FATHERLAND/En Route tells a coming-of-age story about children from the diaspora. Through letters to one another (and to themselves) Myra and Yasmine share experiences from their journeys to Morocco, a place that carries roots of both makers. They long to belong, but as personal memories become entangled with migration histories, research and current events, their […]
How does the body react to the un-silencing of a language you don’t speak, but one that flows through your veins? In the language I cry in (too) Luz attempts to “swallow” their grandmother’s language—Cape Verdean Creole. A gesture driven by a hunger for an emotional and embodied connection to a language that was never […]
What does it mean to love God when His word has been twisted to justify violence against your body and identity? This question is the starting point in Izo’s autobiographical work Thank God I’m not straight . Through dance, speaking plainly, and participatory performance, he reconciles his “incompatible identities” as a queer person and a […]
Ivan Kevork Azazian, Gökhan Kizilbuga, and Marios Bellas explore, given their backgrounds in Palestine/Armenia, Kurdistan, and Greece, what they share: their history within the Ottoman Empire, the brotherhood of their ancestors, the oppression by the Turkish Republic, the pain that followed, and the sounds that emerged from it all: rhythms that chronicle the genocides. Through […]
“While immigration is often seen as a geographical movement, we want to approach it in a broader sense. Every stage of life is a form of migration: being born, growing up, loving, parting ways, rebuilding oneself. We are constantly crossing visible and invisible boundaries that transform our identity and leave their mark on us. Immigration […]
Hoe zeg je “kom terug”? (How to say “come back“?) is a poetic documentary theater performance about the new, the old and the returning faces of the Rif (Morocco), the land of Hannah‘s ancestors. Which examines how the encroaching hospitality-industry is reshaping the region’s landscape and identity. The Rif is shown as a place-in-transit: between […]
In Lilo Soleil, leïla alice creates a sensory universe in which poetry, music, makeup and scenography merge into an intimate ritual. Through their alter ego Lilo Soleil – a mermaid who speaks through color and sound – they explore the reconciliation of multiple identities. The body becomes a canvas, the voice an archive, and the […]
Trilogy of Satiety: Part 1 – The Rediscovery of the Future – Oracular Practices In the first chapter of her Trilogy of Satiety, Aline Olmos Steler seeks oracular insights in a place we rarely look: vaginal discharge. Not to shock, but as an act of recapture. Where others find meaning in coffee grounds, stars or […]
Speech Lapse: Exhibition No. 4 was created in response to the “Woman – Life – Freedom” uprising that began in Iran in September 2022. The project tracks the written aftershocks of protest: diary excerpts, coded chat logs, notes at the edge of receipts, time-coded transcripts of spoken texts. Every document carries risk and offers resistance […]
Kristin no té por is a personal but collective theater solo within the broader project A One-and-Many Womxn Show. Inspired by philosophical and art historical research on female archetypes and stereotypes, and by her method of dream dramaturgy, Kristin Rogghe explores through a multilingual performance how conditioning and internalized gender roles shape womxn’s lives. The […]
What happens when someone you put on a pedestal begins to dominate you? And what if it all explodes? So what do you carry with you – and what do you leave behind? Inspired by Shivadas’ childhood with a spiritual leader, in which devotion opened a door to manipulation, Ballast explores the impact of oppressive […]
In For the last time, give me your eyes Yvette Poumpalova weaves poetry, performance and dance into a ritualistic search for homecoming and connection. She departs from the Bulgarian Kuker tradition* and seeks footing in heritage that both comforts and carries weight. With costumes, ritual bell sounds and conjuring movements, she explores the power of […]
