Deva Schubert: vocal collisions (variations on the mouth) (2026)

In the new performance ‘vocal collisions (variations on the mouth)’, which builds on her ‘Glitch Choir’ series, Deva Schubert explores the various facets of the mouth through a vocal choreography of microtonal sounds. Here, the mouth becomes both a resonating chamber and an instrument.

Accompanied by a soundtrack by Davide Luciani, five performers form shifting vocal constellations, oscillating between gentleness and confrontation.

Deva Schubert is a choreographer and artist based in Berlin. She studied dance in Salzburg, Kassel, Copenhagen and at the HZT Berlin, as well as fine art at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. Her works operate at the intersection of dance, installation and digital media, addressing questions of intimacy, collectivity and transdisciplinary synergies. As a dancer, she has worked for, amongst others, Isabelle Schad, Michael Portnoy and Julie Favreau at festivals such as the Venice Biennale, documenta 14 and the Steirischer Herbst.

Her work “Glitch Choir” was awarded the ImPulsTanz Young Choreographers’ Award in 2024 and has been shown at venues including the Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Sophiensælen in Berlin.

PERFORM! is curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie, alongside Lisa Botti, curator at the Neue Nationalgalerie, and Gregor Quack, Volkswagen Group Curator.

• The American Academy in Berlin is a partner of PERFORM! 2026.