New creation „ailes en haut à gauche“ (working title)

Aile en haut à gauche reinvents the figure of the angel, somewhere between grace and awkwardness. Dance and poetry bring to life hybrid beings—celestial and fragile. The costumes give rise to shifting figures, between the heavenly and the earthly. An ode to...

Mit plumper Eleganz

The duet “mit plumper Eleganz” (“with awkward elegance”) is inspired by Camus’ philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus and reflects the absurdity of our existence in an ironic and poetic way. The dance, based on everyday movements, is a kind of homage to the...

Like or swipe

In the solo Like or Swipe, Djamila Polo draws inspiration from the mating displays of various animals, as well as from human codes of seduction, to create a character somewhere between creature, animal, and human. Over the course of five minutes, this character...

Lay all your love on me

Blending the courtship rituals of animals with the seductive gestures of humans, I bring to the stage a creature suspended between beast and person — driven by universal longings for love and recognition, and by a deep, aching solitude. Premiere: Oktober 2022 in Pina...

with the Folkwang Tanzstudio

„An Universal Hostility“Choreography: Carla JordaoPremiere: June 2024 in Neue Aula, Essen Photo: Christian Clarke „Eyes held wild horizons“ and „Stand/Still“Choreography: Maya Matilda Carroll and Jakub TruszkowskiPremiere: January 2024 in SANAA, Essen...