manifesto
We are a constellation of five artists, women, feminists, queer folx, non-binary folx, and anarchists.
We are anti-racist, abolitionist, anti-borders, and anti-capitalistic.
We make art to keep us all alive by churning/digesting the world and the million yous that are present in each moment
If it’s not a fuck yes it’s a no
A no is a positive
We don’t answer, we question
We encourage constant discovery
We redefine questions all the time
We ourstand each of us as new in the period of now
We meet you by facilitating the availability for constant redefinement and reiteration
We create from a place of urgency
The power of now
We create because we need to
In support of a pea-tree dish fostering unapologetic and playful humanity
We start by asking, what do you see
Our materials are our own bodies, emotions, histories, opinions, time, and space
What comes is the interaction of each
Making amalgam babies from interdisciplinary and multiplicitous parents
who?
Celia Shaw Morris (they/she) is a movement artist and wordsmith from New Hampshire, USA currently based in Berlin, DE. With the commitment to fragile awkwardness, they create, assist, and facilitate. They earned a BA in Dance and Comparative American Studies from Oberlin College, studies that embedded within them a commitment to questioning the world through the body. Their current practice in Berlin is shared with the dance artists of dajci* collective (of which they are a founding member), focusing on body image and emotional, physical, and social nudity. Their most recent performance was of the work in progress, 'not today,' created and performed in collaboration with dajci* at Eschschloraque Bar. They bring their thoughtfulness, honesty, and care into the studio environments with dajci*, as a freelance dancer, and a facilitator in youth centers in Berlin.
Anna Deborah Disse (they/them) is a non-binary dancer and performer based in Berlin, Germany. Their research about the dancing body explores emotionally driven states in connection to the breath, voice, and imagination. Together with their collective (dajci*) they created and performed recently the short piece ‘not today’ at Eschschloraque Bar in Berlin. With dajci*, they are investigating a method of active listening, constant questioning, and radical care. They performed for Nir de Volff as one of 11 dancers for the launch of a dancer network, everybodydancenowgermany2022, on Instagram. After one year of ballet training and three years of training in contemporary dance, they earned their diploma as a state-approved stage dancer at the balance1 dance academy in Berlin in 2019 and spent two years in Performact, an intensive contemporary performance program in Portugal.
Dié Carvalho (they/them) is a performer, choreographer, and contemporary dancer, born on 03/03/1995 in Porto, Portugal. In Berlin, they’re a founding member of dajci*collective. They choreographed and performed the work in progress ‘not today’ with dajci* collective as well as their own work ‘Global Flame’ in Uferstudios. They performed for Diego de La Rosa the piece ‘Denial.’ Their education in professional dance started in Balleteatro (2010/2011), Porto, Portugal, followed by Superior School of Dance, Lisbon, Portugal (bachelor's degree) 2015/2016. They recently finished the intensive Profitraining at Dart Studios, Berlin (2021/2022).
Inbar Aviram (she/her) is a dancer and activist from Jerusalem. Since her arrival in Berlin in December 2021, Inbar, with a focus on professional training, has attended classes and workshops with Danilo Andres, Dariuz Severyn Nowak, Roni Rotem, Nir De Volff, Dor Malia and several GAGA teachers*. She works as an activist with refugees from Eritrea and Sudan, as well as with an organization supporting the Palestinian community. She developed a foundation in contemporary dance and ballet at Thelma Yelline High School of Art, then studied in the international program of Vertigo Dance Company and participated for a year in the post-graduate program in Performact an intensive training program in Portugal.
Julie C. Stamm (she/her) is a German dancer and choreographer living in Berlin. Since graduating from Performact in 2021, she has been working on a performance installation with musician Ryan Hollaway as part of the Hangar Residency Lisbon. In early 2022, she began developing her solo work drosophilae, funded by the Young Art and New Ways grant. She performs this work internationally (Germany, Austria, Poland, France) exploring unconventional performative spaces. Together with Celia Morris she leads a partnering class through Peace Lab Berlin.
dajci* collective is a Berlin-based and founded collective composed of Dié Carvalho, Anna Deborah Disse, Julie Stamm, Celia Shaw Morris, and Inbar Aviram. Since their inception in June 2022, they have been developing a method of active listening, constant questioning, and radical care. Their current research focuses on body image and emotional, physical, and social nudity. In November 2022 they will perform a short piece sharing their research thus far at various bars in Berlin. They received a small private artistic grant from Giardini di Sole, a small business interested in women* entrepreneurship. They are committed to creating works from feminist perspectives for non-traditional spaces.
works
not today
Present bodies from a bygone dream colliding with the future.
A work in progress trio created and performed by Celia Shaw Morris, Dié Carvalho, and Anna Deborah Disse.
Performed at Eschschloraque Bar in Berlin.
one more time / until when // thank you for calling, please hold the line
The project "one more time/ until when // thank you for calling, please hold the line," is a combination of long-durational performance and participatory installation, which is based on the theme of the "transitory waiting room." The original performance ran for three hours at Haus der Statistik in Berlin in July 2022. The 3-hour interplay of the dancers of dajci* collective, the musician Lukas Kannemann, and a waiting room questions and confronts us with our understanding of waiting. The collaborating artists utilize loops and repetitions to provoke a trance-like state, activating the passing of time into a landscape littered with persistence, frustration, boredom, curiosity, support, and collectivity. Time is everywhere here.