PRESS - Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany

About "SWIM BABY!"
August 1997
Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Germany
Review By Alexander Bartl

"…By projecting film on stage, choreographer Karola Luttringhaus created a medial mirror image of the dancers whose physical caprioles were not sufficient to prevent emotional idling. … All together she put a lot of emphasis on the principles of modern dance, the balance between suspension and release in unadulterated form. Every gushing up is answered by a falling back to where the movement originated. Mostly the movement were very close to the ground, and filled with elements on horizontal levels.

Once, her partner levels out a path on all fours where each deviation into the darkness throws her back into her narrow path. The piece is called "SWIM BABY!", but only in the very end of the performance the dancer in the film escapes her floating state and swims.

…Karola Luttringhaus was able to fascinate the audience with her way of combining bodies and moving images on stage."