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POINT OF TOUCH (work in progress)

  • Alica Minar & col.
  • April 24th 2026
  • TATWERK | Berlin
Two performers in a white studio space, both dressed in shades of pink, engaged in a synchronized gesture — hands raised and curved near their faces, one kneeling and one crouching.
© Alica Minar & col.

A choreographic work on empathy as a relational and embodied practice. How close can we come with(out) touching, and what emerges in that charged space between bodies? Working with scores, somatic improvisation, and partner-based proximity, the piece explores heat, breath, micro-movement, and spatial listening as tools for negotiating attention, boundaries, and responsibility. Documentary and fictional layers intertwine, drawing from personal encounters, imagined situations, and shared reflection. Empathy unfolds here not as a stable value, but as something that shifts, resists, and takes form between bodies ~ shaped through presence, vulnerability, and the willingness to stay with difference.

Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech State Fund for Culture, Prague City Hall, HAUT Copenhagen, Czech-German Future Fund, European Union, Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut

Dates

Friday, April 24th at 6pm

Credits

Choreography: Alica Minar
Dance: Yelena Arakelow, Aneta Bočková, György Jellinek, Jakob von Kietzell, Valerie Renay, Matthew Rogers, Lenka Vořechovská
Dramaturgy: Katarína Bakošová, Lucia Kašiarová
Music: Vi Huyen Tranová
Costumes and scenography: Magdaléna Vrábová
Light design: Félix Noslier
Choreographic assistance: Olesia Usata
Production & PR: Alica Minar & col.
Partners & Residences: Studio ALTA, Prague CZ, Dock11, Berlin DE, Tatwerk, Berlin DE, HAUT Copenhagen DK, Truhlárna, Prague CZ, Nová Cvernovka a TELOCVIČŇA - Rezidenčné centrum pre tanec and PLAST - Platforma pre súčasný tanec, Bratislava SK

Biography

Alica Minar is a Slovak choreographer, performer, and curator based in Prague and Berlin. Loud visuals in which narration and abstraction go hand in hand are typical of her work. Through bizarre situations, she intuitively searches for humour and poetry, while dissecting the neglected sides of burning societal issues together with the audience. Shaped by choreographic scores and clowning principles, she explores how nudity and costumes distort the perception of the dancing body. Since 2023, she has also expanded her curatorial practice, co-creating projects such as the Dancetopia Symposium and Fest of Fools. Since September 2024, she is part of the curatorial team of Studio ALTA in Prague. Alica is a graduate of choreography studies at HAMU in Prague (BA) and Inter-University Centre for Dance HZT in Berlin (MA).