“STORY WATER is a place of fluid metaphors waiting for new contexts to emerge, so as to reveal new meanings.” The air inside Frankfurt LAB is muggy and the creation process for STORY WATER is in full swing. With the World Premiere coming closer, Emanuel is simultaneously working with the dancers on the choreographic structure...Continue Reading

It's time for a reality check: ZEIT ONLINE talked to me about my finances for their column Kontoauszug (German for bank statement). If you were wondering what made me choose this career ... it was very obviously not for financial reasons. Building a career as a freelancer takes guts and a lot of persistence. But to...Continue Reading

Who doesn’t love Google Translate? It’s not only one of the most useful web tools out there, but probably also the most poetic. It doesn’t just translate the content of an article but adds an almost artistic layer to it. At least to my weird mind. SUNNY at Stockholm’s Dansens Hus was a big success....Continue Reading

This one is for the dance nerds: On the occasion of our upcoming shows at Teatro San Ferdinando in Naples I wanna share two videos of Emanuel Gat’s MILENA & MICHAEL with you. One is a full documentation of the 17 minute duet we created during our residency at Maison de la Danse de Lyon, the...Continue Reading

Thank you for a totally awesome, exciting, inspiring, sweaty, sexy, adventurous, challenging, insane, fun, groovy, yummy, bold, wonderful 2017! I was absolutely lucky to perform and create with such a bunch of inspiring artists, and teach my classes and workshops for so many talented young dancers. I performed 36 shows in 7 countries, spent 9...Continue Reading

I don’t really know what to say except that i feel blessed and flattered beyond words to receive a mention in TANZ magazine’s annual international critics poll in the ‘Male Dancer of the Year’ category. It’s definitely a huge boost of motivation to continue pushing myself further and further. Thank you Agnès Izrine for your...Continue Reading

Julia Gat made this gorgeous trailer of Duo #5, a site specific project created for and performed during Montpellier Danse 2017. Working with a clear framework of rules and tasks, the idea of Emanuel Gat’s DUOS was to place real time choreography in a public space. It was an opportunity for the audience to catch...Continue Reading

I just arrived back home in Berlin after four great days in beautiful Vignale and Moncalvo. We performed a double bill of MILENA & MICHAEL and SACRE, and created a site specific event called POLYDUOS for the gorgeous Orsolina 28. A tour combining a weird wrestling dance, a stressful salsa party, fun body painting with...Continue Reading