"TERMINAL; dances for organ"

Saturday, 18. Oct 2025 – Sunday, 19. Oct 2025

Performances on October 18 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Performances on October 19 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Sophienkirche

Dance | Performance | Artificial Intelligence | Organ

A compelling examination of the human quest for transcendence in the age of artificial intelligence.

Can AI lead us to a collective metamorphosis? Or is there something in its nature that precludes the emergence of a shared unconscious from the outset? Set against the baroque backdrop of Sophienkirche, this 60-minute AI-modified choreography follows our search for something sublime  — from the splendor of the Baroque court to the depth of religious reverence to the ecstasy of club culture and deep into the temptations of modern algorithmic rabbit holes — to understand what repeatedly awakens longing in us.

Together with the imposing Schuke organ of the Sophienkirche, three dancers unfold their movements during an evening of data extraction. Will their dance with AI be a joint minuet or an extravagant staging of their quest for something greater than themselves?

Program:
"TERMINAL; dances for organ"

Contributors:
Concept, choreography, dance, + co-direction: Katrina E. Bastian
Organ: Romain C. Bertheau,
dramaturgy + co-direction: Lisa Homburger
Coding: Aaron Hilbig + Hans Bischoff
Lighting + set design: Marc Jungreithmeier
Costumes: Mathieu Amadou Hilbig
Dance + co-choreography: Janan Laubscher, Renan Manhaes
Production assistant: Marie Wörner

Tickets: Price range from €21 to €14 at your discretion via eventfrog.

Organizer: Katrina Bastian in cooperation with Kultur Büro Elisabeth
Partner: Diorama Berlin

Funding:
Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Photo © Kristin Jakubek 

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