b12 fall
research or die.
© milan nowoitnick kampfer
b12 fall
—locations: eden***** studios & dock11
rainer behr
dancer / choreographer
this performance project is designed for about 17 people and lasts 13 days (tuesday off). it will be performed three times alongside two other performance projects at dock 11, a theater in the center of berlin. rainer's performance project runs from October 20 to November 1, 2026.
rehearsals and performances:
October 20 - October 24: 13:00 - 16:30 at eden studios
25 october: no rehearsal
26 october: 13:00 - 16:15 in studio dock 11
27 october - 29 october: 13:00 - 16:45 in dock 11 theater
30 october: 11:15 - 13:15 in dock 11 theater / 16:00 - 18:00 dress rehearsal in dock 11 theater with all three groups / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 in dock 11 theater
31 october: 14:15 - 15:30 possible feedback in dock 11 theater / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 in dock 11 theater
1 November: 14:15 - 15:30 possible feedback at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 at dock 11 theater
new: if you are interested in us booking accommodation for you for the duration of the performance project, please indicate this in your application. please understand that we only have a limited number of accommodations available.
time loop lap
time loop as a starting point for the entrance into a process that should also encourage us, in our project work, to free ourselves from constant repetition. given the limited time often available to creators, perhaps a kind of anarchic approach to finding events can help avoid relying on tried-and-true methods and materials just to produce an outcome in the end. perhaps a measure of risk and the urge to catapult oneself out of this loop can be beneficial. it’s an attempt to allow oneself to get lost in order to be found anew, a laboratory of forgetfulness to remember again, so that from the overflow of the same, an ecstasy of daring emerges. and if, in the experimental attempt, something goes wrong and something explodes, then that’s just how it is.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
rainer behr was born in neustadt an der waldnaab, germany, in 1964. after completing his training as a gymnastics teacher, he studied dance at the folkwang university of the arts. from 1990 to 1995, he danced with the folkwang tanzstudio in essen, working with susanne linke, raffaella giordano, urs dietrich, and mark sieczkarek, and also performed as a guest dancer with the tanztheater wuppertal. in 1995, pina bausch invited him to become a permanent member of the ensemble. he has been choreographing since 1989 and has received several awards, including first prize at the choreographic competition in cagliari for die wendung der dinge, and the claasen dance award. he created numerous works for the folkwang tanzstudio and the tanztheater wuppertal, including pieces for the underground series, and has worked as a guest choreographer for theater bielefeld. his first full-length work for the tanztheater, schlafende frau, premiered at the wuppertal opera house in 2021. he has also created works for staatstheater braunschweig, osnabrück theatre, and international projects. in recent years, he developed vona with dancers from ukraine and created when wormwood blooms for theatre les kurbas in lviv. in 2024, he created the project field. morning lady in ukraine with a ukrainian dancer, as part of the per forma grant program, implemented by the kyiv contemporary music days platform. in 2025, he created the project monolit for the polish dance theatre in poznan.
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