The Other Witch by Nejla Yatkin
will be presented at the El Aleph Festival in Mexico City at UNAM
May 13-14, 2026 with two performance and one workshop for local artist.
The Other Witch
The Other Witch is an award-winning solo dance-theatre work inspired by Mary Wigman’s Hexentanz (1914). Blending ritual, physical intensity, and theatrical transformation, the piece reclaims the witch as a symbol of resilience, intuition, and embodied knowledge. The Other Witch premiered as a virtual solo film in three segments in November 2020. The live premier of the Other Witch finally happened in 2024 at the Ruth Page Dance Center.
- This program is partially supported by a grant Creative Catalyst award from the Illinois Arts Council -
Nejla Yatkin creation was supported by a 2019 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist Award.
This project has in part been supported by the Dance Presenting Series of Columbia College Chicago, with funding from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation to support the Chicago Artists Performance Platform.
Rehearsal space provided by The Ruth Page Dance Center and Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
