International »In C« projects - diverse, participatory, in the middle of a war

The transfer of the material to a growing international dance community has already resulted in »In C« projects in Reggio Emilia (Italy), Sofia (Bulgaria), Tbilisi (Georgia), throughout Mexico and Pune (India), and in Kharkiv in the Ukraine - each guided by »In C« tutors by Sasha Waltz & Guests.


These projects follow different approaches and set varying priorities. The »In C« project of the Toplocentrala - Regional Center for Contemporary Arts in Sofia was the first in May 2022 and supported the local contemporary dance scene, which was still heavily influenced by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

»In C« project at Toplocentrala - Regional Center for Contemporary Arts, Sofia, May 2022

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In December 2022, the first inclusive »In C« project was created in Tbilisi in cooperation with »InForm - Platform for Inclusive Minds«, in which dancers with and without disabilities performed together on stage.

»In C« inclusive in cooperation with »InForm – Platform for Inclusive Minds«, Tbilisi, December 2022

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The »In C« performance as part of the KharkivMusicFest in Ukraine in June 2023, initiated by Sasha Waltz and the festival director and conductor Vitali Alekseenok, was also a very special project: within a very short time and under difficult conditions, dancers from Kharkiv and Kiev learned the choreographic material in online training with a dancer from Sasha Waltz & Guests and brought it to a professional performance in the middle of the war.

»In C« as part of the KharkivMusicFest in Ukraine, June 2023

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In Mexico, MOVES (Movimiento Escénico) has been creating its own »In C« community since 2022 with workshops and performances throughout the country. The collaboration with MOVES culminated in a very special performance on November 28, 2023: for the first time, dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests and Mexican dancers performed »In C« together. The performance took place at the FORO FIL (Feria Internacional del Libro), the main stage of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, in front of more than 800 spectators and was part of the program of the European Union, which was the guest of honor at FIL 2023.

»In C« in Mexico 2022

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As a production of the Goethe-Institut Venezuela and the Fundación

Compañía Nacional de Danza and with the support of the German Federal

Foreign Office, the piece was shown at various locations in Caracas

between 6 and 12 November 2023.

»In C« in Caracas

In Pune, India, the Centre Of Contemporary Dance and Hrishikesh Pawar

have been developing their own »In C« community with workshops and performances throughout the country since 2022.

Rehearsal of the professional dancers with Hrishikesh Pawar