# Mata Leão

Mata Leão at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Sunday 1 November 2026, 16:00.

- Venue: Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Linienstraße 227, 10178 Berlin
- Get tickets: https://ticket.volksbuehne-berlin.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?event=23654
- Go to page: https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/the-school-of-self-defense/mata-leao/20261029-1830/

![Mata Leão](https://noky.io/images/eab49078707f1581aa37bd69e264704b5a7955ba6c82988c70f5bc63e1ef3733-600.webp)

Mata Leão is a dance performance and world premiere as part of The School of Self-Defense. Behind the piece are choreographers Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, who, together with six performers, expand their choreography of self-defense developed since 2018. It asks how choreography can become a form of self-defense and confronts racist violence beyond fear or melancholy. Elements from funk and ballroom, humor and mockery open a poetic space in which body and imagination are negotiated.

## Dates

- Sunday 1 November 16:00 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
- Friday 20 November 21:00 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
- Saturday 21 November 19:30 — Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/event/mata-leao), [volksbuehne-berlin.de](https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/the-school-of-self-defense/mata-leao/20261029-1830/)

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