Sasha Waltz_David Chipperfield Architects

Sasha Waltz Dialoge 09 – Neues Museum
New Museum in Berlin.


From March 18 – 29, the Sasha Waltz dance company will perform in the still-empty rooms of Berlin’s New Museum. The event will mark the artistic inauguration of the building following its reconstruction by British architect David Chipperfield. Museum Island is the emblematic symbol of Berlin’s reunited museum landscape. The «Dialoge 09» project is the latest museum presentation by the contemporary dance company, ten years after their now legendary performance at the 1999 opening of the Jewish Museum.


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4107773,00.html


The makers didn't go to great lengths to be innovative for the sake of being innovative. Instead they just made a beautiful film with beautiful dance and beautiful music set in a beautiful space. You can see the attention to detail in everything: the movements, the costumes, the hair and make-up and the lighting.
The piece was created on the occasion of the reopening of the Neues Museum in Berlin. The dance explores the rooms and the architecture of the museum before the collection moved in. Some sections were filmed during a performance with an audience present. If you had been there during the performance you would probably not have been able to see every section.


http://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/dance/sasha-waltz-dialoge-09-neues-museum

David Chipperfield Architects_Neues Museum


Built between 1841 and 1859 by the architect Friedrich August Stüler, extensive bombing of Berlin during the Second World War left the building in ruins, with entire sections missing completely and others severely damaged. Few attempts at repair were made after the war, and the structure was left exposed to the elements. In 1997, David Chipperfield Architects - with conservation specialist Julian Harrap - won the international competition for the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin.
On March 5th, after more than ten years of intensive work, the completion of the rebuilt Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island will be celebrated in an official ceremony.


http://www.e-architect.co.uk/berlin/neues_museum.htm