A Song For You ›In Circulation‹

A Song For Youis a BIPOC vocal ensemble and interdisciplinary music collective based in Berlin that serves as a platform for underrepresented voices and narratives. The ensemble—founded in 2022 by Noah Slee and Dhanesh Jayaselan—now brings together more than 50 artists from around the world and moves fluidly between neo-soul, R&B, gospel, hip-hop, and contemporary choral music. As part of the summer festival“Shifting Grounds – IN COMMON,”A Song For You will perform“In Circulation,”a piece that explores the cyclical nature of existence.

Through the fusion of choir, movement, improvisation, poetry, and live instruments , “In Circulation” explores themes of recurrence—the patterns we inherit, the habits we repeat, the wounds we carry with us, and the possibility of breaking free from them. The starting point is the voice. The collective conceives of the voice not merely as a sound-producing instrument, but as a repository of memory that carries within it something ancestral, intuitive, imperfect, and alive. Improvisation becomes both a form of remembrance and a means of liberation: it reestablishes the connection to what already lives within the body, while simultaneously freeing it from what no longer needs to remain there.

Between chaos and gentleness, ruptures and new beginnings, resistance and trust , “In Circulation” explores what it means to find one’s center again after moments of emotional extremes. At its core, the performance sees itself as an invitation to freedom. For perhaps development does not mean escaping these cycles, but rather returning to oneself in a different way each time.