Walstories

Company:
NY2Dance
The New York International Fringe Festival –Fringe NYC
A production of the Present Company
August 12th -28th, 2011
Tickets: 5-8. For tickets visit www.FringeNYC.org
Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002
Wallstories is an evening length Dance Theatre work which was conceived by German
choreographer Nejla Y. Yatkin and premiered to rave reviews in 2009 in Washington DC as part
of the 20th Anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Wallstories is part of Ms.
Yatkins Berlin Wall Project (www.berlinwallproject.com). The Berlin Wall Project is a triptych
movement project: manifesting on stage, on screen, and on the streets. Wallstories is the stage
manifestation and is based on stories and reflections of Germans including Ms. Yatkin who lived
with the Berlin Wall. While 2009 celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,
2011 marks the 50th Anniversary of the year the Wall was built. Wallstories was named by
Pulitzer Prize winning critic Sarah Kaufmann of the Washington Post as on of Top 10 Dances of
2009.
Performances of Wallstories were made possible in part by donations by the Historical Dance
Foundation in honor of Ms. Elizabeth A.R. Brown, as well as donations by Elizabeth A.R. and
Ralph S. Brown, in part supported by the University of Notre Dame and the German Consulate