Reviews
Screening &
Exhibition
Wim Vandekeybus and Jamel Shabazz
What the Body Does Not Remember; photo and background: Danny Willems
Screening
Wim Vandekeybus
Nearly forty years old and still a smash hit: in 1987, Wim Vandekeybus premiered What the Body Does Not Remember with his company, Ultima Vez. The fusion of dance and music created a visceral, theatrical spectacle that paved the way for an experimental aesthetic—not "pretty" dance, but a play on human vulnerability, existential danger, and the struggle to fend it off. In June 2026, Vandekeybus presented a revival at the Philharmonie de Paris, accompanied live by the Ensemble Intercontemporain; Arte is now adding this performance to its streaming library as a premiere.
From 28 August; www.arte.tv
Jamel Shabazz, The Righteous Brothers, NYC 1981 © Jamel Shabazz, Courtesy Galerie Bene Taschen, Köln
Exhibition
New York Moves
Jamel Shabazz began photographing the streets of his native Brooklyn in the late 1970s, while still a teenager. Over the decades, he created a panoramic portrait of a city constantly in motion—and of a neighborhood that transformed from a notorious area into a fully gentrified hotspot. The exhibition New York Moves and Black Communities marks the street photography pioneer’s first solo museum show in Germany.
The exhibition runs until 13 September at the Museum für Photographie Braunschweig, and subsequently in Nuremberg from 24 October to 17 January;
www.photomuseum.de
Read more about the exhibition in our Warm-Up