Ixchel Mendoza Hernández is a Mexican choreographer, performer, and dancer based in Berlin. She graduated in choreography and dance from Artez Arnhem in 2007, and from 2013 to 2015, she was part of the MA SoDA program at HZT in Berlin.
Ixchel’s work is deeply rooted in the concept of the Visual Ghost, a long-term exploration that examines the interplay between perception, and inner virtuality. In our world, both objective and subjective realities coexist. The Visual Ghost represents the intangible ideas that, once experienced through our senses, materialize in space and become "real" through consciousness. Ixchel is intrigued by the ways in which these invisible phenomena come into presence, and how events, social agreements, and circumstances give them form. Through choreography, she delves into how we can reconstruct and reshape our perceptual realities.
Recent collaborations include working with theater director Susanne Kennedy and visual artist Markus Selg on the re-staging of the opera Einstein on the Beach (German premiere, July 2022, Berliner Festspiele). Her most recent choreographic works include THE MULTIPLICITY OF THE OTHER, which premiered in November 2023 at Tanzfabrik Berlin as part of FOLD Ghosts & Demons, and The Infinite Gesture, which premiered in December 2024 at Radialsystem, under the cooperation :LOVE between Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem. The latter was funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
Ixchel’s upcoming choreographic work, A Scenario Of A System Off , is set to premiere in December 2025 at Radialsystem, also supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
Ixchel’s work is deeply rooted in the concept of the Visual Ghost, a long-term exploration that examines the interplay between perception, and inner virtuality. In our world, both objective and subjective realities coexist. The Visual Ghost represents the intangible ideas that, once experienced through our senses, materialize in space and become "real" through consciousness. Ixchel is intrigued by the ways in which these invisible phenomena come into presence, and how events, social agreements, and circumstances give them form. Through choreography, she delves into how we can reconstruct and reshape our perceptual realities.
Recent collaborations include working with theater director Susanne Kennedy and visual artist Markus Selg on the re-staging of the opera Einstein on the Beach (German premiere, July 2022, Berliner Festspiele). Her most recent choreographic works include THE MULTIPLICITY OF THE OTHER, which premiered in November 2023 at Tanzfabrik Berlin as part of FOLD Ghosts & Demons, and The Infinite Gesture, which premiered in December 2024 at Radialsystem, under the cooperation :LOVE between Tanzfabrik Berlin and Radialsystem. The latter was funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
Ixchel’s upcoming choreographic work, A Scenario Of A System Off , is set to premiere in December 2025 at Radialsystem, also supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.