Nothing can express individuality better than a single human body. This evening demonstrates three individual dance solos from different cultural backgrounds, as a small, aesthetically attractive cosmos from our world.

Gundula Peuthert, Berlin

svhet’zes – Dialoge einer Frau

A dancer gives insights into her everyday life. Her thoughts, dreams and visions are reflected on the stage. An interplay between dance and video art.

Gundula Peuthert, born in Cottbus in 1969, studied dance and choreography in Leipzig and Berlin. She is an independent dancer and choreographer in Berlin. Employed since 1997 at the Vogtlandtheater Plauen, its artistic director in 1999/2000. Since that time she is an independant dancer and choreographer, also a guest choreographer at the Cottbus state theatre.

Elena Sommer (photo), born in Leipzig in 1971, completed a stage dance degree at the Leipzig ballet school, and her masters and dance education degree at Palucca Schule Dresden. Work with Robert Wilson, Holger Bey and others. At the euro-scene Leipzig 2000, she made a guest appearance in »Pißputt« by Barbora Kryslová.

Eduard Gabia, Bukarest

Bonus

Eduard Gabia chose physical extreme conditions such as days of blindness and sleep deprivation as research field. The movement in the dark is synonymous with the ignorance that is enlightened by a short incidence of light, i.e. human understanding.

Eduard Gabia, born in Bucharest in 1979, trained at the »Floria Capsali« college of choreography and at the theatre and film academy in Bucharest. Since 1997, he has been working as a dancer with choreographers such as Sorana Badea and Mihai Mihalcea, and he is one of Romania’s most innovative choreographers.

Pelma, Limassol

Eye to I

Where is a person’s external key to how they are inside? There are always several sides to a person who is difficult to recognise through physical and emotional patterns.

Lia Haraki was born in Limassol/Cyprus in 1975 and studied at the Laban Centre in London. In 2003, she founded the Omada Pelma company (now called Pelma) and she has choreographed numerous pieces. At the euro-scene Leipzig 2004, Lia Haraki guest starred with her solo »Evergreen«.