Metaxy
Atelier Gardens Campus, Berlin
Fri 30 Oct 2026 · 8pm → 8:30pm Sun · 217 hours
39 € · Leonis Works ·
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Good to know
- “Doors Open: Fridays & Saturdays: 20:00; Sundays: 18:00”
Metaxy is a new immersive dance performance loosely inspired by Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, set to music selected and mixed live by Berghain resident DJ Norman Nodge. It follows a central figure caught between two opposing forces: the Apollonian world of order, discipline and ambition, and the Dionysian world of emotion, desire and freedom. Through contemporary dance, electronic music, light and special effects, these forces collide, unravel and ultimately search for a state of balance.
Alongside the performance, Metaxy will also feature an immersive exhibition, extending the world of the piece beyond the choreography and inviting audiences to experience the space before and after the performance.
Dates: October 30, 31 & November 1, 6-8
Concept & Artistic Direction: Renato De Leon/Leonis Works
Choreography in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Norman Nodge
Performers: Renato De Leon, Dan Ozeri, Caterina Politi & Jade Albrieux
Video Projections: Dan Tombs (2MS)
Sound Partner: Dahledohr
Lighting Design: Marco Di Nardo
Exhibition curation & production support: Emily Brockington
Operation support: Rocio Lagger
Production Manager: Sheena Leach
Mask Designer: Gamma Sky
Styling: Michelle by The Code
Dramaturgical Assistance: Irakli Khishtovani
Operations & Logistics: Mark Polin
Sound System: Dahledor
Location:
Atelier Gardens
Oberlandstraße 26–35
12099 Berlin-Tempelhof
Germany
the rest of the promoter’s listing — 1 more paragraph
Doors Open: Fridays & Saturdays: 20:00; Sundays: 18:00
from the promoter’s listing on Resident Advisor
Who they are
“Born in East German Leipzig, raised in Brandenburg, Norman got bitten by the techno bug after the wall came down.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Born in East German Leipzig, raised in Brandenburg, Norman got bitten by the techno bug after the wall came down. In 1994 he started to promote several events and launched his career as a DJ. At these parties, he got to know Marcel Fengler and Marcel Dettmann and literally became their mentor for all things techno. Marcel Dettmann eventually pitched him to Berghain’s management and he returned to DJing and became a resident instantaneously. Since then, he plays Berghain once a month, specialising in the almost forgotten art of warming up at the beginning of a night. In 2005 he also started to produce his own tracks. His maturity proved to be very beneficial in terms of his artistic vision, as he made up his mind about what he likes and what not a long time ago already. Unsurprisingly, his outings on Dettmann’s MDR label, as well as his track “Native Rhythm Electric” for Ostgut Ton left a deep impression with headstrong techno lovers. With his dusty funk, static hiss and the rich thump of his kick drums, he managed to get himself recognised as one of techno’s more unique auteurs. Norman Nodge cites Detroit techno (Jeff Mills, Rob Hood, 430 West), Chicago House (Relief, Dance Mania) and Techno (Luke Slater, Peacefrog, Mark Broom) as his most essential influences. Hence, it is not surprising that he fuses the old with the new and the soft with the tough when he plays out. “It is my goal as a DJ to make people dance without walking on trodden paths of recent trends. I want to sensitize dancers for unusual sounds, old and new.”Their RA profile lists Ostgut Ton, Marcel Dettmann Records, Octopus Music, Synewave and 6 more.Recently at Berghain, Else · often with Berghain, Franziska Berns, Amanda Mussi, none of them here on Friday
names these artists often play with — not on Friday
- Berghain3 with Norman Nodge
- Amanda Mussi2 with Norman Nodge
- Franziska Berns2 with Norman Nodge
- DJ MARIA.1 with Norman Nodge
- Don Williams1 with Norman Nodge
- Elisa Bee1 with Norman Nodge
- Kwartz1 with Norman Nodge
- Mattias El Mansouri1 with Norman Nodge
The room
Atelier Gardens Campus — 8 events and 41 distinct artists since Aug 2025.
Who’s putting it on
Leonis Works — 4 events and 18 artists since Apr 2026.
Also that night
- SOUND METAPHORS FESTIVAL PART 2Berghain — Panorama Bar and Norman Nodge keep turning up on the same bills.
- 5 Years of Gabber Industries BerlinOST — also tagged techno, with gabber too.
- FIGURE NACHT w/ Len Faki, Arthur Robert live, Decoder, IGLO, and Inox TraxxRSO.BERLIN — also tagged techno.
how these 3 are connected
- SOUND METAPHORS FESTIVAL PART 2 — Panorama Bar and Norman Nodge have shared 3 bills; Panorama Bar is on that bill and Norman Nodge is on this one.
- 5 Years of Gabber Industries Berlin — RA tags both listings techno — and that one also gabber.
- FIGURE NACHT w/ Len Faki, Arthur Robert live, Decoder, IGLO, and Inox Traxx — RA tags both listings techno.