Pooyesh Frozandeh: Saving Flowers – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin

Pooyesh Frozandeh:
Saving Flowers

A performer in the foreground looks upward toward the floating fabric above, their arms gently opened in a gestural pose.
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“…When someone sits in the middle of a rocket attack and only paints flowers, one might think that the war has had a strong effect on them. In reality, however, this person is searching for something that doesn’t exist – they are moving within a contradiction.”
Bahram Dabiri, Iranian painter

On the ruins, where the boundaries of things are crossed and intertwined, and where all their former definitions are nullified; where these mutilated remnants become a collective graveyard in solidarity with one another; where blue has turned yellow, green has become brown, and gray red — there stands a vase filled with many fresh, vividly colored flowers. They are there to camouflage the ruins. They are there to prevent the destruction of the eye. They are there to deny this plundering of life.

How does a person perceive this absurd collage? How does this distorted narrative manifest through their body?

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The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).

Early boarding

If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.

Tickets

  • Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
  • Via the online ticket shop
  • At the box office

You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.

Text, Choreografie: Pooyesh Frozandeh
Co-Kreation, Performance: kiana rezvani
Komposition: Marina Lukashevich
Dramaturgie: Azade Shahmiri
Video: Jonathan Kolski, Pooyesh Frozandeh
Licht: Robert Prideaux
Costume: id.crisis

A production by Pooyesh Frozandeh in cooperation with HZT Berlin. The 35th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and HZT Berlin. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Rausgegangen, Siegessäule, taz.

Pooyesh Frozandeh was born in Tehran, Iran. He is an interdisciplinary artist. He studied theater directing at Soore University in Tehran and then completed a bachelor’s degree in theater studies and art history at Ruhr University Bochum. In 2025, he completed a master’s degree in choreography at HZT Berlin.

  • A performer lifts their arm in a fluid motion as a large floating sheet shimmers above them in stage light.
    © Juan Nasra
  • A large crumpled sheet floats above the dim stage, while a performer lies still beneath it in the warm glow of two spotlights.
    © Juan Nasra
  • A single performer stands on a dark stage with one arm raised upward. Above them floats a large, crumpled, cloud-like fabric illuminated by cool blue light.
    © Juan Nasra
  • On an almost empty, dark stage, a performer walks forward while a large, paper-like sheet hangs and unfurls overhead.
    © Juan Nasra