| Makers | ChoreoLab International with Lea Ved, Lorena Nogal, Karolin Stächele |
| Shows: | Flare like the doves, Une Belleza Singular, Creating Joy |
| Duration | 75 min |
| Part of | CaDance Festival |
Spiel, meaning "game" or "play" in German, brings together an international lineup of three of the most talented emerging female choreographers to create an evening of dance inspired by playfulness. Lorena Nogal (Spain), Karolin Stächele (Germany), and Lea Ved (USA) join forces through the ChoreoLab International platform to craft a mesmerizing dance performance where each of the three works embodies the power and breadth of contemporary dance. Performed by a cast of four international dancers, the audience is sure to experience an innovative, stimulating, and most importantly, a playful evening of dance!
You will see during the tripple bill Spiel: Flare like the doves by Lea Ved, Une Belleza Singular by Lorena Nogal and Creating Joy by Karolin Stächele. The exact order of the evening programme is still to be decided.
UNA BELLEZA SINGULAR / A SINGULAR BEAUTY "In intimate and everyday spaces, where the fragility of humanity emerges with force, both dreams and fears are unleashed. It is here where endings are closed and new beginnings are born. Where the monsters that inhabit us become visible. In these places, we are thoughts, we are fantasies, we are possibilities. It is in those corners, invisible to the gaze of others, where we reinvent ourselves, imagine a new “self” to see the world in a different way.
This short piece titled UNA BELLEZA SINGULAR / A SINGULAR BEAUTY focuses on a single act of dressing and undressing, of covering and covering, of changing and being changed, becoming a reflection on identity, choice or imposition. Through these everyday and repetitive gestures, it explores the tensions between vulnerability and the redefinition of our existence, questioning how our actions turn into meanings full of emotional and social weight."
In Creating Joy, choreographer Karolin Stächele explores joy as a resilient force in times of crisis. The four dancers transform exhaustion and rebellion into energy and resilience. Inspired by contemporary dance and club culture, the performance creates intense physical experiences and collective euphoria. Pulsing electronic sounds enhance the physical perception. Joy is not naively staged here, but as a transformative, artistic and political strategy.
| Makers: | Lea Ved , Lorena Nogal, Karolin Stächele |
| Performers: | Olivia Grassot, Bryony Bowman, Paolo Chiarenza, Emanuel Santos |
| Rehearsal Director: | Elia López |
| Artistic Coordination: | Pablo Sansalvador |
| Costume Design: | Brigitte Hertenberger |
| Technician: | TBC |
| Supported by: | TanzLabor, ROXY Ulm, Moving Rhizomes e.V., Korzo, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, LaFT-BW, Stadt Ulm |
The choreographers
About Karolin Stächele
Karolin Stächele (1985) is a choreographer and performer from Germany, living and working in Freiburg. She graduated from Bewegungs-art Freiburg in 2011 and has since worked as an independent maker, teacher and founder of DAGADA dance. With her company, she makes socially engaged work that chafes and touches. Her choreographies have been shown in Germany, France, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, among others. She won the Innovation Award for Socioculture and, in 2018, the German BKM prize for cultural education. Karolin has been co-director for the education programme at Bewegungs-art Freiburg since 2021. DAGADA is touring Europe with her recent work PRIVILEGION and HOW SOON IS NOW?
About Lorena Nogal
Lorena Nogal (1984) is a dancer and choreographer from Barcelona. She danced at IT Dansa, where she worked with big names such as Ohad Naharin and Jirí Kylián. Since 2008, she has been a regular within the company LA VERONAL, where she has also collaborated with Marcos Morau on productions by Nederlands Dans Theater, The Royal Danish Ballet and Scapino Ballet, among others. In 2016, she was awarded best dancer in Catalonia. Besides her work at LA VERONAL, she founded the company HOTEL col-lectiu escènic in 2018, with which she collaborated with creators such as Lisi Estaras (Les Ballets C de la B). Her recent work includes El elogio de la fisura and ALEGORÍAS, which are still touring. She also teaches the KOVA method, LA VERONAL's movement vocabulary.
About Lea Ved
Lea Ved (1991) is a dancer and choreographer from the United States who has been living in the Netherlands for several years. She danced with the Royal Swedish Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater for many years and has previously created work for Korzo and CaDance Festival as a choreographer. From 2025, Lea is attached to Korzo as a maker. Read more on her maker page.
A project of ChoreoLab International
Since its launch in 2019, the annual platform ChoreoLab has promoted and supported more than 10 national and international choreographers. The ChoreoLab project puts choreographers' skills to the test by providing them with the tools, space and resources to be part of a collaborative dance evening in a time-limited setting - usually a week each time. The element of creative experimentation allows each choreographer to freely interpret their creations based on the evening's common theme. The project's tight parameters follow the idea that constraints can inspire creativity and encourage action if you have the confidence to accept them. They encourage choreographers to apply who can embrace creative problems, experimentation, team spirit and a willingness to learn through failure.
For Spiel, ChoreoLab is collaborating with Ulm-based Roxy/TanzLabor, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona and Korzo Theatre in The Hague.
Spiel premieres at Roxy/Tanz Labor Ulm on Saturday 24 May 2025, plays Saturday 31 May 2025 in The Hague as the closing act of CaDance festival, and can be seen at Teatro Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona on Thursday 5 June 2025.
Made possible by:
Korzo Zaal