b12 summer | main event
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b12 summer main event
locations: eden***** studios & dock11
akira yoshida
dancer with Peeping tom / Lali ayguadé company
this performance project is designed for about 17 people and lasts 13 days (tuesday off). it will be performed three times alongside two other performance projects at dock 11, a theater in the center of berlin. akira's performance project runs from july 7 to 19, 2026.
rehearsals and performances:
july 7 - july 13: 13:00 - 16:30 at eden studios
14 july: no rehearsal
15 july: 10:45 - 12:15 in theater dock 11 / 13:15 - 14:45 in studio dock 11
16 july: 9:30 - 11:15 in dock 11 studio / 12:15 - 15:15 in dock 11 theater
17 july: 9:00 - 10:45 in dock 11 studio / 11:15 - 13:15 in dock 11 theater / 16:00 - 18:00 dress rehearsal in dock 11 theater with all three groups / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 in dock 11 theater
18 july: 14:45 - 15:45 possible feedback in dock 11 theater / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 in dock 11 theater
19 july: 14:45 - 15:45 possible feedback at dock 11 theater / performance: 19:30 - 21:00 at dock 11 theater
new: if you are interested in us booking accommodation for you for the duration of the performance project, please indicate this in your application. please understand that we only have a limited number of accommodations available.
A Manual for the Unfinished
this work unfolds through the creation of a world born between a set of ideas and the encounter of unknown people. what emerges from the process is yet to be discovered: a search for individual identities and the collective construction of a universe that fluctuates between realism and surrealism, theatricality and abstraction, drama and absurdity. drawing from the elements of everyday life, we will shape intricate worlds with vivid physical textures, giving life to characters and situations that exist somewhere between the familiar and the unreal. i will also introduce specific physical materials rooted in floorwork, offering distinct textures and approaches that can be woven into the emerging world of the piece.
the description reflects an artist’s idea which was developed at the time it was submitted to b12. it may have changed by the time the workshop or the performance project is starting. please stay flexible. thank you!
biography
akira yoshida is a dancer with a career that combines breaking, contemporary dance and theatre. he began on the streets and later continued his studies at sead after receiving the main artistic scholarship from the government of navarra. since then, he has worked and collaborated with companies such as peeping tom, quieroteatro, roberto oliván performing arts, hungry sharks, physical momentum, lali ayguadé company, kukai dantza, ceren oran, allen’s line and yoann bourgeois, among others. he has also participated in projects such as virgil abloh’s last fashion show for louis vuitton and advertising campaigns for brands like just over the top (j.o.t.t.), polaroid, etc. he co-created the award-winning duos hito with chey jurado, and together to get there and gizaki with lali ayguadé. additionally, he has created three solos: home (2017), burial of the bark (2022) and oroimen (2022). he has also created pieces such as on hold for get the floor, (un)told for gate8, and then… for oficina zero, dreaming nowhere for cobosmika, what should we do? for b12 and performance project for arles. he has also worked as choreographic assistant to lali ayguadé in shelter for verve company and sublimation for the korean national contemporary dance company. as an actor, he has appeared in short films such as gizaki (directed by edu pérez), bridge (directed by ector palacios) and the echo of time (directed by asier altuna and natalia de miguel), among others.
company info
akira yoshida company
akira yoshida’s work emerges from a blend of diverse influences, with a strong foundation in contemporary dance, theatre and breaking. his artistic language is built on the interplay of opposites: realism and surrealism, theatricality and abstraction, drama and absurdity. by drawing from the elements of everyday life, he constructs complex worlds filled with vivid physical textures that bring characters and situations to life. his creations inhabit a space where contrasts coexist, giving rise to a unique movement vocabulary and an evocative stage presence.
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