# Mata Leão

Mata Leão at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Thursday 29 October 2026, 19:30.

Mata Leão is a dance performance and world premiere as part of The School of Self-Defense. Behind the piece are choreographers Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, who, together with six performers, expand their choreography of self-defense developed since 2018. It asks how choreography can become a form of self-defense and confronts racist violence beyond fear or melancholy. Elements from funk and ballroom, humor and mockery open a poetic space in which body and imagination are negotiated.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 19:30 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
- Sunday 1 November 16:00 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
- Friday 20 November 21:00 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
- Saturday 21 November 19:30 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Written by a model, sources: visitberlin.de, volksbuehne-berlin.de