2026 © Selina Thüring
Premiere
May 6, 2023 at ITZ Tübingen
Further performances
May 13 / 19 / 20 / 25 / 26 & June 2 / 3 / 9 / 10 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 22
Revival
November 2 / 3 / 10 / 11 / 16 / 17 / 30 & December 1
Performance, Music & Composition
Konstantin Dupelius, Justus Wilcken
Text
Justus Wilcken
Direction
Selina Thüring
Stage Design
Valentin Baumeister
Dramaturgical Support
Jana Gmelin
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
The Body Memory Opera is a live performance exploring how the body stores, distorts, and replays memory through movement and sound. Blurring the line between dance, concert, and ritual, the piece unfolds as a series of physical “arias,” where gesture replaces melody and the body itself becomes the instrument.
Each performer navigates a shifting score of sound, light, and breath, tracing invisible pathways of experience — moments once lived, now re-imagined through motion. Musicians respond in real time, composing an evolving soundscape of fragmented rhythms, whispers, and resonant drones that echo the dancers’ internal landscapes.
What emerges is neither dance nor opera in a traditional sense, but a hybrid form: a choreography of remembering.
THE BODY MEMORY OPERA
PREMIER 2025
Theater im Delphi
15.04.2025 – Berlin