Sasha Waltz

Multi- award winning Sasha Waltz was born in Karlsruhe, Germany and studied dance and choreography in Amsterdam and New York. In 1993 she founded her company Sasha Waltz & Guests, together with Jochen Sandig and In 1996 together they opened the Sophiensæle, a theatre in Berlin.

In the years since, alongside her work with Sasha Waltz and guests, she has been one of the artistic directors of Berlin’s Schaubühne 1999 - 2004, and she was the joint artistic director, with Johannes Öhman, of the Staatsballett Berlin for a couple of years from 2019.

Among her numerous works are The Körper trilogy, noBody, Exodos, choreographic operas such as Dido & Aeneas (2005), Medea (2007), Roméo et Juliette. Sasha is currently touring the more intimate pieces In C & Kreatur, as well as a full scale opera - Orfeo

Lou spoke with Sasha in late June 2022 about the evolution and dramaturgy of her whole career - how economics, opportunity and the space in which they were working has impacted the content, form and scale of the work itself. Sasha spoke about her new show ‘In C’ and how its playful, semi-improvised form speaks of the freedoms and responsibilities of living collectively in society. Sasha also spoke about the ongoing battle as a leader to find allies and make change.2

The internet wasn’t always friendly in this recording, there were a few bumps along the way, but we got there and we hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did.