Neue Nationalgalerie: PERFORM! Festival Series Marking Berlin Art Week 2024

09.09.2024
Neue Nationalgalerie

The Neue Nationalgalerie is hosting the third edition of its PERFORM! series to mark Berlin Art Week. As in previous years, a historically seminal work forms the core of the programme.

This year that role is filled by Yvonne Rainer’s dance work Trio A. From Wednesday to Sunday, 11 to 15 September, the piece is being performed several times daily in the Neue Nationalgalerie upper hall. An additional highlight being presented at PERFORM! 2024 is the performance Galaxy Parade on Thursday, 12 September, a work by Esben Weile Kjær (b. 1992, Copenhagen) developed in collaboration with the Berlin curator and artist collective TRAUMA at the invitation of the Neue Nationalgalerie. On Saturday, 14 September, the site-specific concert-performance Edge by experimental composer and saxophone virtuoso Bendik Giske (b. 1982, Oslo) concludes this year’s Sound in the Garden series in and around the Neue Nationalgalerie Sculpture Garden.

Attendance to all events is free of charge.

PERFORM! 2024 Programme

Yvonne Rainer: Trio A (1966)

Rainer initially performed the piece, later famous as Trio A, in a trio with New York choreographers David Gordon and Steve Paxton under the title The Mind is a Muscle, Part 1.

Wednesday – Sunday, 11 – 15 September 2024, at 3 pm, 4 pm, and 5 pm each day

“Muscle Memory”: A conversation about dance with Sara Wookey and participating dancers, followed by a reception

Friday, 13 September 2024, 6 pm

Esben Weile Kjær: Galaxy Parade in collaboration with TRAUMA

Galaxy Parade is a new performance developed by Danish artist and theatre-maker Esben Weile Kjær in collaboration with the Berlin collective TRAUMA at the invitation of the Neue Nationalgalerie.

Thursday, 12 September 2024, 6 – 8 pm

Bendik Giske: Edge (Sound in the Garden 2024)

A new concert-performance by musician and composer Bendik Giske, conceived specifically for the Neue Nationalgalerie, delves into personal and societal borderline experiences.

Saturday, 14 September 2024; admission: 6 pm

All performances and events take place in areas of the museum that are accessible without a ticket. In the case of limited capacity, admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendance does not require registration unless otherwise stated.

Yvonne Rainer: Trio A has been made possible by Lise Stolt-Nielsen and Museum & Location.

Galaxy Parade by Esben Weile Kjær has been created in collaboration with TRAUMA at the invitation of the Neue Nationalgalerie.

Edge by Bendik Giske is part of the series SOUND IN THE GARDEN 2024.

The programme has been made possible by Pace Gallery, Volkswagen Group Culture, and Freunde der Nationalgalerie e.V.

The programme takes place as part of Berlin Art Week.