Cilgia Gadola

Cilgia is Swiss, and studied in Munich. She has been in Berlin for a year and a half and aside from her performance work she teaches teenagers dance in Kreuzberg. Last year she initiated the website tanzpresse.de which provides an opportunity for critique of Contemporary Dance performances here in Berlin. She writes for the website also. Her sister is moving to Los Angeles, and Cilgia will be passing through New York on her way to visit her in June. Cilgia gave up dance briefly when she was 11 to pursue an interest in horses, but started to take classes again seriously at the age of 15, and hasn’t stopped since.

Dance Critique in Berlin

Check out tanzpresse.de for indpendent critique of the Contemporary Dance scene in Berlin. It features writing about the smaller shows that don't make it into the Deutsche Zeitung. It debuted in 2007, and at present is in German, however, it is planning to cover international performances in the very near future.