Concept, choreography, performance & vocals: Kat Válastur / Music & composition: Aho Ssan (featuring Sam Slater & Jakob Vasak) / Ceramic artist: Latika Nehra / Outside eye: Michalis Agelidis, Maria Tzika / Light design & technical direction: Martin Beeretz / Set design: Louis Casper Schmitt / Creative production: Saskia Schoenmaker / Production assistance: Katharina Fischer
Kat Válastur & Aho Ssan
MoonJar
Part of “CTM Festival 2026”
- Music
- Dance
approx. 50 mins.
In “MoonJar,” choreographer and performer Kat Válastur and musician Aho Ssan create a poetic interplay of sound and movement that condenses into an intense, almost ceremonial performance. Inspired by ancient creation myths and the materiality of clay, they transform the theater into a resonant vessel.
Within this mythical space, Kat Válastur performs a ritual of renewal. Like an exhumator, she lifts magical ceramic objects that resemble relics and bones, crafted by the ceramist Latika Nehra. Her choreography engages in dialogue with the relics and the sounds they convey, referencing the first inhabitants of the planet. Válastur’s spiral and circular movements trace arcs that echo the cycles of the moon and the helical twists of DNA.
The performance is accompanied by the subtle nuances of Válastur’s singing and a circular, vibrating metal instrument that defines the space of the ritual. Aho Ssan’s immersive soundscape is expanded by contributions from Sam Slater and Jakob Vasak, in which Kat Válastur’s instinctive choreography weaves together the archaic and the contemporary. “MoonJar” becomes a vessel of radical potential for a new and better world.
Cast
Dates
Current
Further Information
Visitor note
Notes:
Following the performance on 30 January: Artist Talk
Following the performance on 31 January: Break @WAU with DJ set by 41ISSA / Free admission
Credits
Production: Kat Vaìlastur. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Fonds Transfabrik - French-German Fund for the Performing Arts, CTM Festival, CNN Centre Choréographique National de Grenoble.
Funded by: Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by: Institut français Germany as part of the residency programme of Cité internationale des arts in Paris.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
