"Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" in Rome

Friedemann Vogel in Soul Threads photo by Yan Revazov

A masterpiece of reflection and interpretation, combining choreography, music, lighting design and direction to create a unique work…. A dazzling solo drawn with the breath, skin, bones, tendons, brain and heart, truly embodies the power and the beauty of the battle between man and robot.” Maria Luisa Buzzi, Editor in Chief, Danza & Danza Magazine

"Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" was honoured with two Danza & Danza Awards for its Italian premiere at the 2024 Spoleto Festival, including "Choreography/Performance" for Friedemann, and "Lighting Design" for Fabiana Piccioli. 

Friedemann is thrilled to bring "Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" back to Italy, for two performances on 12th and 13th December at the Teatro Nazionale, as part of the Rome Opera Ballet 2025-2026 season. 

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Die Seele am Faden / Soul Threads in Hamburg

Following four sold-out performances in the SWR Schwetzingen Festspiel in May and the Kleist Forum in June, Friedemann is very excited to bring his award-winning work Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads - a timely and profound reflection on the human soul in our age of machines - to Hamburg on 14th July as an invited guest for the Hamburg Ballet Days.

There will be a post-show discussion with Friedemann, Thomas Lempertz (visual artist and co-choreographer of the work), and Florian Vogel (director of the Kleist Forum and producer of the work), moderated by dramaturg Vivien Arnold.  

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Friedemann Vogel Photo (c) Yan Revazov

Danza & Danza Award

Friedemann is thrilled to receive an award from the Danza & Danza Magazine in recognition of his choreography and performance of his first full-length co-creation with Thomas Lempertz "Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" at the 2024 Spoleto Festival. 

"The sense of freedom I feel when everything I dance depends on me is inexplicable". 

Read more in the cover story on Friedemann in the latest issue of Danza & Danza.  

Die Seele am Faden im Schlosstheater Schwetzingen

"Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads leaves an indelible mark for its completeness of reflection, quality of performance, choreography, music, light design and direction". Danza&Danza Magazine

Following the successful Italian premiere of "Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" at the very atmospheric San Simone in the Spoleto Festival, Friedemann is delighted to bring his co-creation with Thomas Lempertz to yet another special venue: the Palace Theatre - the oldest ranked theatre in Europe - on the stunning grounds of the Schwetzingen Palace. 

The two performances on 6th and 7th May will be part of the Schwetzingen SWR Festival.

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Schlosstheater Schwetzingen (c) Schloß Schwetzingen

Soul Threads for Spoleto Festival 2024 Italy

Friedemann is thrilled to announce that "Soul Threads" - his first full-length co-creation with Thomas Lempertz - will have its Italian premiere in the 2024 Spoleto Festival, following two runs in Germany at the Kleist Forum. The performances will take place from 5 to 7 July at San Simone and tickets will go on sale from 27 March. 

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