Delicate, flowing, almost chamber music-like, sinnestaumel unfolds into a sensually charged work that understands the body as a resonance space for music, light, and movement.

Three sonatas from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 lay the groundwork and form the driving kinetic force behind an extraordinary encounter: Midori Seiler (violin) and Christian Rieger (harpsichord), specialists in historical performance practice, create together with the dancers of laborgras a space where baroque lines and contemporary bodies enter into a finely tuned dialogue. In endless variations, the five performers open associative spaces, oscillating between hope, longing, melancholy, and joie de vivre, weaving poetry, drama, humor, and grotesque into the poetic power of a humanity that repeatedly emerges through dance and music.

Concept and artistic direction: laborgras, in artistic collaboration with Barbara Weigel.
The choreography, created in 2021 in collaboration with dancers Abraham Iglesias Rodriguez and Tian Gao, now finds a new form: in October 2025 it is performed by Abraham Iglesias Rodriguez, Renate Graziadei, and Djamila Polo. The musical interpretation is entrusted to Midori Seiler (violin) and Christian Rieger (harpsichord), two specialists in historical performance practice.
The artistic team: Arthur Stäldi (dramaturgy), Claudia Janitschek (costumes), Raquel Rosildete (lighting design). Production: Micaela Trigo and Urszula Heuwinkel. Communications: Yven Augustin / Augustin PR (press) · Marcelo Vilela da Silva (social media). Photography: Phil Dera · Design: Mia Sedding.

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach – Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord (BWV 1014–1019), featuring BWV 1014, 1017 & 1019.