Deva Schubert

Deva Schubert is a choreographer and dancer from Berlin. In her artistic practice, she places a special focus on the exploration of the voice. She studied dance in Salzburg, Kassel, Copenhagen and at the HZT Berlin as well as fine arts at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. Her works operate at the interface of dance, installation and digital media and focus on intimacy, collectivity and synergies of transdisciplinary practices. They have been presented in renowned institutions such as Haus der Kunst Munich, Kunsthalle Zurich, Gessnerallee Zurich, Kunstmuseum Uppsala, Radialsystem and Sophiensaele in Berlin as well as at the Transart Festival in Bolzano. Her piece Glitch Choir was awarded the ImPulsTanz - Young Choreographers' Award in 2024.

Silent Spills II is an intimate exploration of the porosity of the female body as source of uncontrollable leaking. Not only liquids but also sounds persistently escape the body and reveal stories. To this day, women’s mouths and orifices are censored and sanctioned. What happens when their voices, their fluids, and their memories infiltrate the disciplined public space and demand to be heard? Who is allowed to speak – and who is silenced? 
Deva Schubert’s fluid choreography merges bodies and sounds, generating resonances that envelop visitors in a seemingly uncontrolled and affective ambience. In this permeable and floating constellation of movement and sound, spaces of micro-intimacy emerge whose structure perpetually reshapes itself. Silent Spills are whispering protests and emphatico bjections that subtly undermine barriers and hierarchies.

Silent Spills is a co-production of the donaufestival and the Kunstraum Niederoesterreich.