Alexandra Waierstall

And here we meet: Choreography at the edge of time

Published in July 2025

Edited by Judith Jaeger and Matthias Quabbe in collaboration with Alexandra Waierstall

For almost 20 years, Cyprus-born, Düsseldorf-based choreographer Alexandra Waierstall has been staging productions throughout the world. The book And here we meet: Choreography at the edge of time offers the first major account of her work, a survey at once comprehensive and multifaceted. Insights into her career come from large-format photo series and trenchant texts, including contributions by Monica Gillette, Emily Markert, Roberto Fratini Serafide, João da Silva, Melanie Suchy and Paraskevi Tektonidou.

The direct, physical imagery of Alexandra Waierstall’s works is as impressive as the radical presence of her dancers. They draw from the vital interpersonal negotiation of complex relationships which unfolds in choreographic constellations, images and transformations. Here, choreography becomes a means to empowerment in the incarnation of social responsibility, and a starting point for forms of communality.

Pre-presentation on June 13, 2025 at the Athens Festival, Greece

Publisher: Theater der Zeit
www.tdz.de

In English, online access to the German translation included in the book
Open thread binding with approx. 200 pages
Format 210 x 287 mm

ISBN 978-3-95749-570-9 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-3-957 49-571-6 (ePDF)
EUR 35.00

Translation: James J. Conway | Design: Tabea Feuerstein | Editorial: Harald Müller and Sophie-Margarete Schuster | Cover image: © Don Stahl | Print: Druckhaus Sportflieger, Berlin

This book was realized with the support of Kunststiftung NRW, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf and Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR

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