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The Field Berlin will begin our first Fieldwork session on July 13th. More info at The Field Berlin website.

Rachel will begin offering yoga classes in Berlin again on the 17th of July. More info here!

Coming Up:

Oh, Beautiful: My Patriot Act goes on tour!

November 7 and 8, 20:30, Schwelle7, Uferstr. 6, Berlin-Wedding

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

Recent Events:

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

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 photographed by Stevens H. Clarke

Rachel Brooker founded and directs Anima Dance, a dance-theater company based in Durham, NC from 2000 to 2005 and in Berlin, Germany from 2006 to the present. Productions to date include ten evenings of original choreography and two dance films. Brooker's has been extensively funded by public and private donors. She is also the founder and site coordinator of The Field Berlin and assistant director, Bogaerts Productions 2008 to present. Rachel has a BA 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. She also offers dance and yoga instruction and residencies in schools and universities: for more information contact Rachel.

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projects

  • 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

    *****

    Basic Yoga in English

    8:00-9:30 am
    Fridays starting 17.07.09
    Yoga Raum Berlin, Falckensteinstr. 48, Kreuzberg
    (between Warschauerbrücke and Schlesisches Tor U-bahn Station)

    Open to any experience level, this English-language Yoga class begins with sun salutations before moving through strength-building standing poses, partner exercises, and inversions. Focus is on alignment and enjoyment- this class can be therapeutic for injuries, neck stiffness and chronic lower back pain, and helps to balance and relax the mind. A playful atmosphere keeps the energy moving through hand balances and back stretches into a relaxing close of the class.

    *****

    Rachel Brooker draws on her experience in a variety of dance and bodywork techniques to create her supportive, transformative teaching technique. She is currently teaching children's dance in English at The Center, Berlin, and offers performance residencies in schools and at universities. Rachel also 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, see individual Projects.

    Anima Dance on Film: streaming video

    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
    Gubenerstr. 24
    10243 Berlin
    Germany
    +49 (0) 0177 318 9436
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