Working at the intersection of production and curation, with eclectic, boundary-pushing artists and the institutions that support them.

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From the Throat to the Dawn, Sorour Darabi — TRAUMA Bar und Kino, 2023. © Camille Blake

I support artists and arts organisations to develop their visions within space, time, and budget, across live performance, live music, the club scene, and contemporary art.

Based in Berlin for over a decade, I have built a practice spanning both institutional and independent contexts, producing large-scale live events, developing dance programmes, and serving on national jury panels for choreography. My work moves fluidly between production and curation, bringing the same rigour to a 50-person event as to a 10,000+ person festival. Over the years I have built a reliable network of collaborators across every discipline, from sound to lighting design, front of house team, artists, and music producers. I am able to source the right set of partners from alternative to institutional contexts.

DisciplineLive Performance · Live Music · Event Production · Contemporary Art
BasedBerlin, Germany · Open to relocation
Available forProduction · Curation · Consulting · Event Management

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Ripe

Liquid Studio, Berlin · 24 Sep 2026

An evening for wine tasting, paired with music and performance. Hosted by Pierre Renard, with Maryisonacid. We are taking you on a liquid and sonic journey: minerality will guide us through geography: from the Mediterranean coast, Corsica, Puglia, then going north to Friuli-Venezia Giulia, before a leap to Georgia. Four regions, one thread. Minerality as a journey.

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Selected Productions

  • CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON

    LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain, Berlin · 5 Feb 2026

    A sonic and visual exploration of Halle am Berghain by Amnesia Scanner, Debit, and Jenna Sutela

    This immersive production includes Live AV, Spatial Sound, and LED Screens.

    Production

    CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain
  • Liminals

    LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain, Berlin · 23 Jan — 8 Mar 2026

    A large-scale immersive commission by Pierre Huyghe delving into quantum uncertainty through film, sound, and vibration

    This production includes the coordination of the Welcome and Learning Space, Visitor Flow, and Signage.

    Production · Audience Experience

    Liminals, Pierre Huyghe, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain Liminals, Pierre Huyghe — wall text, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain
  • WHOLE Festival — Editions 7 & 8

    Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen · 2022–2026

    The largest queer electronic music festival in the world, 10,000+ guests across six stages at Ferropolis

    Production · Artist Liaison

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Selected Curatorial Projects

  • From the Throat to the Dawn

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    Sorour Darabi with Petra Hermanova, Bella Báguena, Djibril Sall, Detente, Li-Yun Hu, Pablo Altar, and Sebastian Abarbanell. An endurance piece for eight performers combining live music, dance and experimental opera, staged within a sculptural environment of slowly melting ice.

    This production includes Live Music, Contemporary Dance, and Experimental Opera.

    Curation & Production

    © Camille Blake

  • Deepspace

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    James Batchelor with Chloe Chignell & GiGi FM. A two-part evening opening with a deep listening sonic experience by GiGi FM, followed by a choreographic duet by James Batchelor. An immersive journey through space, science, and the unknown.

    This immersive production includes Deep Listening, Contemporary Dance, and Live Music.

    Curation & Production

    © Camille Blake

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Clients & Collaborators

LAS Art FoundationArt Institution
TRAUMA Arts and CultureIndependent Organisation
WHOLE FestivalFestival
Good LiveFestival
PictoplasmaFestival
Fairground FestivalFestival
Jack BannermanChoreographer
Ben Rentz EnsembleChoreographer

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  • CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON

    LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain, Berlin · 5 Feb 2026

    A sonic and visual exploration of Halle am Berghain by Amnesia Scanner, Debit, and Jenna Sutela

    This immersive production includes Live AV, Spatial Sound, and LED Screens.

    Production

    CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain CLEF LUTE TANGO LOUD PHOTON, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain
  • Cicciolina's Dream

    TRAUMA, Venice, Italy · 6 May 2026

    Opening celebration of Maja Malou Lÿse's work at the Danish Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale, with Ilona Staller, Courtesy, Mina Galán, and felicita. Commissioned by the Danish Arts Foundation.

    This production includes Live Music, 360° Stage, Floral Scenography, Invite-Only, and VIP Access Management.

    Production · Door Management

    Cicciolina's Dream, TRAUMA, Venice. Photo: Troels Primdahl
    Photo: Troels Primdahl
  • WHOLE Festival — Editions 7 & 8

    Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen · 2022–2026

    The largest queer electronic music festival in the world, 10,000+ guests across six stages at Ferropolis

    Production · Artist Liaison

  • Liminals

    LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain, Berlin · 23 Jan — 8 Mar 2026

    A large-scale immersive commission by Pierre Huyghe delving into quantum uncertainty through film, sound, and vibration

    This production includes the coordination of the Welcome and Learning Space, Visitor Flow, and Signage.

    Production · Audience Experience

    Liminals, Pierre Huyghe, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain Liminals, Pierre Huyghe — wall text, LAS Art Foundation, Halle am Berghain
  • Abimal. Painting as a Language of Gratitude

    St. Elisabeth Kirche, Berlin · 29–31 May 2026

    An immersive exhibition and performance work by Hamza Shah transforming St. Elisabeth Kirche into a space of inner reflection

    This production includes Painting Installation, Live Choir, Live Electronic Music, and Multi-day Event.

    Production

    Abimal, St. Elisabeth Kirche, Berlin. Photo: Pierre Renard Abimal, detail. Photo: Pierre Renard

    Photo: Pierre Renard

  • Lollapalooza Berlin

    Berlin, Germany · 2025

    Producer

  • Pictoplasma Festival

    Berlin, Germany · 2019–2025

    Production Manager

  • Superbloom

    Munich, Germany · 2024

    Producer

    Superbloom Festival, Olympiastadion, Munich Superbloom Festival, Olympiapark, Munich
  • Melt Festival

    Ferropolis, Germany · 2024

    Producer

  • Fairground Festival

    Hannover, Germany · 2024

    Producer

  • DANCÆ

    Berlin, Germany · 2025

    Production Manager

    DANCÆ, Berlin
  • Centre National de la Danse

    Pantin, France · 2016

    Production Intern

  • CCN – Ballet de Lorraine

    Nancy, France · 2015

    Production Intern

My curatorial practice moves across contemporary dance, ballet, urban and performative forms, with a consistent interest in site-specific work that plays on the porosity between audience and performance. I am working toward a deconstruction of traditional theatre times, the beginning and the end are structural markers of many venues, my work tends to fade them away, turning cultural spaces into a catalyst for bonding and lingering together. The work gathered below is made exclusively with artists who operate at the edges of their disciplines, often shaped by queer perspectives and marginalised voices.

My experience ranges from artist residencies to fully realised performances, and large-scale live events. For several years I shaped the dance programme at TRAUMA Arts and Culture in Berlin, consistently oriented toward experimentation and early-stage artists, providing infrastructure and curatorial support for work for emerging local artists and also for international artists. More recently, I have been developing Ripe, an independent series pairing wine with live performance and music. The next event is coming up on September 24th.

  • Ripe

    Liquid Studio, Berlin

    An afternoon of wine tasting paired with live performance

    This production includes Curation, Production, Wine Tasting, Contemporary Dance, Krump, Ballet, and Pole Dance.

    Host & Artistic Direction

  • From the Throat to the Dawn

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    Sorour Darabi with Petra Hermanova, Bella Báguena, Djibril Sall, Detente, Li-Yun Hu, Pablo Altar, and Sebastian Abarbanell. An endurance piece for eight performers combining live music, dance and experimental opera, staged within a sculptural environment of slowly melting ice.

    This production includes Live Music, Contemporary Dance, and Experimental Opera.

    Curation & Production

    © Camille Blake

  • Mist

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    Choreography by Damien Jalet for NDT, filmed by Rahi Rezvani. Prelude live poetry by Dove. A multidisciplinary dance film exploring a liminal space between reality and mirage through eighteen dancers of NDT 1 interacting with sculptural fog.

    This production includes Cinema, Live Poetry, and Contemporary Dance.

    Curation & Production

    Mist, Damien Jalet / NDT. © Rahi Rezvani
    © Rahi Rezvani
  • Deepspace

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    James Batchelor with Chloe Chignell & GiGi FM. A two-part evening opening with a deep listening sonic experience by GiGi FM, followed by a choreographic duet by James Batchelor. An immersive journey through space, science, and the unknown.

    This immersive production includes Deep Listening, Contemporary Dance, and Live Music.

    Curation & Production

    © Camille Blake

  • 4:4:1

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin, and CDCN Chorège, Falaise

    Charlotte Rousseau, Flora Pilet, Sebastian Abarbanell, Steven Fast. A four-week experimental residency bringing together four choreographers around the theme of impossible repetitions, culminating in two evenings of public presentations in France and Germany. In partnership with CDCN Chorège, supported by DRAC Normandie and Neustart Kultur, Initiative Musik. With the help of La Coopérative Chorégraphique de Caen, Le Sépulcre.

    This production includes Contemporary Dance, Residency, and Research.

    Curation · Production · Funding

    4:4:1, TRAUMA Arts and Culture, 2021. 4:4:1 poster, 2021.
  • Lounge

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin

    Marga Alfeirão with Mariana Benenge, Myriam Lucas, and Shaka Lion. A choreographic exploration of relaxation, comfort, and assertive femininity, influenced by dance cultures of the African diaspora. Restaging of the original duo in an expanded cast, with a new lighting design created for TRAUMA. Originally produced with Sophiensaele, funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

    This production includes Performance, Choreography, and Live Music.

    Curation & Production

    Lounge, Marga Alfeirão, 2023. © Mayra Wallraf
    © Mayra Wallraf
  • Main Body — Opening

    TRAUMA Arts and Culture, Berlin · Sep 2023

    Choreography by Johnny McMillan, performed by Sally von Rosen. A commissioned contemporary interpretation of L'Après-midi d'un faune as a 15-minute solo by Johnny McMillan within an installation by Sally von Rosen.

    This production includes Neoclassical Ballet.

    Curation & Production

    © Camille Blake

  • Jury Member, Dance Commission

    DRAC Normandie and Hauts-de-France, Ministère de la Culture, France · 2020–2024

    This production includes Application Reviewing.

    Expert Jury

    Ministère de la Culture

Workshops

A series of long-format workshops designed for professional movers and dedicated amateurs, co-conceptualised with the instructors and hosted at TRAUMA's dance studio. Each workshop approached a single theme from multiple perspectives, bridging theory and practice within an intimate group setting.

  • Body of the Heart: Tools for Openness

    Michelle Moura & Elisabete Finger

    A workshop exploring the psychophysical dimensions that move us, drawing on tools from Kundalini Yoga and contemporary dance practice.

  • Holding Each Other: Moving and Writing Through Vulnerability

    Sorour Darabi, Saura & oxi pëng

    A five-hour journey through collective vulnerability, weaving movement, writing, and shared sensory experience into bubbly manifestos and bodily archives.

  • Caretaking: Tools for Sustaining in the Berlin Dance Scene

    Cree Barnett Williams & Shannon Leypoldt

    A workshop and discussion for freelance dancers in Berlin, exchanging resources, care strategies, and tools for sustaining long-term dance careers.

  • Death in Spring

    Saura

    A yoga session touching on death and life as a full cycle, exploring each pose as if for the first and last time.

  • Vibrations

    Saura

    An active meditation journey exploring physical and introspective vibrations, set within TRAUMA's club floor transformed into a yoga space.

  • Holiday Grounding Session

    Saura

    An extended yoga class drawing from the Ashtanga Primary series, releasing the energies of the year through breathwork, flexibility, and shared tea.

Open to production mandates, curatorial collaborations, and consulting for arts organisations across Europe.

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