In Idiosyncrasies, the performers use the sociological term “TCK” as a platform to conduct in depth research within the post-colonial and post-communist discourse. Radical improvisation, physical scores and personal stories are their means to examine how their childhood realities are physically inscribed and later carried over after their shift to a western society. Rike Flämig und Zwoisy Mears-Clarke at the age of 13 moved from East to West Germany and from Jamaica to the US, respectively. As the performers trace common lines in their identity building process, their peculiarities in relation to their social environments become visible.

RIKE FLÄMIG is a Leipzig born performer and choreographer based in Berlin. She studied Performance Art, Theology and Dancemaking in Hildesheim, Kassel, Utrecht and Amsterdam. At the moment Rike collaborates with video artist Felipe Frozza, performer Julia Bihl, Institut for WiP and Choreographer Johanne Timm. Her performative tour Site efFacts was presented at B-Tours Festival. Her short film Disruptions is shown at Cinedans Amsterdam and at Festivals in Mexiko, Egypt & Japan.

ZWOISY MEARS-CLARKE studied Dance and Biomedical Engineering at Oberlin College and Columbia University. Zwoisy’s work focuses on the translation of untold stories into movement. The aim of this process remains to provide alternatives ways to share experiences and form connections between estranged communities. In 2015, Zwoisy developed a one-to-one performance for Tanztage Berlin’s Strip Down To Everything.

MARTYA POZNANSKA studied Sound Art at the University of The Arts London (UAL) and at Berlin’s University of the Arts (UdK). As as a sound artist, she develops compositions out of field recordings, urban environments and organic materials. Her composition as well as installative works have been shown at Spor Festival, DK (2013) and at “Deutsche Oper Berlin. She works often with choreographers and dancers such as Dam Van Huynh Company, Johanne Timm and Ania Nowak.