ADFestival THE IN-BETWEEN

Alexandra Cassirer – Live Performance
Adults 18+

The stage becomes a space to explore the boundaries between body, form, movement, and stillness. In this performance, Alexandra Cassirer transforms the body into a living sculpture, oscillating between presence and absence. Improvised and without fixed structure, each moment unfolds in its raw purity — where time and intention become fluid.

A soundscape — 1970s cellos, sacred chants, and experimental sounds — creates an atmosphere that is both raw and sacred. It accompanies the body’s transformations, moving through tension, release, and uncertainty.

The audience witnesses the vulnerability of the performer — and, through her, the human condition itself, caught between strength and fragility. Here, the boundaries between dance, sculpture, and existence dissolve. The work becomes a continuous process, a flow of transformation, where the body reflects the ephemeral and ever-shifting nature of being — always in transition, always in-between.

Alexandra Cassirer

Revolutionizing interdisciplinary art, this artist explores body politics, eroticism, and feminine identity through performance, photography, and installation. Using her body as the primary medium, she breaks taboos and challenges societal norms, offering a bold new lens on power and identity.

Inspired by visionaries such as Jan Fabre, Marina Abramović, as well as Butō and Martha Graham techniques, she fuses physical theatre with experimental dance. Often improvised, her works engage the audience in an intimate experience, inviting them to confront their own vulnerability.

Her unique upbringing — in a deaf family in the former USSR — imbues her work with rare emotional depth, shedding light on the challenges and beauty of the deaf world. Her performances are not mere spectacles, but acts of communication, building bridges between personal experience and collective empathy.

Experience a visceral dialogue — each work a window into humanity’s struggles and celebrations.

In collaboration with the National Dance Festival