Tiziana Longo – Embodiment Artist, Butoh Dancer & Choreographer in Berlin

Art has ancient roots.
To dig into these origins — with respect and with innovation — is essential.

It takes time.
Discipline.
Sacrifices.
Renounces.

It takes bravery:
to not give up, and to keep staying.

It takes commitment — like all important things.
Like watering flowers with dedication.

It is intense and calm.

Intense.
Calm.

Like being on a boat in the ocean, with an open sky above.
Like falling in love and emerging in love.

Like being touched by air
and dancing tango together.

Art asks for confidence, passion, and a pinch of craziness.
You need to love it.

Because without love…
we can still make algorithms, pirouettes, clever structures, strong concepts.

But if we are in love with what we do,
if we put love into it,
then something becomes true.

Then we can live fully.

Talking about love and life is difficult without having lived it.
No books will replace it — only trials, climbs, falls.

Trying again.
Failing again.
And again.

This is part of the journey.

And the journey is not outside.
It is within.
Inside.

It is ongoing.
It is not finished.

Everything my work searches for is inside — behind.
Behind the movement where “dance” comes from.

The body moves.
We speak.
We think.
We create — like a painter painting, like a musician composing.

But where does it come from?
What is behind it?

When the outer movement appears, it is already too late.

So it is not only about the outer form.
The form matters — and at the same time it doesn’t.

Because sooner or later the form will appear.

What I am looking for is the movement behind that form.
That form.

This is the form I am looking for.

I am interested in awakening awareness.
In human development.
In evolution.

Innovation.
Freedom.

My artistic path has often unfolded ahead of existing trends.

Approaches I have worked with for many years — deep somatic listening, slowness, minimalism, and the integration of inner processes into performance — were not always immediately understood. At times they were questioned. Over time, many of these approaches have become widely explored, adopted, and appreciated within contemporary performance and dance education.

I have learned that pioneering does not always look like success at first.
Sometimes it looks like standing alone,
trusting a direction that only later becomes shared ground.