2024
For archival dates, please request CV
Dates
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); Silk, Linz, AT
Rencontres NGT Residency Meeting; Milan, IT
Residency with Therese Bendjus in Cross Project; Verbania, IT
Academy of Political Imagination by syg.ma & The Dialogue Büro for Civil Society Cooperation; Salzburg, AT
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); schwere reiter, Munich, DE
Fiktionsbescheinigung, para-detective game with Konstantin Koryagin; Chto Delat Emergency Project Room, Berlin, DE
Rencontres NGT Residency Meeting; Milan, IT
Residency with Therese Bendjus in Cross Project; Verbania, IT
Academy of Political Imagination by syg.ma & The Dialogue Büro for Civil Society Cooperation; Salzburg, AT
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); schwere reiter, Munich, DE
Fiktionsbescheinigung, para-detective game with Konstantin Koryagin; Chto Delat Emergency Project Room, Berlin, DE
30 November
27–28 November
8 October–
1 November
25–30 August
19–24 August
15–16 June
24 March
27–28 November
8 October–
1 November
25–30 August
19–24 August
15–16 June
24 March
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); Silk, Linz, AT
Rencontres NGT Residency Meeting; Milan, IT
Residency with Therese Bendjus in Cross Project; Verbania, IT
Academy of Political Imagination by syg.ma & The Dialogue Büro for Civil Society Cooperation; Salzburg, AT
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); schwere reiter, Munich, DE
Fiktionsbescheinigung, para-detective game with Konstantin Koryagin; Chto Delat Emergency Project Room, Berlin, DE
Rencontres NGT Residency Meeting; Milan, IT
Residency with Therese Bendjus in Cross Project; Verbania, IT
Academy of Political Imagination by syg.ma & The Dialogue Büro for Civil Society Cooperation; Salzburg, AT
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); schwere reiter, Munich, DE
Fiktionsbescheinigung, para-detective game with Konstantin Koryagin; Chto Delat Emergency Project Room, Berlin, DE
30 November
27–28 November
8 October–
1 November
25–30 August
19–24 August
15–16 June
24 March
27–28 November
8 October–
1 November
25–30 August
19–24 August
15–16 June
24 March
March 2022–
May 2023
5–7 October
23 September
7 July
10 June
13–14 May
May 2023
5–7 October
23 September
7 July
10 June
13–14 May
PLAY! at ACAU — Weekly creative workshops and communal lunches for Ukrainian families fleeing the war; Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Performing in UNDER THE STARS video lab by Meg Stuart; Zero Point, Berlin, DE
Performing in THE PAST RIPENS IN THE FUTURE. Cycle 5 by Kirill Savchenkov; TransArt, Bolzano, IT
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
Liminal Beast of Prey: Turbocrazy Hannover Combat; youpromisedmeacity, Hannover, DE
Krepost performance, A. PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
Performing in UNDER THE STARS video lab by Meg Stuart; Zero Point, Berlin, DE
Performing in THE PAST RIPENS IN THE FUTURE. Cycle 5 by Kirill Savchenkov; TransArt, Bolzano, IT
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
Liminal Beast of Prey: Turbocrazy Hannover Combat; youpromisedmeacity, Hannover, DE
Krepost performance, A. PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
March 2022–
May 2023
5–7 October
23 September
7 July
10 June
13–14 May
May 2023
5–7 October
23 September
7 July
10 June
13–14 May
PLAY! at ACAU — Weekly creative workshops and communal lunches for Ukrainian families fleeing the war; Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Performing in UNDER THE STARS video lab by Meg Stuart; Zero Point, Berlin, DE
Performing in THE PAST RIPENS IN THE FUTURE. Cycle 5 by Kirill Savchenkov; TransArt, Bolzano, IT
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
Liminal Beast of Prey: Turbocrazy Hannover Combat; youpromisedmeacity, Hannover, DE
Krepost performance, A. PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
Performing in UNDER THE STARS video lab by Meg Stuart; Zero Point, Berlin, DE
Performing in THE PAST RIPENS IN THE FUTURE. Cycle 5 by Kirill Savchenkov; TransArt, Bolzano, IT
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
Liminal Beast of Prey: Turbocrazy Hannover Combat; youpromisedmeacity, Hannover, DE
Krepost performance, A. PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
2022
2021
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Pop-Kultur Festival, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, DE
A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
August
March – May
March – May
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Pop-Kultur Festival, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, DE
A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
August
March – May
March – May
1–9 November
November—December
20 September
July – September
8 June
2019–2023
November—December
20 September
July – September
8 June
2019–2023
Residency with Alina Belyagina at Schloss Wiepersdorf; Wiepersdorf, DE
Play! Zu Gast — Creative workshops for children living in social housing; Berlin, DE
Supernumeraries, Uferstudios; Berlin, DE
Play! Goes Open Air — Dance workshops and curation of neighborhood festivals at Uferstudios and in the courtyards of social housing; Berlin, DE
Wrestling — Core of Genesis (Liminal Beast of Prey), Kunst im Untergrund by NGBK; Berlin, DE
HZT Berlin — BA in Dance, Context, Choreography
Play! Zu Gast — Creative workshops for children living in social housing; Berlin, DE
Supernumeraries, Uferstudios; Berlin, DE
Play! Goes Open Air — Dance workshops and curation of neighborhood festivals at Uferstudios and in the courtyards of social housing; Berlin, DE
Wrestling — Core of Genesis (Liminal Beast of Prey), Kunst im Untergrund by NGBK; Berlin, DE
HZT Berlin — BA in Dance, Context, Choreography
1–9 November
November—December
20 September
July – September
8 June
2019–2023
November—December
20 September
July – September
8 June
2019–2023
Residency with Alina Belyagina at Schloss Wiepersdorf; Wiepersdorf, DE
Play! Zu Gast — Creative workshops for children living in social housing; Berlin, DE
Supernumeraries, Uferstudios; Berlin, DE
Play! Goes Open Air — Dance workshops and curation of neighborhood festivals at Uferstudios and in the courtyards of social housing; Berlin, DE
Wrestling — Core of Genesis (Liminal Beast of Prey), Kunst im Untergrund by NGBK; Berlin, DE
HZT Berlin — BA in Dance, Context, Choreography
Play! Zu Gast — Creative workshops for children living in social housing; Berlin, DE
Supernumeraries, Uferstudios; Berlin, DE
Play! Goes Open Air — Dance workshops and curation of neighborhood festivals at Uferstudios and in the courtyards of social housing; Berlin, DE
Wrestling — Core of Genesis (Liminal Beast of Prey), Kunst im Untergrund by NGBK; Berlin, DE
HZT Berlin — BA in Dance, Context, Choreography
2023
2025
Residency Sharing at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Residency with Therese Bendjus at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Dancetopia Residency and Symposium; Prague, CZ
Residency at Seanse Art Center; Volda, NO
ZWISCHENWORTWELTEN performance with young people in the frame of Play! Berlin and ChanceTanz; Heizhaus, Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Art laboratory for young people at TXL Welcome School; Berlin, DE
Residency at New Fears; Berlin, DE
The Big Talent Show (3-minute performance), New Fears; Berlin, DE
Residency with Konstantin Koryagin at LKV and DansiT; Trondheim, NO
Residency with Therese Bendjus at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Dancetopia Residency and Symposium; Prague, CZ
Residency at Seanse Art Center; Volda, NO
ZWISCHENWORTWELTEN performance with young people in the frame of Play! Berlin and ChanceTanz; Heizhaus, Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Art laboratory for young people at TXL Welcome School; Berlin, DE
Residency at New Fears; Berlin, DE
The Big Talent Show (3-minute performance), New Fears; Berlin, DE
Residency with Konstantin Koryagin at LKV and DansiT; Trondheim, NO
17 October, 18:00
22 September–
26 October
4–16 August
16–24 June
9–14 June
8 June, 12:34
9 May – 11 June
1–30 April
12 April
15 January–
28 February
22 September–
26 October
4–16 August
16–24 June
9–14 June
8 June, 12:34
9 May – 11 June
1–30 April
12 April
15 January–
28 February
Residency Sharing at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Residency with Therese Bendjus at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Dancetopia Residency and Symposium; Prague, CZ
Residency at Seanse Art Center; Volda, NO
ZWISCHENWORTWELTEN performance with young people in the frame of Play! Berlin and ChanceTanz; Heizhaus, Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Art laboratory for young people at TXL Welcome School; Berlin, DE
Residency at New Fears; Berlin, DE
The Big Talent Show (3-minute performance), New Fears; Berlin, DE
Residency with Konstantin Koryagin at LKV and DansiT; Trondheim, NO
Residency with Therese Bendjus at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
Dancetopia Residency and Symposium; Prague, CZ
Residency at Seanse Art Center; Volda, NO
ZWISCHENWORTWELTEN performance with young people in the frame of Play! Berlin and ChanceTanz; Heizhaus, Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
Art laboratory for young people at TXL Welcome School; Berlin, DE
Residency at New Fears; Berlin, DE
The Big Talent Show (3-minute performance), New Fears; Berlin, DE
Residency with Konstantin Koryagin at LKV and DansiT; Trondheim, NO
17 October, 18:00
22 September–
26 October
4–16 August
16–24 June
9–14 June
8 June, 12:34
9 May – 11 June
1–30 April
12 April
15 January–
28 February
22 September–
26 October
4–16 August
16–24 June
9–14 June
8 June, 12:34
9 May – 11 June
1–30 April
12 April
15 January–
28 February
Asya Ashman is a dance artist and performer whose work explores hierarchies of attention, deconstructed entertainment, and the eerie. She holds a BA in Dance, Context, Choreography from HZT Berlin and a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Hertfordshire. Her practice spans performances, games, and workshops that emphasize collaboration and experimentation across disciplines and ages.
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Asya is the co-founder of Play! Berlin e.V. -, a project at the intersection of culture and social work that focuses on artistic, dance, and play-based practices for children with refugee and migration experiences. The project has been active since 2022 and creates spaces where contemporary dance artists collaborate with children, allowing for exchange and new forms of artistic engagement.
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Residency with Konstantin Koryagin at LKV and DansiT; Trondheim, NO
15 January–28 February
The Big Talent Show (3-minute performance), New Fears; Berlin, DE
12 April
Residency at New Fears; Berlin, DE
1–30 April
Art laboratory for young people at TXL Welcome School; Berlin, DE
9 May–11 June
ZWISCHENWORTWELTEN performance with young people in the frame of Play! Berlin and ChanceTanz; Heizhaus, Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
8 June, 12:34
Residency at Seanse Art Center; Volda, NO
9–14 June
Dancetopia Residency and Symposium; Prague, CZ
16–24 June
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
4–16 August
Residency with Therese Bendjus at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
22 September–26 October
Residency Sharing at ada Studio; Berlin, DE
17 October, 18:00
2025
Fiktionsbescheinigung, para-detective game with Konstantin Koryagin; Chto Delat Emergency Project Room, Berlin, DE
24 March
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); schwere reiter, Munich, DE
15–16 June
Dance laboratory for young people at Play! TXL Summer Camp; Berlin, DE
19–24 August
Academy of Political Imagination by syg.ma & The Dialogue Büro for Civil Society Cooperation; Salzburg, AT
25–30 August
Residency with Therese Bendjus in Cross Project; Verbania, IT
8 October – 1 November
Rencontres NGT Residency Meeting; Milan, IT
27–28 November
Getting Our Wonder Smashed by Alina Belyagina (performing and co-creating); Silk, Linz, AT
30 November
2024
2023
HZT Berlin – BA in Dance, Context, Choreography
2019–2023
Wrestling – Core of Genesis (Liminal Beast of Prey), Kunst im Untergrund by NGBK; Berlin, DE
8 June
Play! Goes Open Air – Dance workshops and curation of neighborhood festivals at Uferstudios and in the courtyards of social housing; Berlin, DE
July – September
Supernumeraries, Uferstudios; Berlin, DE
20 September
Play! Zu Gast – Creative workshops for children living in social housing; Berlin, DE
November – December
Residency with Alina Belyagina at Schloss Wiepersdorf; Wiepersdorf, DE
1–9 November
Krepost performance, A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
13–14 May
Liminal Beast of Prey: Turbocrazy Hannover Combat; youpromisedmeacity, Hannover, DE
10 June
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE
7 July
Performing in THE PAST RIPENS IN THE FUTURE. Cycle 5 by Kirill Savchenkov; TransArt, Bolzano, IT
23 September
PLAY! at ACAU – Weekly creative workshops and communal lunches for Ukrainian families fleeing the war; Uferstudios, Berlin, DE
March 2022 – May 2023
2022
A.PART Festival; ada Studio, Berlin, DE
March – May
Performing in MEASUREMENTS by Grażyna Roguski; Pop-Kultur Festival, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, DE
August
2021
For archival dates, please
request CV
request CV
Performing in UNDER THE STARS video lab by Meg Stuart; Zero Point, Berlin, DE
5–7 October
Dates
Asya Ashman is a dance artist and performer whose work explores hierarchies of attention, deconstructed entertainment, and the eerie. She holds a BA in Dance, Context, Choreography from HZT Berlin and a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Hertfordshire. Her practice spans performances, games, and workshops that emphasize collaboration and experimentation across disciplines and ages.
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Asya is the co-founder of Play! Berlin e.V. -, a project at the intersection of culture and social work that focuses on artistic, dance, and play-based practices for children with refugee and migration experiences. The project has been active since 2022 and creates spaces where contemporary dance artists collaborate with children, allowing for exchange and new forms of artistic engagement.
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