In C

As part of a collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and tanzmainz, the performances feature dancers from both ensembles.


Sasha Waltz's colourful expedition into the world of minimal music is based on Terry Riley's revolutionary and open composition of the same name. In the spring of 2021, the choreographer developed choreographic material alongside 10 dancers that follows a varying structure similar to the piece, thereby leaving space for infinitely new variations.


“In C” comprises an experimental process in constant evolution that develops further the long-standing artistic approach tried and tested by Sasha Waltz & Guests, as well as the dialogue between dance, music, and space, in both digital and analogue contexts

„The score of „In C“ consists of fifty-three musical phrases and reads like stage directions for musicians. The thought of translating these detailed instructions into dance through a choreographic exploration of the music appealed to me. The result is an experimental system of fifty-three movement phrases for a structured improvisation with clear rules and laws. The length of the piece remains variable, as does the number of musicians and dancers.“

Sasha Waltz