Adam Linder's choreographies combine innovative approaches to movement, virtuosity and performativity, breaking with conventions and renewing classical dance. In his new production “TOURNAMENT” the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop meets international dancers Doug Letheren, Greg Lau, Olivia Ancona and Nina Botkay. Set to a specially commissioned score by Ethan Braun, this choreography challenges the historical marriage of music and dance. Inspired by the notion that to subvert classical forms you need to perfect them first, “TOURNAMENT” draws from a sense of agonism to merge technical perfection with daring artistic experimentation. “TOURNAMENT” turns the stage into an impressive playing field where musicians and dancers abandon pure interpretation of their craft to negotiate the myth of harmonious unity.

Biography

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Photo: Shahryar-Nashat

Adam Linder's practice draws on carefully crafted dance vocabulary to explore how choreography connects desire, cultural values, historical forms, and bodies of the future. His solo and ensemble works for the stage or exhibition space have been shown in exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney (2023), the Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York (2020), the South London Gallery (2018), the Kunsthalle Basel (2017), the Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2016), and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2015). His stage works have been co-produced and presented by theaters such as HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin; Kampnagel, Hamburg; DeSingel, Antwerp; Sadler's Wells, London; Hellerau, Dresden, and UCLA CAP / Redcat, Los Angeles. Linder has created commissioned works for the Sydney Dance Company (2010), the Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy (2023), and the Danish Dance Theatre, Copenhagen (2024).

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Cast & Credits

DanceOlivia Ancona, Nina Botkay, Gregory Lau, Dominic Santia, Juan Pablo Camara
Solistenensemble KaleidoskopAnna Faber, Isabelle Klemt, Yodfat Miron, Michael Rauter, Mari Sawada
ChoreographyAdam Linder
CompositionEthan Braun
StageAna Filipović
LightingShahryar Nashat
SoundOlivia Oyama
Sound DesignJulio Zúñiga
Lighting TourSebastian Zamponi
Technical ManagementJan Havers, Doria Worden
Production Management Adam Linder StudioUta Engel
Production & Tour ManagementPhilip Decker
DramaturgyMelanie Zimmermann
Artistic ConsultancyAlice Heyward
Musical RehearsalsKai-Johannes Polzhofer
Score PreparationRoman Vinuesa
Artistic Director Solistenensemble KaleidoskopBoram Lie
Artistic Direction & Management Solistenensemble KaleidoskopVolker Hormann
Project Management Solistenensemble KaleidoskopMichael Hohendorf
Financial Administration Solistenensemble KaleidoskopNina Braatz
Production ManagerSolistenensemble Kaleidoskop and Adam Linder Studio
Co-ProductionKampnagel, deSingel, Tanz im August Berlin / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, December Dance

Funding

The event is part of the Tanzplattform Deutschland 2026. “TOURNAMENT” is supported by the Dresden Art and Music Foundation. 

A production by Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and Adam Linder Studio. Co-production: Kampnagel, deSingel, Tanz im August Berlin / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, December Dance. 

Supported by the Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Rusch Foundation. The Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop receives a grant for independent groups without their own venue from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.