30.10.2026—31.10.2026
All that I left behind is here
Venue:
Uferstudios 1
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Tickets:
Pay what you can (3/5/10/15/20/25)
Duration:
approx. 60 Min
Dates:
Description
“All that I left behind is here”, by Romuald Krężel, is a solo performance drawing from his personal and artistic experience. He focuses on different aspects of classism in the context of the performing arts by returning to his very first dance experience – a ballroom dance class, the only one offered for free in his primary school. By relearning and critically evoking movements, steps, poses and different styles of Cha-Cha-Cha, rumba, jive, and so on, Krężel examines his social background and its relations to his current choreographic practice. Ghostly figures and post-punk music echo and guide the audience through the return to Krężel’s past, culminating in a vulnerable conversation with his mother about class, body, work, shame and dance.
Credits
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE: Romuald Krężel
SPECIAL GUEST: Irena Krężel
DRAMATURGY: Agata Siniarska
RESEARCH: Tamara Antonijević
COSTUME: Maldoror
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, LIGHT DESIGN: Patrick Faurot
SOUND DESIGN & MUSIC DIRECTION: Miguel Caldas
SOUND ENGINEER: Moana Ava Holenstein
PRODUCTION: Anna Konrad
ARTISTIC ASSISTANT: Louis F. Baca V.
ARTISTIC SUPPORT: Carolina Mendonça & René Alejandro Huari Mateus
A production by Romuald Krężel in co-production with Uferstudios in Berlin and HELLERAU — European Centre for the Arts in Dresden. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by the Residency Program funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Station — Service for Contemporary Dance in Belgrade/Serbia, Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. The research process was supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR. With the friendly support of Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte.
A production by Romuald Krężel in co-production with Uferstudios in Berlin and HELLERAU — European Centre for the Arts in Dresden. Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by the Residency Program funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Station — Service for Contemporary Dance in Belgrade/Serbia, Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. The research process was supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR. With the friendly support of Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte.
Biographies
Romuald Krężel
Romuald Krężel is a Polish-born artist who lives and works in Berlin. He holds an MA in choreography and performance from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen. His artistic work is based on expanded choreographic practices that incorporate visual and performative elements. The resulting movement-based performances, site-specific installations, participatory projects and other hybrid formats explore themes such as labor, resistance, class struggle, climate change and the exchange between humans and non-humans.