KW Institute for Contemporary Art is hosting a site-specific performance by Joy Alpuerto Ritter as part of Kazuko Miyamoto’s comprehensive String Constructions exhibition.
Dancer and choreographer Joy Alpuerto Ritter’s movement language is a multi-layered structure nourished by classical ballet, contemporary dance, Filipino and Polynesian traditions, as well as Berlin’s hip hop and voguing scenes. With her rhythmic, intuitive, and space-sensitive approach, this performance enters into a direct dialogue with one of Miyamoto’s largest String Construction works, Trail Dinosaur.
Performance Structure
🕒 November 29, 2025, 15:00–17:00
The performance takes place over two hours in three 20-minute sequences:
- 15:00
- 15:45
- 16:30
In each section, Ritter offers a bodily response to the linear geometry and tense structure of the string constructions; carrying Miyamoto’s historical relationship established with Yoshiko Chuma in 1979 into today’s movement aesthetics. This encounter reopens for discussion the invisible connections between body, space, form, and labor.
Team
Choreography and Performance: Joy Alpuerto Ritter Music & Sound Design: Miguel Toro
Information
📍 KW Institute for Contemporary Art — 3rd Floor
📅 November 29, 2025, Saturday
⏰ 15:00–17:00
