Phoebe Jewitt / Helge Letonja & Of Curious Nature: Blackbird/ Acid-Bolero

In his new production, Helge Letonja, together with the OCN company, explores the question of a new physical culture of time. He contrasts this with life under pressure and constant overload and examines the resulting imbalances in how bodies interact with one another.
Together with the dancers, Letonja explores the simultaneity of life’s various rhythms and weaves them into a combination rich in contrast. The choreography emerges from the interplay between the pulsating acid techno of modern club culture and Maurice Ravel’s famous *Boléro*, whose creeping crescendo—through the repetition of its musical motif—unfolds an irresistible pull.
Through the dance’s artistic interweaving with this music, the choreography highlights the radically reduced tempo and a primal dance energy that together depict the interplay of life’s forces. Between form and chaos, order and unfolding, overcoming, and the eternal return of human longings.

About the Choreographers

Phoebe Jewitt is a British-Swiss choreographer and the artistic director of PITT Company. Inspired by the world of film, she develops a precise, rhythmic movement language that combines powerful visual worlds with an interest in human relationships and social dynamics. After earning her BA in Contemporary Dance from the Zurich University of the Arts, Jewitt spent six seasons as a dancer with TanzLuzern. Since 2025, she has dedicated herself to her choreographic work, developing her own productions for PITT Company as well as commissioned works for international companies and institutions. Her works to date include creations for TanzLuzern, KSU Dance Company, Ballet Arabesque, VERVE, the Zurich University of the Arts, and DAF Dance Arts Faculty; upcoming works are being created for BalletX, Volkstheater Rostock, Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach, Of Curious Nature, and VERVE. Her works with PITT Company have been touring internationally on a regular basis since 2022, including in Taiwan, Italy, Denmark, Panama, Greece, and Switzerland.

As artistic director of steptext dance project and the dance company Of Curious Nature,Helge Letonja has created more than 60 dance works presented worldwide, often realized through interdisciplinary and transcultural collaborations. Under his leadership, OCN has developed into a highly acclaimed ensemble in Germany and internationally, serving as a cultural ambassador for dance in Bremen. In addition to his role as OCN’s resident choreographer, Letonja invites internationally active choreographers to expand the ensemble’s repertoire with multifaceted artistic perspectives. With a keen sense of musicality, Letonja deepens the artistic forms of expression at Of Curious Nature through, among other things, somatic practice, in order to portray the complexity of contemporary human beings in society. His repertoire ranges from dynamic, powerful ensemble pieces to ethereal allegories. Of Curious Nature performs on Bremen’s stages and in public spaces and regularly tours major venues both domestically and internationally.