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*****Dancer/performer and videographer sought immediately for a creative residency near Philadelphia.****
Dates: July 26-August 6, 2010. Paid. For more information and to apply click here.

Coming Up: 

Fall Fieldwork! September 7-October 9, 2010, Tanzfabrik, 68 Möckernbrücke, Berlin-Kreuzberg. Artists, performers and writers of all genres will gather for five weekly meetings to show work and receive rigorous, supportive feedback following the Fieldwork feedback method. Fall Fieldwork will conclude with a public showing of work at Tanzfabrik.

Lots of new Yoga classes starting! See Rachel's full teaching schedule here.

Recent Events:

Rachel Brooker premiered a new work at SAVVY Contemporary,  Berlin-Neukölln, on March 19th, 2010. More on The Artaud Project here.

Rachel Brooker photographed by Claudia Lamas at Savvy Contemporary
The Artaud Project: Rachel Brooker/anima dance premiered a new work based on an Artaud quote at SAVVY Contemporary, Richardstr. 43/44, Berlin-Neukölln, on March 19th and 20th at 20:30. IV bottles, Britney Spears and a persistent lack of nudity. More here.



Rachel performed in Run Dry #3 with Bernardo Coloma,  March 24-27, 2010 at Theaterhaus Mitte. More info here.

FieldDay #1: a one-day event by The Field Berlin, March 14, 2010 at schwelle7. 

photo by Amelia Shull

My Patriot Act in Durham, NC: more photos here.

My Patriot Act  on tour!

October 31, 2009, 20:30, OT301, Amsterdam

November 7 and 8, 20:30, schwelle7, Uferstr. 6, Berlin-Wedding

November 20 and 21, 20:00, Common Ground Theater, Durham, NC, USA

December 16th, DC Arts Center, Washington, D.C., USA

Turns out Americans especially like this piece. Go figure!

ART GROWS HERE: Fieldwork Showing

October 28th, 20:30. The Field Berlin's first session of artist feedback practice culminated in a produced showing at schwelle 7 on October 28th. All participating artists will showed new work developed during the session. More info at The Field Berlin website.

Saturday, June 27th at 48 Std Neukölln: Rachel the Robot made her public debut. An electronic being with a brain for a heart and a loudspeaker built into her belly, on a quest for her reason for being.

Bertram Dhellemmes: guitar | Rachel Brooker: sensors (sonic costume by Benoît Maubrey)

concert in Taktfrei - Festival für freie Musik
-able Galerie - Hobrechtstrasse 28 12047 Berlin
27 June 2009 - 16:00


Photo by Adam Collingsworth

http://soundcloud.com/bertramd
http://www.benoitmaubrey.com
http://www.kultur-able.com
http://www.48-stunden-neukoelln.de



Clip Club Oh Beautiful: My Patriot Act short film screened at Clip Club
Saturday, July 20, 20:00, Georg-von-Rauchhaus, Mariannanplatz 1a


Rachel and the Green Party Cheerleaders rocked the Green Party Tulips vs. Türkiyemspor football match on Saturday, May 30th at Katzbach Stadion, Dudenstraße 40-64, Berlin-Kreuzberg. Cute Green party Parliament members and Türkiyemspor 30+ team players running around looking too cool to play, a samba drum squad and funky moves in short skirts. The greens won 7-1! The  Green Party Cheerleaders are in the news here.

New video footage of Oh, Beautiful: My Patriot Act is now online here; recorded at a lecture-demonstration a Swarthmore College in April, 2009.

Postcards from Berlin are here! These site-specific dance films were made at locations across Berlin with public school students by Rachel Brooker and three other choreographers. See the films and the Berlin Zeitung article about them HERE!


The Field is coming to Berlin! Rachel spent May 8-10, 2009 in NYC at the Field Forward Network conference and will now create a Fieldwork site in Berlin. For more information email Rachel Brooker, or read this Contact Quarterly article about Fieldwork.

Rachel performed an excerpt of her solo Oh, Beautiful: My Patriot Act in a Lecture/Demonstration at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, on April 8th.

 Rachel performed March 28th and 29th at ada studio in Run Dry with Bernardo Coloma. See video online at TanzForumBerlin!

Rachel performed Oh, Beautiful: My Patriot Act at:

Brotfabrik, Calgariplatz, Berlin
January 22-25, 2009, 20:00
(filmed and edited by Walter Bickman at Tanz Forum Berlin)

Election Night Party with Democrats Abroad Berlin
Babylon Theater, Rosa Luxembourg Platz, Berlin-Mitte
Tuesday, November 4th, 22:30 until sunrise
www.demsinberlin.de


Rachel and dancers performed Invitation:

in Weimar! Saturday, June 7th, 10 pm



at Gaswerk Weimar
part of the Rahmenlos Festival, supported by Bauhaus University Weimar


at Dock 11, Berlin, May 8-11, 2008




Read what the press said about Invitation at Dock 11


WORLDVOTE, An opportunity for non-US citizens to have a voice in the US presidential primaries. This was a great event and received a lot of press. It will reprise in November for the General Presidental Elections.



about

Rachel Brooker photographed by Amelia Shull, 2009 anima dance, an eight-year-old dance theater company, is based in Berlin, Germany. For more information or to book a performance or residency, contact director Rachel Brooker or join our mailing list.





Rachel Brooker founded and directs Anima Dance, and is the site coordinator for The Field Berlin, a local branch of an international arts organization.


anima dance productions to date include My Patriot Act, a reflection on the condition of being American, Invitation, an interactive installation, ten evenings of original choreography and six dance films. 


Brooker's work has been funded by public and private donors in both sides of the Atlantic.  She has a degree in Dance and Biology from Swarthmore College, and has performed across the US and Europe, most recently collaborating with Felix Ruckert, Marc Bogaerts and Sabine Dahrendorf. 


Brooker offers dance and yoga instruction and residencies in schools and universities, and is a staff member for ISTA and TanzZeit. Class schedule here. For more information on instruction contact Rachel.

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projects

  • The Artaud Project, a performance based on a quote by that crazy Artaud guy
  • My Patriot Act, a solo about the good, the bad and the ugly of being American
  • The Field Berlin, an artists' feedback process
  • Postcards from Berlin, site-specific dance films made with kids in Berlin
  • Oh, Beautiful: My Patriot Act, a multimedia solo
  • The Green Party Cheerleaders
  • Invitation, an interactive installation
  • WORLDVOTE: make your voice heard!
  • Dance for Peace
  • The Murakami Cycle
  • dusttodust (dance film directed by John Coombes)
  • Of Angels
  • Whoever finds this, I love you
  • Community Showcases
  • The Dream/More than Air: Anima Dance Presents
  • The Mirrorings Project
  • Falling Out My Head (a collaboration with Hannah McClure Chalut)


    • classes and workshops
            Monday Tuesday Thursday
    early evening 18:15-19:45, Yoga in English
    YogaRaum Berlin Kreuzberg
    (First class 6 Euro, Drop-in 12 Euro)

    later classes starting on 19.07.10:
    20:15-21:45, Basic Level (auf Deutsch)
    YogaRaum Berlin Kreuzberg
    		 20:00-21:00
    Yoga for all levels (auf Deutsch) Vital Lichtenberg (Besuch inklusive Sauna für 13 Euro:)    		 20:15-21:45, Anfänger Yoga (auf Deutsch)
    YogaRaum Berlin
    Kreuzberg

    Rachel also teaches Children's Dance in English at The Center for English Activities in Prenzlauerberg.

    Rachel Brooker draws on her experience in a variety of dance and bodywork techniques to create her supportive, transformative teaching technique. She is on the dance faculty of ISTA and TanzZeit. Rachel offers performance residencies in schools and at universities and gives individual therapeutic Yoga instruction. Email Rachel for more information, or join our mailing list to be updated on future classes and workshops.


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    photos

    Rachel in costume from Of Angels, Photo by Stevens H. Clarke Rachel in costume from Of Angels, Photo by Stevens H. ClarkePhoto by Stevens H. Clarke

    photos by Stevens H. Clarke

    For more photos and lots of video, see individual Projects.

    press

    Articles:

    Invitation:

    Berühren Erlaubt, Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, 08.05.08

    Invitation, Tip Magazine, Berlin, 10.05.08

    Rachel Brooker's Invitation, Independent Weekly, Durham, NC, 24.02.08


    WORLDVOTE:

    Primary Votes Anyone? Tapmag: magazine for culture, politics and life from a transatlantic perspective, Berlin, 02.02.08

    Super Tuesday an der Spree Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, 05.02.08

    Anspannung vor dem "Super Tuesday"  Tagesspeigel, Berlin, 05.02.08


    Press Releases:

    INVITATION at Dock 11, Berlin--  23.04.08 Deutsch / English

    WORLDVOTE press release--  01.02.08 Deutsch / English

    NC's Own Comes Home! January 2008 press release-- 10.01.08

    Anima Dance Fall 2005 Season press release-- 28.11.05


    contact

     For more information, email Rachel Brooker, or join our mailing list.

    Imprint:

    Rachel Brooker
    Jungstr. 12
    10247 Berlin
    Germany
    +49 (0) 0177 318 9346

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