Gritty Glamour
<<theatrical performance>>, 2015, 80 min.(director, co-writer)
All of the performers are artists and figures from Berlin’s nightlife. The play interrogates the visibility of queer post-migrant artists and the role racist attributions play in a dominantly white queer scene. The artists’ diverse artistic forms of expression and perspectives are celebrated in a night of performance, juxtaposed in dialogue with one another and fictionalised. Based on interviews, the experiences and stories each participant brings with them are brought to the stage, reflecting a part of the life of the protagonists in Berlin. A life in contradictory worlds, often very close to precarity, where the exploration of boundaries, of sexuality, is part of the norm and the individual self is in a constant process of negotiation. The performers slip into the roles of their counterparts, take on their identities – and in an equally interdisciplinary involvement with music, text, video and dance they also keep re-negotiating the form of what happens on stage.
Regie/Director Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau Text Daniel Martins, Simon(e) J. Paetau, Iury Trojaborg, Mad Kate, Aérea Negrot, Dieter Rita Scholl, Jair Luna, Insa Peters Dramaturgie/dramaturgy Iury Trojaborg Bühnenbild + Kostüm/stage + costume design Michaela Muchina Lichtdesign/light design Catalina Fernández
Produced by Kultursprünge at Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.
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