Kunstakademie Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf, Germany

Performed at the internationale tanzmesse dance festival, Off the Top of My Head animated the top floor and roof of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf as the audience followed a couple’s journey from the interior hallway to the exterior space. The architectural elements of the historical space, complexity of identity, and relationship between the two dancers were integrated into a choreographic journey from the interior hallway to the exterior terrace. Against the backdrop of the glimmering Rhein River and the Düsseldorf skyline, the audience began lined against the wall of the long space, then traveled with the dancers down the narrow enclave about the city. Photo credit: Anne Pohlmann