bAOBAB
An African legend depicts the first Baobab as so beautiful that, caught up in its appeal, it became quite arrogant. In response, the gods, seeking to give it a lesson, turned the tree upside down for eternity. Baobab uses poetic language to draw a parallel between this legend with issues of migration and territorial nature. Linking the symbolism of the uprooted tree “with its roots up in the air” with a search for belonging and origins.
Funded by Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Stiftung Niedersachsen and Kulturbüro Hannover. Co-produced with EISFABRIK Hannover.
Previous shows:
9,10,16,17,23 & 24 Juni 2023. ESIFABRIK Hannover / TanzOFFensive Festival 2023
15 & 16 September 2023. LOT Theater Braunschweig
Choreography and production: Alma Edelstein
Dancers and collaborators: Susanna Ylikoski, Nina Melcher and Ludovica Ballarin
Music: Moritz Heidrich
Dramaturgy: Sara Dirks
Costumes: Sabine Mech
Light design: Alma Edelstein
Length: 60min
ODE TO PHANES
Ode to Phanes
Nothing in this world happens isolated, our interconnected reality is now, more visible than ever. Our bodies contain information about these links; they let us know about our own connected, dissociated, shared, held, or abandoned inner spaces. Through our bodies, we can sense the intertwined nature of our human condition. My work “Ode to Phanes” is charged with the symbolism of these dynamics that I metaphorically relate to the mythical Orphic figure “Phanes”. The poem relates that Phanes, hatched from a cosmic egg as an androgynous deity, giving life to the universe. This symbolic figure, which contains it all, speaks to me about the inherited coexistence of all that is. "Ode to Phanes" draws from these narratives to create a charged atmosphere that speaks about universal dynamics like duality, oneness, individualization, and communion.
Previous shows:
17-18.12.2022 Tanzzeit Part VI. LOT Theater, Braunschweig (DE)
05.07.2022 Florence Dance Festival (IT) Sponsored by Goethe Institute
14.11.21 SongBum International Dance Festival. Korea
21.08.21 Platform 14. Uferstudios, Berlin (DE)
06.06.21 What we Are platform. Udine (IT) Sponsored by Goethe Institute
16.10.20 Centro Cultural Más Palomas. Las Palmas, Canary Islands (SP)
18.10.20 Auditorio Tenerife. Tenerife, Canary Islands (SP)
19.10.20 Centro coreográfico de la Gomera. La Gomera, Canary Islands (SP)
21.10.20 Teatro Circo de Marte. La Palma, Canary Islands (SP)
22.10.20 Centro cultural Los Asabanos. El Hierro, Canary Islands (SP)
23.10.20 Teatro Victor Fernandez. Lanzarote, Canary Islands (SP)
25.10.20 Auditorio Insular. Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (SP)
26.10.20 Teatro Perez Galdos. Las Palmas, Canary Islands (SP)
16.09.20 Linkage International Dance competition. Sofia (BG) -prize by Stream Dance-
02.08.20 Int. Dance Festival Tanzwerkstatt Europa. Munich (DE)
18-20.07.20 Int. Dance Festival Kulturraum Rosenhof. Wiesental (DE)
Choreography: Alma Edelstein
Dancers and collaborators: Melissa Kieffer and Susanna Ylikoski
Music: “Heptapod B” by Jóhann Jóhannsson & “Order from Chaos” by Max Cooper
Music arrangements: Guillermo Fiallo Montero
Length: 10min
Pictures: Jesus Robisco
Video: Toni Llobet
educational choreographic works
A Wave (2019)
An educational project with 23 young Ballet students that was developed in 10 school hours.
My pedagogic approach aims to provide students with somatic, partner, and floor-work experience. Inspired by the ocean waves, I developed this choreographic exercise for the stage following my own vocabulary research.
Choreography: Alma Edelstein
Dancers: 11 to 15 years old students
Music: “A claim to the throne” by Max Richter
Hosting institution: Performing Arts School & Conservatory of Porto
A Memory (2019)
An Educational project for advanced Ballet students
Ballet students require a bridge between what they know and contemporary dance. This duet was pedagogically thought to provide these two young dancers with that experience
Hosting institution: Performing Arts School & Conservatory of Porto
Choreography: Alma Edelstein
Dancers: Daniela Duarte and João Soledade
Music: “Minim” by Dustin O’Halloran
Poem: “Nobody wants a lonely heart” by Philip Glass and Robert Black.
previos works and collaborations
— under construction