GLADE
Performance · Audiowalk by WILD ACCESS
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In the frame of Körper & Kiez
If you go down in the woods today, you better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today, it's safer to stay at home
If you go down in the woods today, you better not go alone
It's lovely down in the woods today, it's safer to stay at home
- The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, 1932
A glade – a forest clearing – is a serene place, a grassy meadow where the sun shines through the trees. Here, the domains of light and dark meet, delineating a threshold between the known and the unknown, the human and the non-human, the inside and the outside.
The performance group WILD ACCESS takes the forest glade as their starting point in their exploration of urban wilderness. In this audio walk/performance at Grüntalerstraße 9, they present a site-specific adaptation of their work “GLADE” (2024) that extends beyond the gallery’s walls and windows, inviting the surrounding environment in.
Note on the WILD ACCESS "GLADE" event.
Participation is free, but seats are limited – only 34 headphones are available. For the first time, we are therefore introducing a waitlist. If you have a ticket but cannot come, please contact us as early as possible at ticket@tanzfabrik-berlin.de or cancel directly via Pretix. This gives other people the chance to participate. Our experience shows that free events often attract fewer attendees than registered. Therefore, your cancellation (as early as possible) is really helpful. Thank you for your support!
Accessibility
The Grüntaler 9 store is at ground level and is wheelchair accessible via two provisional ramps (16% und 18%). The entrance door is 90cm wide. If you need any help with the use of the ramp, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our staff. The toilet is not barrier-free. There is space for 1 wheelchair available in the gallery space. A beanbag, in case needed, can be provided on site. The audio walk is accessible for people with mobility restrictions.
Content Note / Sensory Stimuli
The performance will consist of an audio walk (with headphones provided on site) in public space and will move into a performance in the gallery. The language spoken during the introduction to the performance is English. An on-site translation into German will be made available if needed. The walk will take part during dusk/sunset time, torches will be used by the performers. Sudden changes of light and drone sounds will be part of the performance. Furthermore, there will be moments of complete darkness as well as strong brightness. Stroboscope light will be used at some points during the performance.
Note on the WILD ACCESS "GLADE" event.
Participation is free, but seats are limited – only 34 headphones are available. For the first time, we are therefore introducing a waitlist. If you have a ticket but cannot come, please contact us as early as possible at ticket@tanzfabrik-berlin.de or cancel directly via Pretix. This gives other people the chance to participate. Our experience shows that free events often attract fewer attendees than registered. Therefore, your cancellation (as early as possible) is really helpful. Thank you for your support!
Accessibility
The Grüntaler 9 store is at ground level and is wheelchair accessible via two provisional ramps (16% und 18%). The entrance door is 90cm wide. If you need any help with the use of the ramp, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our staff. The toilet is not barrier-free. There is space for 1 wheelchair available in the gallery space. A beanbag, in case needed, can be provided on site. The audio walk is accessible for people with mobility restrictions.
Content Note / Sensory Stimuli
The performance will consist of an audio walk (with headphones provided on site) in public space and will move into a performance in the gallery. The language spoken during the introduction to the performance is English. An on-site translation into German will be made available if needed. The walk will take part during dusk/sunset time, torches will be used by the performers. Sudden changes of light and drone sounds will be part of the performance. Furthermore, there will be moments of complete darkness as well as strong brightness. Stroboscope light will be used at some points during the performance.
WILD ACCESS
WILD ACCESS is a Berlin-based performance group led by Beatrix Joyce. Since 2021, WILD ACCESS has taken a site-specific approach to performance and has created works for public parks, squares, gardens, greenways, museums and galleries. In 2024 they premiered their first stage piece “GLADE” at Dock 11 theatre in the frame of Soundance festival.
Beatrix Joyce (she/her) is a choreographer, writer and producer based in Berlin. She finds her inspiration in sites and in the outdoors, seeking to explore the relationship between humans and nature through the body and the senses.She creates site-specific and cross-genre performances with invited artists and with her performance group WILD ACCESS.
Artistic direction, choreography: Beatrix Joyce
Performance, choreography: michela filzi, Susanna Ylikoski, Savina Casarin
Light design, stage, costume: Lena Gätjens
Sound: Jake Long, Ragnar Árni Ólafsson, Beatrix Joyce
Production: WILD ACCESS
“GLADE” takes place as part of the project “Körper & Kiez” and is funded by the Bezirksamt Mitte (District Office of Mitte).Supported by Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE.
↪ FURTHER BIOGRAPHIES
Beatrix Joyce (she/her) is a choreographer, writer and producer based in Berlin. She finds her inspiration in sites and in the outdoors, seeking to explore the relationship between humans and nature through the body and the senses. She creates site-specific and cross-genre performances with invited artists and with her performance group WILD ACCESS.
michela filzi (she/her; they/their) is a multidisciplinary artist with a visceral fascination for plant life and sensuous encounters with the world. Her artistic research takes an eco-feminist stance and lies at the intersection of ritual, storytelling, herbalism and somatic dance, through which she explores non-human agency and ecological meaning-making in the context of the performing arts.
↪ FURTHER BIOGRAPHIES
Beatrix Joyce (she/her) is a choreographer, writer and producer based in Berlin. She finds her inspiration in sites and in the outdoors, seeking to explore the relationship between humans and nature through the body and the senses. She creates site-specific and cross-genre performances with invited artists and with her performance group WILD ACCESS.
michela filzi (she/her; they/their) is a multidisciplinary artist with a visceral fascination for plant life and sensuous encounters with the world. Her artistic research takes an eco-feminist stance and lies at the intersection of ritual, storytelling, herbalism and somatic dance, through which she explores non-human agency and ecological meaning-making in the context of the performing arts.
Susanna Ylikoski (she/her) is a Berlin dancer, writer, and creator. As a dancer, she has worked with choreographers including Eva Baumann, Netta Weiser, Rotem Weissman, Beatrix Joyce, Saori Hala, Alma Edelstein-Feinsilber, Ceren Oran, Barnaby Booth, Omer Keinan, Julyen Hamilton and Moritz Macje. As a creator, she touches on questions of queer human and non-human ontologies and agencies and their application to co-existence.
Savina Casarin (she/her) is a multidisciplinary dance artist from northeast Italy. She graduated from Trinity Laban in London (2013), where she explored improvisation, somatic practices, and interdisciplinary work with visual arts, theatre, and sound. Since 2016 she is based in Berlin where she develops projects connecting movement, composition, photography, and architecture. Her work investigates the fragility and sensitivity of the human body through dance and multimedia expression.