A selection of writings:
Körper aus Wasser, Körper des Chthuluzäns
[Body of Water, Body of the Chthulucene]
A two-part essay co-authored by dancer and free diving champion Natalia Wilk, published as part of the compendium « Die Philosophie des Tanzens » (Engl. « The Philosophy of Dancing ») by Ursina Tossi and Maximilian Probst at Mairisch Verlag. Mairisch Verlag
Allow the darkness to be part of the experience
About the showing of “GLADE” by choreographer Beatrix Joyce presented on 9th of October 2025 – Tanzfabrik Studio, Grüntaler Straße, Berlin.
It started with rain. Not with the type of rain that soaks the collar of your coat and makes your face moist, but with a rain that tinkles in your ears, that gently crackles away and lets you enter a soft stupor. We are outside, we hear rain, yet, we don’t get wet.
Article at STREAMA double bill of doubling humanity
About the performances of « Bodies of Light » & « Close by, So far – Landscapes of Infinity » by Isabelle Schad – Venue: Sophiensäle, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of April 2025
On two subsequent nights, first in the front row snuggled up in a bean bag, then seated high up in the ranks near the technician’s desk, Lea Pischke is audience to the double bill “Bodies of Light” and “Close by, So far – Landscapes of Infinity” by choreographer Isabelle Schad. The former stands in a long line of portraits, the latter enters new choreographic territory, yet both work with a unique sense of energy exchange and a highly political form of personhood.
Article at STREAMThe pleasures that keep you alive: Thoughts on the performance of Uses of the Erotic by Daria Iuriichuk.
On « Uses of the Erotic (WT) » by Daria Iuriichuk at Tanzfabrik, 18 October 2024
On Friday, 18 October 2024, in a shop front make-shift dance studio run by Tanzfabrik Berlin, artist Daria Iuriichuk launches herself into a catalogue of the sensual exposure of desire, a power trip, a both humorous and serious gazing-game, the unspoken dialogue of “I am in charge and I am flirting with you.” Lea Pischke steps in as audience, performance writer, and other roles this evening.
Article at STREAMThe uncanny mix of ludicrous and dangerous
On « Solo for boy » by Sasha Amaya, at Dock11, Berlin, January 2024
In “Solo for Boy”, that which might seem at first as yet another take on a group of people who are staunchly keeping their place at the top of humanity’s pecking order, reveals itself as a dance piece with many twists up its sleeve, twists which have the audience wondering why they want to chuckle, and why they might at times awkwardly nod – in disapproval.
The elephant in the room behind a plastic bag
On the cancelled show of « Plastic Bag » by Yulia Arsen in the frame of Springforward Festival at Elefsina, Greece, April-May 2022
Saying what is difficult, sharing information that might be uncomfortable, requires public discussion. Choosing muteness over debate is doing a better job than any regime leader actively oppressing his country’s media might accomplish.