DOOM is our offering of rhythms, textures, and ways of being-with, together. Even as apocalypses bloom around us, we dance non-stop and launch into a doom-metal concert, howling our approach to the end of the world — a collective grieving and celebration in the face of oncoming doom. We see, feel, and hear the slow changes of an ending world, and yet we propose a non-fatalistic way of attending to each other with care, imagining alternatives to the end-of-days scenario.

Concept: Samuel Hertz & Layton Lachman

Created and Performed with: emeka ene & Caroline Neill Alexander

Original Composition: Samuel Hertz || Choreography: Layton Lachman

SOUNDS OF DOOM: https://soundcloud.com/sophiensaeleberlin/tanztage-berlin-podcast-13-sounds-of-doom

Special Thanks:

Mateusz Szymanówka, Walter Freitag, Nadja Krüger, Thea Reifler, Anna Fitoussi, Johannes Paul Raether, Cajsa Godée, Abby Crain & Mara Poliak, Flutgraben Performances, Ponderosa e.V.

DOOM exists in the afterglow of the amazing work and legacy of Kathleen Hermesdorf (1967-2020) & Mariana Nobre Vieira (1989-2020).

DOOM is a production by Layton Lachman/Samuel Hertz in co-production with Tanztage Berlin/ SOPHIENSÆLE. The 30th edition of Tanztage Berlin is a production of SOPHIENSÆLE, and is supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. This production was also made possible with the generous support of DIS-TANZEN and Musikfonds e.V.