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(LA)HORDE's 'Postinternet Dance' at Julia Stoschek Foundation

exhibition · 2026-04-24

The French multidisciplinary collective (LA)HORDE, also codirectors of Ballet National de Marseille, presented their debut institutional show at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin, featuring four films including 'Bondy (2017)', 'The Master's Tools (2017)', 'Novaciéries (2015)', and 'To Da Bone (2017)'. The exhibition explores 'postinternet dance', recontextualizing popular online dance styles like jumpstyle within a gallery setting. 'Bondy' splices iPhone and professional footage of community groups—synchronized swimmers, cheerleaders, seniors line-dancing—focusing on 'in-between' moments. 'Novaciéries' shows masked jumpstyle dancers in an abandoned steel mill, activating forklift trucks. The performance 'To Da Bone' during the opening featured dancers in dialogue with screened counterparts but was criticized for repetitive vocabulary. The review questions whether these dance forms need institutional validation, noting that audiences filmed and shared the performance on social media, cyclically returning movement to its native realm. The show runs through 30 July.

Key facts

  • (LA)HORDE is a French multidisciplinary collective and codirectors of Ballet National de Marseille.
  • The exhibition is at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin.
  • The show includes four films: Bondy (2017), The Master's Tools (2017), Novaciéries (2015), and To Da Bone (2017).
  • Bondy was filmed in the Paris suburb of Bondy and features community groups like synchronized swimmers, cheerleaders, and seniors line-dancing.
  • Novaciéries features masked jumpstyle dancers in an abandoned steel mill, activating forklift trucks.
  • The Master's Tools (2017) shows performers huddling in the face of a water cannon, replicating riot scenes.
  • The performance To Da Bone during the opening was disappointing for repeating vocabulary from the films.
  • Audiences filmed the performance and shared it on social media, returning the movement online.

Entities

Artists

  • (LA)HORDE

Institutions

  • Julia Stoschek Foundation
  • Ballet National de Marseille

Locations

  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Bondy
  • Paris
  • France

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