Performance for Children by Renae Shadler
How does the wind blow around the Earth, and how does the movement of air connect people across national borders? When five dancers perform in the choreography “Greyline” alongside Aerocene’s ethereal sculptures, the boundaries between air, the body, and urban space dissolve. We suddenly see air, we hear air, we move together with the air.
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20 Jahre Radialsystem: Schrumpf! Greyline 1
20 Jahre Radialsystem: Schrumpf! Greyline 2
The sun and wind know no borders—so why do we? Renae Shadler’s performance “Greyline” premiered in 2024 at Gleisdreieck Park and, to mark its 20th anniversary, is being presented in an adapted and “shrunken” version on the grounds of the Radialsystem.
Since 2020, the “Schrumpf!” series has been presenting Berlin-based productions in a family-friendly format. Children and families are invited to watch as the enormous black objects take shape, fill with wind, and rise with the sun’s warmth. We listen to the forces of nature, rustle through the area, and welcome the day together.
“Greyline” refers both to a blurred boundary and to the day-night boundary that connects one half of the planet in darkness with the other in daylight: a delicate and constantly shifting band that transcends geopolitical boundaries. The performance and kinetic installation “Greyline” by Renae Shadler explores the dividing lines between the visible and the invisible, and between human and non-human bodies. The movements of five dancers intertwine on the grounds of the Radialsystem with two ethereal Aerocene sculptures. These 400-cubic-meter, air-filled sculptures—carried by the wind and lifted by the sun—give form to the invisible materials and atmospheres that surround us.
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Dates
September 2026
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