DANCE at PAS

DANCE at PAS
An evening of movement and sound by Caroline Marcantoni / Jessica Gaynor + Quentin Tolimieri / Marco Nektan + Stephen Flinn
31st August 2025
Doors open at 19:30 performances start at 20:00
Entrance in the courtyard, Aufgang II, 1 OG
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Daphina
Choreography, performance, and composition: Caroline Marcantoni
Caroline Marcantoni makes sound and performance work and currently resides in Berlin, Germany. Her work often involves elements of structure and improvisation. The composition for Daphina is made in the style of Musique Concrète.
Website: https://carolinewebsite.wixsite.com/carolinecaro…/caroline

Movement + Sound
Dance: Jessica Gaynor
Music: Quentin Tolimieri
Focused on extreme reductionism of material and form, the dance and music coexist without direct correlation between each other, allowing for a space that is open ended to allow for unexpected relationships and synchronicities to arise between the dancer and musician throughout the course of a performance.

Barbelo
Choreography and performance: Marco Nektan
Music and performance: Stephen Flinn
In the beginning, before light touched form, she was the Womb of Thought — Barbelo, the first emanation of the ineffable source. Through the slow birth of movement, she becomes both mirror and mother, weaving creation from the silence that birthed her.

Marco Nektan is a performance artist and Butoh dancer whose work delves into the depths of the human subconscious, merging elements of dance, theatre, and conceptual art. His artistic practice is heavily influenced by Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theatre known for its exploration of primal emotions and the unconscious. Nektan’s performances often evoke a shamanistic quality, where he acts as a conduit for collective memories and archetypes, bringing forth a raw, transformative experience for the audience. Marco has been preforming for 20 years and has created over 500 original performances and choreographies.
Stephen Flinn is an active composer, performer, and improviser living in Berlin, Germany. He performs throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States in contexts ranging from solo to large groups, supporting Butoh dancers, and various ongoing projects. He has spent decades experimenting with traditional percussion to create distinct sounds and phonic textures, and to finding new extended techniques for expressing himself in diverse musical settings.

*Cover photo credit: Caroline Marcantoni