KIN Collective works at the intersection of contemporary dance and music. At its centre is a collaborative creative process in which different artistic backgrounds, physical forms of expression, and individual perspectives meet and remain in motion.
Movements arise from sounds; sounds respond to movement. Where does an impulse begin and where does it continue? Who leads? Who follows? How does movement change under the influence of sound? When do opposites become connection?
KIN Collective understands its artistic practice as an ongoing engagement with what connects people and what sets them apart — as working in the field between individuality and community, structure and improvisation, stability and change.
in__tension is a contemporary dance project about orientation in a world of permanent transformation. Like a collective escape room in which cooperation, intuition, and attention determine the next step, the performance explores how people today make decisions, recognise patterns, and search for new rules, connection, meaning, and scope for action within complex systems.
Between control, constant reorientation, and cooperation, the performance opens a poetic space of experience about complexity, resonance, and the search for shared meaning in an increasingly opaque reality.
in__tension explores how we move within complex systems, make decisions, and create shared spaces — physically, emotionally, and politically.
In a field of permanent movement, fragile orders, temporary communities, and poetic images of a present shaped by diversity, change, and mutual dependence emerge.
Dancer
Mira Urbassek completed her dance training in 2022 at Schule Varium in Barcelona. She subsequently danced with the Young Company Freebodies in works by Nadine Gerspacher, Rob Hayden, and Nicholas Ricchini. Working on equal footing between dancers and choreographers is an approach she also pursues in her own creative processes. Connecting dance to political themes is a central concern in her work.
Dancer · Producer
Leandra Hardt is a contemporary dancer, dance mediator, and cultural producer. She studied contemporary dance at ZZT in Cologne and organises festivals including Treffen Junge Szene at the Berliner Festspiele and Tanztriennale 2026. Spaces of creative exchange and collaboration are at the centre of her work. Leandra studies cultural studies, dances with P001, and is part of the art of unity collective in Berlin.
Dance Mediator · Movement
Alexander Wiegratz studies movement science and works as a dance mediator with a focus on hip hop, creating learning spaces centred on somatic experience, relationship, and cultural reflection. He learned from Andrey Stylez and other renowned hip hop dancers and was among others on stage as part of THE CULTURE exhibition (SCHIRN, 2024).
Choreographer · Mediation
Anke Hardt is a senior teacher, dance mediator, and choreographer. She teaches advanced dance and dance theatre classes at Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Schule, Kassel, and was a lecturer in physical education, dance, and cultural education at Philipps University Marburg from 2022 to 2025. Diverse productions in collaboration with professional dancers within school dance theatre characterise her path.
Musician · Sound Artist
Lennart Bo Gruenhagen is a musician and sound artist. In a creative way, he combines acoustic percussion with electronic sounds to form his personal aesthetic. His music addresses everyday moments such as walks, conversations, or the atmosphere of rainy days. He completed his training in the percussion class at BFS-Musik Dinkelsbühl under Dr. Max Gaertner and presented his debut EP "Kram" in April 2023 at Goethes PostamD, Kassel.
