Noa Eshkol / Noé Soulier & Dance On Ensemble

Artistic Direction: Ty Boomershine
Choreography: Noa Eshkol, Noé Soulier (Choreographer and Director of Cndc Angers)
Staging: Mor Bashan (Noa Eshkol Foundation)
Performance: Alba Barral Fernández, Anna Herrmann, Dominic Santia, Marco Volta, Lia Witjes Poole

In our ongoing Reply Project concept, the Dance On Ensemble invites contemporary artists to respond to iconic dance works in their own artistic language. In these performances, the artists reflected on classical but radical works that challenged the rules of their time. This creates a vibrant dialogue between dance heritage and contemporary dance creation, as well as between artists of different generations and backgrounds.

In this Reply the Dance On Ensemble will perform a selection of works by acclaimed choreographer Noa Eshkol (1924–2007). Rediscovering her dance constructions and taking a deep dive into the movement notation she developed. French dancer and choreographer Noé Soulier whose work explores choreography and dance in different settings, including the stage, the museum space and theoretical reflection, will create a work in reaction to Noa Eshkol.

Premiere: April 30, 2026, Sophiensæle Berlin

Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
In collaboration with Cndc Angers.

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).

Part of DanceMap, funded by Horizon Europe, the European Union’s funding programme for research and innovation.

Milla Koistinen & Dance On Ensemble

Concept, choreography and direction: Milla Koistinen
Creation and performance: Ty Boomershine, Gesine Moog, Alba Barral Fernández, Javier Arozena, Tim Persent (Dance On Ensemble) and Jin Lee, Emma Sofie Gautestad, Raul Aranha, Victor Aaron Bolzmann, Milla Koistinen
Sound design: Paul Valikoski and Grégoire Simon
Light design: Martin Beeretz
Dramaturgy: Synne Behrndt
Costumes: Jin Lee and Jihun Choi
Production Director: Anastasia Luck (Dance On Ensemble) and Jana Lüthje (M.i.C.A.)

SWEAT (anthem) moves through the terrains of resilience and endurance where determination and persistence become a quiet form of protest.

Endurance is not only stamina and sustained effort, it is also a radical gesture to stay alive, alert and hopeful amidst fatigue, fracture and exhaustion. Between tension, release and play, the performance celebrates the courage to keep dancing and turn exhaustion into a collective rhythm; an anthem of defiance and joy.

Following GRIT (for what it’s worth), the work continues to explore the languages of sport and dance and how resilience and the demands made on the body and performer intersect with culture and societal events.

SWEAT (anthem) highlights the tension between vulnerability and strength, singular ambition and collectivity, asking how to persevere, remain emphatic and keep moving in times of unrest.

Created with the Dance On Ensemble and four emerging dancers, the performance celebrates the ensemble’s long and compelling careers and the combined strength of a multigenerational collective.

Premiere: December 18, 2025, Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE in Uferstudios 14

Production: DANCE ON / Bureau Ritter
Co-Funded by the Europeans Union’s Horizon Europe programme for research and innovation in the frame of DanceMap.

Co-production: Milla Koistinen, SPRING Performing Arts Festival (The Netherlands), Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE

Supported by Bora Bora Residency Centre, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnland-Institut. With thanks to Dance House Helsinki and the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. 

DANCE ON is a project by BUREAU RITTER gUG, funded by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.