b12 fall
research or die.
© giacomo corvaia
b12 fall
—locations: eden***** studios & dock11
toula limniaos
choreographer and artistic director of cie. toula limnaios
this performance project is designed for about 17 people and lasts 13 days (sunday off). it will be performed four times alongside two other performance projects at dock 11, a theater in the center of berlin. toula's performance project runs from october 28 to november 9, 2025.
rehearsals and performances:
october 28 - november 1: 9:00 - 12:30 at eden studios
2 november: no rehearsal
3 november: 9:00 - 12:45 in dock 11 theater
4 november: 9:00 - 12:45 in dock 11 theater
5 november: 9:00 - 12:45 in dock 11 theater
6 november: 9:00 - 11:00 in dock 11 theater / 16:00 - 18:00 dress rehearsal in dock 11 theater with all three groups / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 in dock 11 theater
7 november: 12:45 - 14:00 possible feedback in dock 11 theater / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 in dock 11 theater
8 november: 12:45 - 14:00 possible feedback at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 at dock 11 theater
9 november: 12:45 - 14:00 possible feedback at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:00 - 20:30 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.
the application deadline is august 8, 2025.
wir
Delusion and reason could be seen in our present environment as a couple that cannot be separated and not as a disease as in the past. A different kind of cognition, a counter-reason, as Michel Foucault puts it, which has its own language, or better: its own silence. Focus: to unleash the forces within us. To translate them physically, dynamically, and with expressivity.
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
Toula Limnaios was born in Athens in 1963. After training in classical and modern dance, M. Alexander and Laban technique, as well as music and dance pedagogy in Brussels, she worked as a performer with Claudio Bernardo, Régine Chopinot, and as an assistant with Pierre Droulers. She later continued her training at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, where she soon became a member of the Folkwang Tanzstudio. She danced in live improvisations with the musicians Konrad Bauer and Peter Kowald. In 1996 she founded the cie. toula limnaios with the composer Ralf R. Ollertz. They have been running the company together ever since. She has received numerous prizes and awards for her work and is now one of the most renowned choreographers in Germany. Tours and guest performances have taken her to Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Latvia, Mexico, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Austria, Panama, Poland, Trinidad & Tobago, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Senegal, Slovenia, the West Bank, Venezuela, and Cyprus. In addition to directing her ensemble, she also works as a guest choreographer at Theater Osnabrück, the University of Performing Arts Frankfurt/Main and Theater Münster. In 2007-2008 Toula Limnaios was a guest professor for choreography at the Ernst-Busch-Hochschule.
company info
cie. toula limnaios
The cie. toula limnaios is an ensemble for contemporary dance, founded in Brussels in 1996 by choreographer and performer Toula Limnaios and composer Ralf R. Ollertz. A year later, the company moved to Berlin. In 2001, they were awarded the Meeting Neuer Tanz prize. In 2004 their Beckett trilogy was rearranged into a documentary entitled Atemzug, produced by ZDF/Arte. Their own production, house HALLE, opened in 2003 and is an internationally connected theatre. The company gets funding from the City of Berlin, Senate Department for Culture since 2005 and was selected by the Fonds Darstellende Künste to receive conceptual funding for Leading Ensembles in the Field of Independent Theater and Dance from 2008 until 2010. In 2012 they were awarded the George Tabori Prize. The ensemble presents 60-70 performances every year and works with 18 salaried employees, who are supported by an even larger number of closely associated freelancers. With its flexible, lean, but highly effective structure and in co-production with international partners, the company continuously produces ensemble work of exceptional quality, making them one of the most successful ensembles for contemporary dance today. As a representative of the German Dance Scene for the Goethe Institute and the Federal Foreign Office, they present their repertoire in Europe, and worldwide, since 2005.
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