Reflektor Sasha Waltz

Waltz appears on stage twice: in an intimate encounter with cellist Anastasia Kobekina and Bach’s cello suites, and, together with other dancers, in »for the time being«, a radical focus on the present moment set to the ambient sounds of experimental composer Diego Noguera. On two evenings, she brings the explosive force of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 to the stage. In the project »Fluence«, dance enters into a spontaneous, partly improvised dialogue with music, this time spanning works from across the centuries. Also featured in the »Reflektor« programme is the post-industrial band The Young Gods, who join Waltz’s company to revive Terry Riley’s »In C«, which received standing ovations in the Grand Hall in 2024 and now returns for a powerful festival finale. Audiences experience all of this up close, sometimes in the midst of the action, or, as in the work of Ayumi Paul, even as an integral part of the performance.