VASTA
PERFORMANCE 25.09.2026 20:30
WITH Lina Gómez
TICKETS Please book your ticket here & pay what you can (10/15/20/25)
ACCESS SAVVY is a ground floor wheelchair accessible space. A wheelchair-accessible toilet is available.
Please note Doors open at 20:30 sharp and entry is only possible between 20:30 and 20:40. The performance starts sharply at 20:40.
There will be no late entry once the performance has started.
In VASTA, Lina Gómez, after seventeen years, returns to the stage as a dancer in her own work. In a solo of multiple presences on origin and transformation, she moves backwards, drawing on Latin American cosmovisions where the past lies ahead of us.
In dialogue with her deceased grandmothers, the body becomes a living archive. Memories of Colombian and Brazilian dance traditions unfold through circular movement, rhythm, and live percussion. VASTA approaches the circle as a space of encounter, resistance, and shared time – asking: what do we carry forward, what do we transform, what do we leave behind?
The piece, which premiered at Radialsystem in July 2026, will be specially adapted for the gallery space at SAVVY Contemporary, in collaboration with Tanzfabrik Berlin.
Lina Gómez is a Colombian-born, Brazilian-raised choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in Berlin. Her work challenges our perception of time through persistence and repetition, interweaving diverse movement traditions with the energy that flows between music and body. Gómez studied Dance and Theater in São Paulo and completed a Master's in Choreography at HZT Berlin. Her most recent ensemble creations include "WIRRUNGEN – Sapatos Cegos" (2024), a performance for public spaces, "Antigone" (2025), in collaboration with Jörg Wesemüller at Staatstheater Braunschweig, "Vagarosas" (2023) and "Träumerei des Verschwindens" (2022), both presented at Radialsystem Berlin. Since 2015, she has been selected for residencies across continents, including the prestigious Villa Kamogawa Residency – Goethe-Institut in Kyoto. www.linapgomez.com
Content Note & Sensory Stimulations
During the performance the live sound of hand percussion will be very loud, earplugs are available at the location. Intense bass frequencies will be used during the performance. The seating of the audience will be in a circle. Beanbags are available at site. The performance is for people from the age of 6 years onwards.
Early boarding is not possible for the event. Please note: Doors open at 20:30 sharp and entry is only possible between 20:30 and 20:40. The performance starts sharply at 20:40. There will be no late entry once the performance has started.
If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de or communications@savvy-contemporary.com
CRedits
Artistic direction, concept, choreography, dance: Lina Gómez
Conversation partners: Rosa Tulia Garcia, Cenith Antonia Serrudo
Artistic collaboration and choreographic advice. Ana Lessing Menjibar
Live percussion and composition: Aduni Guedes
Live music, composition and sound design: Andrea Parolin
Lighting design: Bruno Pocheron
Outside-eye: Luciane Ramos-Silva
Dramaturgical advice: Thomas Schaupp
Costume design: Reiner Törner
Technical direction: Bruno Pocheron, Andrea Parolin
Distribution: Tammo Walter
Production management: M.i.C.A. – Movement in Contemporary Art
A production by Lina Gómez in co-production with Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. A co-production of the Fonds Transfabrik – French-German Fund for the Performing Arts.
Supported by a residency at Perform[d]ance / Stralsund as well as by ETAPE DANSE, a network of fabrik Potsdam, La Briqueterie CDCN Val-de-Marne and Mosaico Danza – Interplay Festival, with the support of the Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse / Institut français Deutschland, the French Ministry of Culture / DGCA, the City of Potsdam, Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, Lavanderia a Vapore Turin, the Torinodanza Festival / Fondazione Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, the Tanz im August festival, and the EFFEA European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists.
Thanks to Maria Esperanza Arias Garcia, Oswaldo Alonso Gómez Serrudo, Pilar Arias Garcia, Adriana Arias, Emerita Ivonne Gómez Serrudo, Carmen Sofía Gómez Serrudo, Nelson Antonio Gómez Serrudo, Ivan Darío Gómez Serrudo, Maria Angélica Gómez Serrudo, Zorayda Serrudo, Jose Luis Serrudo, Nery Sofia Diaz, Juan Camilo Alfonso, Esteban Card, Festival Nacional de Bullerengue Maria La Baja, Kuagro Bullerenguero Dolores Salinas, Comunidad Bullerenguera de Berlín, Maestra Darlina Sáenz, Valeria Pacific, Julek Kreutzer, Michelangelo Contini, Juca Junior, Team Physiotherapy Roseli Dutra, Isabela Fernandes Santana, Joaquim Lino, Gustavo Llano, Martin Stiefermann, Jana Bäskau, Schloss Bröllin and its team.
Photo Mayra Wallraff
