Con Fusion: Sasha Waltz on creating connecting choreographies
On 15 February 2026, the choreographer will make her Berlinale debut with a lecture as part of Berlinale Talents. Her talk will focus on the creation of connectivity in her choreographies, including in the context of cinematography and music.
Film has played an important role in choreographer Sasha Waltz's work from the very beginning: her international debut »Travelogue I – Twenty to Eight« (1993) was inspired by Luis Buñuel and Jean Luc Godard. The aesthetics of early silent films also influenced this phase of her work. In »Allee der Kosmonauten« (1996), she integrated a video installation, and in »insideout« (2003), the action on stage was filmed from different perspectives and broadcast live. Many of her works have been filmed.
Dance often serves to make the unconscious visible in film and is currently experiencing a renaissance. In her first Berlinale lecture, Waltz examines how connectivity arises in choreography, using her current pieces »In C« and »for the time being« as examples. With film exerpts from »Körper«, »noBody« and »Kreatur«, she explores the question of how movements on stage and in film appear authentic – especially when depicting chaos.
