<p>Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s most important contemporary artists. In spring 2021, the Gropius Bau devotes the first comprehensive retrospective in Germany to Kusama’s work.</p>

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Nancy Holt: Circles of Light / Pallavi Paul: How Love Moves

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<p>Experiments with Sound, Image, Objects 1966&ndash;1986</p>


<p>Over the course of five decades, Nancy Holt explored how we perceive our environment and how we attempt to understand our place on the surface of this planet. <em>Circles of Light&nbsp;</em>is the artist&rsquo;s most comprehensive survey exhibition in Germany to date.</p>


<p>Nancy Holt: Circles of Light</p>


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<p>With&nbsp;<em>How Love Moves</em>, the Gropius Bau presents the first major institutional solo exhibition of Pallavi Paul. In the exhibition, the artist&rsquo;s unique cinematic practice is in dialogue with spatial installations especially conceived for the Gropius Bau.</p>


<p>Pallavi Paul: How Love Moves</p>


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<p>On 15 and 16 June the Berliner Festspiele will show a special guest production by the Israeli director Amos Gitai. His play &ldquo;House&rdquo;, which premiered at the La colline &ndash; th&eacute;&acirc;tre national in Paris in 2023, now receives its German premiere as part of our 4-day focus &ldquo;Reflexes &amp; Reflections. 7 October, the war in Gaza and the debate in Germany&rdquo; at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.</p>


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<p>On four themed days, curated by Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel, the Berliner Festspiele wishes to create a space for nuanced reflection without adopting reflex positions on one of what is assumed to be only two possible sides.</p>


<p>Reflexes &amp; Reflections</p>


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<p><span><span>The Theatertreffen der Jugend presents seven works by young theatre makers. From musicals and interpretations of classics to collages, activist pieces and a martial arts performance &ndash; the selection occupies a broad stylistic spectrum. The programme schedule has been announced and tickets are on sale.</span></span></p>


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<p>Berlin is known for its numerous &ldquo;Spielpl&auml;tze&rdquo; for kids, but the project <em>Radical Playgrounds</em>, which is commissioned by Berliner Festspiele, is a place where play gets serious. Since 27 April 2024 it arrives at Gropius Hain for eleven weeks like an itinerant, temporary funfair: both melancholic and light-hearted, sad and joyful, funny and serious.</p>


Radical Playgrounds: From Competition to Collaboration

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The Berliner Festspiele organise a range of festivals and art exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, readings, lectures, debates and much more throughout the year. These events are presented at a range of locations across Berlin but are concentrated primarily at their own two venues: the Gropius Bau and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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<p>Considered one of the key works of modernism, it is a hundred years after the genesis of Igor Stravinsky&rsquo;s &ldquo;Le Sacre du Printemps&rdquo; that Sasha Waltz takes on the Mariinsky Theatre&rsquo;s offer to engage with this extraordinary piece of musical and dance history. Its title translates to &ldquo;The Rite of Spring&rdquo;.&nbsp;For this evening, it is accompanied by the &ldquo;Sc&egrave;ne d&rsquo;Amour&rdquo; from &ldquo;Rom&eacute;o et Juliette&rdquo; by Hector Berlioz and her choreography &ldquo;L&rsquo;Apr&egrave;s-midi d&rsquo;un faune&rdquo; to the music of Claude Debussy.</p>


<p>Sasha Waltz &amp; Guests: Sacre</p>


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<p>As part of the international festival Tanz im August, three productions will be shown at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in August 2024. Advance booking for two productions is now open.</p>


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<p>In 2024, the Musikfest Berlin will once again open the concert season in late summer with top-class international orchestras, celebrated conductors and remarkable soloists. The full programme is online. Advance ticket sales has started.</p>


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<p>The second season, presented between October 2024 and January 2025, will concentrate on memory and heritage in contemporary performing arts, with a focus on New York&rsquo;s dance and performance scene.</p>


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The 10 Remarkable Productions 2024

<p>On 26 January, the Theatertreffen&rsquo;s jury of critics announced their selection of 10 remarkable productions for the 2024 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants! The programme will be published on 5 April.</p>


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<p>&ldquo;Radical Playgrounds&rdquo;, an art parcours at the Gropius Bau, is spending eleven weeks exploring the differences between the concepts of play as competition and free play. Visitors are invited to walk and climb on the various installations and sculptures, to activate them and to shape the project collectively.</p>


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<h3>Sasha Waltz &amp; Guests: Sacre</h3>

<h4>27 to 30 June 2024</h4>

<p>Considered one of the key works of modernism, it is a hundred years after the genesis of Igor Stravinsky&rsquo;s &ldquo;Le Sacre du Printemps&rdquo; that Sasha Waltz takes on the Mariinsky Theatre&rsquo;s offer to engage with this extraordinary piece of musical and dance history. Its title translates to &ldquo;The Rite of Spring&rdquo;.&nbsp;For this evening, it is accompanied by the &ldquo;Sc&egrave;ne d&rsquo;Amour&rdquo; from &ldquo;Rom&eacute;o et Juliette&rdquo; by Hector Berlioz and her choreography &ldquo;L&rsquo;Apr&egrave;s-midi d&rsquo;un faune&rdquo; to the music of Claude Debussy.</p>


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<p>The massacre, hostage-taking and rocket attacks by Hamas have shaken us deeply. The grue-some attack on Israel on 7&nbsp;October left us stunned and initially lost for words.</p>


<p>The Berliner Festspiele on Current Events in Israel, Gaza and Germany</p>


<p>With this letter of intent, we, the signing cultural organizations, express our intention to welcome, host and stage Ukrainian theatre artists in our venues, to make Ukrainian dramatic work visible to the European community.</p>


<p>Support of the Ukrainian Cultural Scene</p>


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<h4>7 October, the War in Gaza and the Debate in Germany</h4>

<h4>13 to 16 June 2024</h4>

<p>On four themed days, curated by Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel, the Berliner Festspiele wishes to create a space for nuanced reflection without adopting reflex positions on one of what is assumed to be only two possible sides.</p>


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<h4>2 to 20 May 2024</h4>

<p>The 10&nbsp;remarkable productions, selected by a jury of critics, were announced in a press conference on 26&nbsp;January 2024, 11:00. The programme will be published on 5&nbsp;April, advance ticket sales will start on 19&nbsp;April at 14:00</p>


Kill your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia

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<h3>&ldquo;Kill your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia&rdquo;</h3>

<h4>By Ren&eacute; Pollesch</h4>

<p>Ren&eacute; Pollesch provided unforgettable moments at the Theatertreffen in 2002 with the invitation to his &ldquo;Prater-Trilogie&rdquo; parts 1 to 3 and in 2012 with &quot;Kill your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia for unforgettable moments at the Theatertreffen, for which we are deeply grateful. Ren&eacute; Pollesch died suddenly and unexpectedly on 26 February at the age of 61. The 3sat recording of &ldquo;Kill your Darlings! Streets of Berladelphia&rdquo; is available in our media library until 27&nbsp;May 2024.</p>


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<h3>Radical Playgrounds: From Competition to Collaboration</h3>

<h4>27 April to 14 July 2024</h4>

<p>Berlin is known for its numerous &ldquo;Spielpl&auml;tze&rdquo; for kids, but the project &ldquo;Radical Playgrounds&rdquo; is a place where play gets serious.&nbsp;It arrives at Gropius Hain for eleven weeks like an itinerant, temporary funfair: both melancholic and light-hearted, sad and joyful, funny and serious.&nbsp;</p>


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<p>We have been following EMAS guidelines for sustainable environmental performance since 2013. Find out more about our goals and the measures that we have already taken on the website of our umbrella organisation.</p>


<p>Sustainable Environmental Performance</p>


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<p>Start of the new campaign</p>


<p>Active since 2018, the national network DIE VIELEN formulates clear positions against enmity, right-wing extremism and attacks against artistic freedom. With the campaign &ldquo;SHIELD &amp; SHINE&rdquo;, the alliance is calling out to take an even stronger stance in support of a plural, democratic orientation of the world.</p>


<p>SHIELD &amp; SHINE &ndash; We Are Many</p>


<h3>Sustainable Environmental Performance</h3>

<p>We have been following EMAS guidelines for sustainable environmental performance since 2013. Find out more about our goals and the measures that we have already taken on the website of our umbrella organisation.</p>


<h3>Musikfest Berlin</h3>

<h4>24 August to 18 September 2024</h4>

<p>In 2024, the Musikfest Berlin will once again open the concert season in late summer with top-class international orchestras, celebrated conductors and remarkable soloists. The full programme is online. Advance ticket sales has started.</p>


<h3>Performing Arts Season</h3>

<h4>9 October 2024 to 25 January 2025</h4>

<p>The second season, presented between October 2024 and January 2025, will concentrate on memory and heritage in contemporary performing arts, with a focus on New York&rsquo;s dance and performance scene.</p>


<p>All year round, Berliner Festspiele host a multitude of festivals, exhibitions and individual events in two houses &ndash; the Haus der Berliner Festspiele at Schaperstra&szlig;e and the Gropius Bau near Potsdamer Platz &ndash; and other venues in the city.</p>


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<h4>36th International Festival Berlin</h4>

<p>As part of the international festival Tanz im August, three productions will be shown at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in August 2024. Advance booking for two productions is now open.</p>


<h3>Nancy Holt:&nbsp;Circles of Light</h3>

<h4>22 March to 21 July 2024</h4>

<p>Over the course of five decades, Nancy Holt explored how we perceive our environment and how we attempt to understand our place on the surface of this planet. From March 2024, the Gropius Bau presents <em>Circles of Light</em>, the artist&rsquo;s most comprehensive survey exhibition in Germany to date. It includes film, video, photography, sound works, concrete poetry, sculptures and expansive installations as well as drawings and documentation from over 25 years.</p>


<h3>Pallavi Paul: How Love Moves</h3>

<h4>22 March to 21 July 2024</h4>

<p>With <em>How Love Moves</em>, the Gropius Bau presents the first major institutional solo exhibition of Pallavi Paul. As an artist and film scholar, Paul engages the camera as her primary tool to interrogate how regimes of &ldquo;truth&rdquo; are produced and sustained in public life. Through her multimedia practice spanning film, installation, performance, drawing, photography and writing, she negotiates the documentary not only conjured as film or image &ndash; but as an ecology of materials, networks, global alliances and systems<span><span>.</span></span></p>


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