BerndSome interesting thoughts and a good read I found on the net:
**Is Nudity the New Normal on Berlin Stages**
Once confined to radical performance art, Stage Editor Rhyannon Styles claims the naked body is now a mainstay in Berlin theatre.
04.04.2026
The naked performer is a familiar presence on Berlin’s stages. But one wonders: was this always the case? In the city’s dance, theatre and performance scene, nudity appears so frequently that audiences are rarely shocked. The appearance of an unclothed performer carries a particular tension. But is it still a tension between artistic freedom, vulnerability and spectacle? Or is it whether nudity on stage is still radical at all?
The topic comes to mind following Kysy Fischer and ABA NAIA’s restaging of Super Superficial at Hebbel am Ufer and the opening of Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition by Marina Abramović. In the past few years, I’ve also encountered it in works such as André Uerba’s Æffective Choreography, Jefta van Dinther’s Dark Field Analysis and Eddie Peake’s Portent. Then there are the large-scale productions of Florentina Holzinger, which frequently feature predominantly unclothed performers.
Holzinger said in an interview with Numéro Berlin in 2023, “I’ve always been more interested in what’s underneath, what’s happening ‘behind closed curtains’. I’ve found it somehow liberating to show the body at work and not just in anything private or sexualised.” In her work, a naked figure becomes less an object of desire than a theatrical instrument. Nudity is stripped of conventional erotic meaning and instead becomes a tool...
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https://www.the-berliner.com/nudity-performance-art-berlin
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**Is Nudity the New Normal on Berlin Stages**
Once confined to radical performance art, Stage Editor Rhyannon Styles claims the naked body is now a mainstay in Berlin theatre.
04.04.2026
The naked performer is a familiar presence on Berlin’s stages. But one wonders: was this always the case? In the city’s dance, theatre and performance scene, nudity appears so frequently that audiences are rarely shocked. The appearance of an unclothed performer carries a particular tension. But is it still a tension between artistic freedom, vulnerability and spectacle? Or is it whether nudity on stage is still radical at all?
The topic comes to mind following Kysy Fischer and ABA NAIA’s restaging of Super Superficial at Hebbel am Ufer and the opening of Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition by Marina Abramović. In the past few years, I’ve also encountered it in works such as André Uerba’s Æffective Choreography, Jefta van Dinther’s Dark Field Analysis and Eddie Peake’s Portent. Then there are the large-scale productions of Florentina Holzinger, which frequently feature predominantly unclothed performers.
Holzinger said in an interview with Numéro Berlin in 2023, “I’ve always been more interested in what’s underneath, what’s happening ‘behind closed curtains’. I’ve found it somehow liberating to show the body at work and not just in anything private or sexualised.” In her work, a naked figure becomes less an object of desire than a theatrical instrument. Nudity is stripped of conventional erotic meaning and instead becomes a tool...
Continue to the source:
https://www.the-berliner.com/nudity-performance-art-berlin
#Nudity2026 #FKK #Freikörperkultur #Naturism #Nudism #Nudity #Nudist #ProudNudist #GetNakedGermany #Bodyfreedom #TeamNaturist #NaturistSymbol #IamTheFaceOfNaturism #NormalisingNaturism #HikeNaked #Nacktwandern #NaturismusNeuErleben #EinfachMachen #ClothingOptional #BeBareBeProud #Mastodon #BodyAcceptance #Nacktbaden #Skinnydip #BodyPositive #Diversity #TopFreedom #FreeTheNipple #ClothesFree #ClothesFreeLife
