​The Elegant Wanderer

​An original viola concert shaped through butoh dance

​The Elegant Wanderer is a timeless witness, wandering through memories, places, and moments beyond time. Like butoh, the Wanderer’s journey unfolds without seeking a destination, carrying only the traces of life. Through movement and the voice of the viola, she shares what she has witnessed: life and death, longing and belonging, joy and sorrow, stillness and transformation.

​Butoh is a Japanese contemporary movement art rooted in transformation, impermanence, and deep presence. Inspired by its philosophy and practice, violist and butoh practitioner Heri Shin has developed a unique artistic language where body, movement, and sound become inseparable. Rather than movement accompanying music, they arise from the same body and memory, breathing together.

​This concert presents Heri’s original compositions for viola, each created through her butoh practice. Music and movement unfold as one continuous expression, inviting the audience into a shared space of listening, presence, and transformation.

​The Elegant Wanderer invites you to enter a space of witnessing, where music, movement, and emotion unfold together.

​with special guest performer Rand El Zein

​Details

​🗓️ Date: Wednesday, July 29th
🕡 Time: 20:00–22:00
📍 Location: Werkhalle Wiesenburg Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Wiesenstraße 55, 13357 Berlin

​Important: If using Google Maps, follow instructions to “Die Wiesenburg Berlin Gesundbrunnen”, NOT “Werkhalle Wiesenburg”, or you it will navigate you to the wrong side of the Panke canal. Use this link: Open in Google Maps

​See image for the entrance location and the path to follow (straight through and then turn left at the end of the path).

​About Werkhalle Wiesenburg

​A place where history, nature, and art coexist in Wedding, Die Wiesenburg is one of Berlin’s hidden architectural treasures. Once a groundbreaking social institution, today its atmospheric brick halls and creative community offer an inspiring backdrop for concerts, exhibitions, and experimental performance - a fitting home for The Elegant Wanderer.