- Performance Art
- Dance
(e)motion
Ain Tominaga, Rakuho Murabayashi, Lindsay Ball, Ayano Tatekawa
3 July 2026 19:00–19:45
4 July 2026 15:00–15:45
5 July 2026 15:00–15:45
(e)motion
Emotion emerges intuitively from inside, manifesting outside as motion. Through three distinct perspectives in the following dance works, we aim to visualize the dynamic shift in the boundary between emotion and motion.
“Stuttering in motion”
Fluency is beautiful, like a river flowing. We tend to think that being fluent is the standard, or that it's what we should strive for. But we are distorted, and we are unwell. Those who speak smoothly are merely dancing atop the illusion of health.
We often struggle with disfluency. Yet somehow, the dynamism and rhythm born from it captivate us.
"Process through"
We all know there are emotions that feel good and emotions that don't.
Recognizing what they are, taking the time to face them, and digesting them in your own way is a process that shapes our depth as human beings. Our emotions belong to us. We are the ones who ultimately have to face them, accept them, grow from them. Yet we never live entirely alone. What we cannot see by ourselves, what we try to hide, may be visible to someone else. it is your choice how to confront your emotions. ...Where do you feel safe to cry? With a friend? In the shower? In front of an audience?
"Hum(an)idity"
Hum(an)idity is a duet that focuses on the "humidity" flowing inside and around the human body. The organic flow of this duet can be seen as the movement of the sea, or as the undulation of human emotion itself.
In a modern society that values efficiency and reason, our bodies and hearts are slowly drying out. Yet everything that lives remains moist. Through Hum(an)idity, we quietly ask: Is your existence still humid?
Emotion emerges intuitively from inside, manifesting outside as motion. Through three distinct perspectives in the following dance works, we aim to visualize the dynamic shift in the boundary between emotion and motion.
“Stuttering in motion”
Fluency is beautiful, like a river flowing. We tend to think that being fluent is the standard, or that it's what we should strive for. But we are distorted, and we are unwell. Those who speak smoothly are merely dancing atop the illusion of health.
We often struggle with disfluency. Yet somehow, the dynamism and rhythm born from it captivate us.
"Process through"
We all know there are emotions that feel good and emotions that don't.
Recognizing what they are, taking the time to face them, and digesting them in your own way is a process that shapes our depth as human beings. Our emotions belong to us. We are the ones who ultimately have to face them, accept them, grow from them. Yet we never live entirely alone. What we cannot see by ourselves, what we try to hide, may be visible to someone else. it is your choice how to confront your emotions. ...Where do you feel safe to cry? With a friend? In the shower? In front of an audience?
"Hum(an)idity"
Hum(an)idity is a duet that focuses on the "humidity" flowing inside and around the human body. The organic flow of this duet can be seen as the movement of the sea, or as the undulation of human emotion itself.
In a modern society that values efficiency and reason, our bodies and hearts are slowly drying out. Yet everything that lives remains moist. Through Hum(an)idity, we quietly ask: Is your existence still humid?
Biography
Ain Tominaga, Rakuho Murabayashi, Lindsay Ball, Ayano Tatekawa
Rakuho Murabayashi
Rakuho studied contemporary dance and ballet at Kobe College, and worked with niconomiel in Osaka. Now based in Berlin as a freelance dancer.
Ain Tominaga
Ain Tominaga is a Berlin-based Japanese dancer/choreographer. Trained in ballet in Japan, Europe and Canada, she creates collaborative works exploring memory and the body as a site of transformation.
Ayano Tatekawa
Ayano Tatekawa is a Japanese dance artist who has performed with Balletto di Siena and Intranzyt.cia, and as a guest with Compagnie Illicite and Theater Nordhausen. Currently freelancing in Berlin.
Lindsay Ball
Lindsay is a Berlin based Californian dancer. She trained at SFCD and KCDC. She performed works by Roy Assaf and Jiri Pokorny and is now making work exploring woman/girlhood and states of processing.
Rakuho studied contemporary dance and ballet at Kobe College, and worked with niconomiel in Osaka. Now based in Berlin as a freelance dancer.
Ain Tominaga
Ain Tominaga is a Berlin-based Japanese dancer/choreographer. Trained in ballet in Japan, Europe and Canada, she creates collaborative works exploring memory and the body as a site of transformation.
Ayano Tatekawa
Ayano Tatekawa is a Japanese dance artist who has performed with Balletto di Siena and Intranzyt.cia, and as a guest with Compagnie Illicite and Theater Nordhausen. Currently freelancing in Berlin.
Lindsay Ball
Lindsay is a Berlin based Californian dancer. She trained at SFCD and KCDC. She performed works by Roy Assaf and Jiri Pokorny and is now making work exploring woman/girlhood and states of processing.
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