Tasha Hess-Neustadt is a dance artist based in Berlin. As a performer, their practice spans contemporary dance, improvisation, physical theater, and vocal work. They have worked with choreographers Simone Mousset, Sasha Amaya, Livia Rita, Monika Dorniak, Dan Su, and Svea Schneider. Previous performances include works by Ingri Fiksdal, Fernanda Muños-Newsome, Alivia Schaffer, Adam Barruch.
As a creator, Tasha is often concerned with the construction and deconstruction of representations of gender, imagery, and alternative narratives, exploring the materiality of the body and sometimes its reach into the digital sphere. Tasha’s own artistic works have been supported by venues and institutions across Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, and the UK, including, Offensive Tanz für Junges Publikum, TANZKOMPLIZEN/Podewil Theater, FELD Theater, TEHDAS Teatteri, Live Art Society Helsinki, Northern Sustainable Futures / imKONSTHALL Gallery, Festival de VideoDanse de Bourgogne, Theater Freiburg International Screendance Festival, Schwere Reiter Munich, Gallus Theater Frankfurt am Main, Delphi Space Freiburg and Tanzzentrale der Region Nürnberg e.V., among others.
Tasha is a founding member of two collectives: Munich-based Riess Neustadt, together with Fabian Riess, and Germany/Finland-based Riiviöt, together with Eevi Kinnunen.
They are an alumni of London Contemporary Dance School and previously trained at The Ailey School (NYC).
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A Shadow Merging With A Corpus
art direction/costume- Monika Dorniak
photographer/editor- Diego Moscoso
on location assistance- Anaelle Cabon and Margot Tracq (Centre Francais De Berlin)