solo performance “Styx”
71st death anniversary of Else Lasker-Schüler
A song soiree that will play with dissolving the genre itself
in a dialogue – not interpreting – with the poetry of Else Laseker-Schüler …
condensing and opening spaces inbetween singing, speaking, sound movement,
and various specific orientations …
photo by victor morales
Ulrike Sowodniok
singer and voice anthropologist
Studies of medicine, philosophy, Lichtenberger® applied physiology of the voice, opera singing, contemporary interpretation and sound studies. Her emphasis lies on experimental music for voice and sonic environment. Cooperation with musicians, composers and sound artists, e.g. Matthias Bauer, Sam Auinger, Hannes Strobl, Mayako Kubo, Stefan Streich, Georg Katzer, Hermann Keller. Radio broadcasts at SWR and DR-Kultur. Cooperation with dancers and choreographers in the field of voice and movement, e.g. Louise Wagner, Anna Weissenfels, Bettina Mainz. Teaching in her own studio in Berlin and at the career college of the University of the Arts, Berlin, the departments for music therapy and sound studies. Scientific cooperation with Doris Kolesch, Holger Schulze, etc. Publications in the field of anthropology of the voice and the senses, monograph „Stimmklang und Freiheit – zur auditiven Wissenschaft des Körpers“ by transcript in 2013.
16 January 2015 | Studio 2, Mime Centrum Berlin | Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
performance begins 20h sharp, discussion/ artist talk ca. 21:45