BEYOND LINES

The performance explores the theme of crossing boundaries: the movements of setting out, of waiting, of fear and of hope. Leaving behind one’s homeland, language and familiar surroundings. The courage to take a step into the unknown.

At the Tränenpalast – a place of farewell, control and transition – choreographic images of resistance, loss and change take shape. Bodies seek paths through obstacles, hesitate, carry, fall, rise again and forge new connections.

The choreography invites the audience to experience the Tränenpalast as a place of remembrance and, at the same time, as a place of new encounters. It asks what boundaries people must overcome – then as now – and what movements emerge when we find the courage to cross them.

Performance times:

6.00 pm, doors open at 5.45 pm

• 7.00 pm, doors open at 6.45 pm
• 8.00 pm, doors open at 7.45 pm

BEYOND LINES is a joint project by the Haus der Geschichte Foundation at the Tränenpalast and the LUNA PARK e.V. initiative to mark this year’s Berlin Freedom Week.

Since 2003, LUNA PARK has been combining professional dance production with socio-cultural practice. In its work, the team develops choreographic architectures in which bodies, space and social relationships are constantly being renegotiated. Together with people from different generations and cultural backgrounds, spaces for encounter, participation and social dialogue are created.

The Tränenpalast, a key border crossing point between 1962 and 1989, is a significant symbol of the division of Germany and serves as a reminder of the overcoming of the SED dictatorship and the struggle for freedom and democracy. Like the museum in the Kulturbrauerei, it belongs to the Haus der Geschichte Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Foundation’s mission is to educate the public about German contemporary history since 1945 and to maintain a comprehensive collection relating to this period. Admission to the exhibitions is free of charge.