15. SoloDuo Festival nrw + friends
International Dance Festival Cologne
May 19-21, 2023

(Foto: Victor Persson_Bat techno_Copyright José Figueroa)

For the fifteenth time, BARNES CROSSING (Freiraum für TanzPerformanceKunst) organized the international dance festival SoloDuo NRW + friends from 19-21 May 2023 in Cologne, once again cooperating with the Budapest SzólóDuó Táncfesztivál and the Almada Dance Company / Almada international Dance Festival.

At the award ceremony on May 21st, 03:00 p.m., the following prizes were awarded by the jury: Roos van Berkel / NL, Johanna Bodor / HU, Christina Maria Purkert /D:

Jury prizewinner 2023

Excellent duo: ‘Simposio’ by Cie. Bellanda
Award-winning duo newcomer: “Aggomitolamelo” by Nicolas Sanchez and Irene Valesano
Excellent solo: ‘Frozen shoulder’ by Hea Min Jung
Award-winning solo newcomer: ‘Meg til deg’ by Amisha Kumra
Outstanding actress: Laura Louise van Moers

Audience Award Winner 2023:

May 19th 2023:

Solo: Laura Louise van Moers with „On Top of the Cake“ (Choreographie Viviane Hamm zusammen mit Laura Louise)
Duo: Nicolas Sanchez, Irene Valesano with „AGGOMITOLAMELO“

May 20th 2023:

Solo: Hea Min Jung with „frozen shoulder“
Duo: Claudia Latini und Giovanni Leonarduzzi with „Simposio“

Our partner festival in Budapest took place this year at our cooperation partner in Poland, as the theater in Hungary had to close due to the rise in energy prices.
The winning duo 2022 “Remenance” Mira Rosa Plikat and Miriam Reck, which we sent there as a choreography participant, also won the “Best Duo” prize there.

Laudation:
In their duo “Remenance”, Mira Rosa Plikat and Miriam Reck (choreography: Selina Koch and Mira Rosa Plikat) explore the theme of symbiosis in an act of radical reduction. In their process from embrace to separation, they convey a deep inner awareness of overcoming the limitations of gender. The slowness of their movements allows us to observe the physicality of their interaction and creates space for our imagination. They not only achieved a fascinating sculptural effect, but also created a multidimensional sensory experience that was mesmerizing.