Soroa Lear

Soroa Lear she/her) is a queer Cuban-American dancer, performer, and writer based in Berlin. She completed her studies in dance and comparative literature at Reed College, which sparked her interest in the intersections of movement and critical theory. She sees performance as a way to break hearts and make people laugh, connecting to the dramatic and the subtle, the ugly and the beautiful. She has worked for Staatsoper Berlin, Deva Schubert, Rebecca Howell, Aru Ray Tormann, Wojciech Kosma and Sebastian Abarbanell amongst others, and has performed in spaces such as Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlinische Galerie, Sophiensaele, Schinkel Pavillon, Ballhaus Ost, Uferstudios Berlin, and many nightclubs with many drag queens. Alongside her performance work, she teaches a tri-weekly improvisation class, »VIBRANT BODY« at Tanzfabrik Berlin. Her written works have been published by Penny Press and Confluence Journal.

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Aru Ray Tormann

Aru Ray Tormann is a trans* choreographer, dance dramaturg, and curator. Their work explores care as a framework and method for making art, as well as practices of participation within and beyond performing arts institutions. With a background in political philosophy and choreography, Aru’s practice navigates the intersections of artistic and theoretical inquiry. Their work has been supported by numerous grants and residencies in Germany and internationally. As a dramaturg, Aru collaborates with solo artists and collectives and co-curates residency programs, conferences, and collective laboratories. They have collaborated with institutions such as Gropius Bau, PACT Zollverein, Schauspiel Frankfurt, the International Theatre Institute, Uferstudios Berlin, Tafelhalle Nuremberg, and TATWERK | performative Forschung, and held teaching appointments at the Iceland University of the Arts and the Akademie der Künste Baden-Württemberg. Aru co-founded LIK, a collective for dramaturgy, curation, and coordination specializing in flexible, needs-oriented process design, and Celestial Bodies, a mobile platform for artistic research, collaboration, and exchange across the performing arts.

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