparent and the participants are invited to self-reflection and exchange with others.
"Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR, aid programm DIS-TANZEN by the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland."
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LOCKED IN
Three Women. One Apartment. Lockdown.
A Danceartproject created by Company STEVE
LOCKED IN focuses on the relationship between three very different young women who happen to live together during the first lockdown of the pandemic in 2020. It is a danceartproject that reflects on the changes in behaviour and perception among the women towards each other and how their relationship changes over the course of the pandemic. While eagerly wishing to be alone, in the end they are just very glad NOT to be alone in this challenging phase of their lives.
Length: about 15 min
Three Women. One Apartment. Lockdown.
A Danceartproject created by Company STEVE
LOCKED IN focuses on the relationship between three very different young women who happen to live together during the first lockdown of the pandemic in 2020. It is a danceartproject that reflects on the changes in behaviour and perception among the women towards each other and how their relationship changes over the course of the pandemic. While eagerly wishing to be alone, in the end they are just very glad NOT to be alone in this challenging phase of their lives.
Length: about 15 min
Online showing:
When: April 22nd 8pm - May 1st 10pm
Where: www.companysteve.com , https://www.facebook.com/dancecompanysteve
The video will be published and stays on our social media channels from April 22nd 8pm until May 1st 10pm!
When: April 22nd 8pm - May 1st 10pm
Where: www.companysteve.com , https://www.facebook.com/dancecompanysteve
The video will be published and stays on our social media channels from April 22nd 8pm until May 1st 10pm!
Concept: Verena Steffen
Dancer/Choreographer: Bianca Dakli, Verena Steffen, Sinja Völl
Assistance: Katharina Scheidtmann
Sound: Moritz Mentzel
Film material: Joseph Devitt Tremblay
Edit: Joseph Devitt Tremblay, Verena Steffen
Supported by Tanzbasis Berlin, Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Betterplace.me
Dancer/Choreographer: Bianca Dakli, Verena Steffen, Sinja Völl
Assistance: Katharina Scheidtmann
Sound: Moritz Mentzel
Film material: Joseph Devitt Tremblay
Edit: Joseph Devitt Tremblay, Verena Steffen
Supported by Tanzbasis Berlin, Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Betterplace.me
