As part of the contemporary dance festival “Tanz im August” (Dance in August), “Women,” the latest performance by Sasha Waltz & Guests, premieres on August 30, 2017, at 8 p.m., at St. Elisabeth Church. On this night, and the three following nights, until September 2, twenty female dancers engage in rituals of femininity and explore the feminine body images associated with them.

What happens when women come together and form alliances? And how can our knowledge of the past inform the development of new feminist movements which move beyond a battle of the sexes? Inspired in part by Judy Chicago’s iconic work “The Dinner Party” (1979, Brooklyn Museum, New York), the Berlin-based choreographer Sasha Waltz is working for the first time with an all-woman ensemble. In Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s St. Elisabeth Church, the live performance interacts with one of Berlin’s architectural icons, as do the dancers with the audience to create an immersive experience of space.