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Dance/Performancein English | 15/10 €
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HOCHZEITSSAAL
In the works of the Syrian-German performance and video artist Enad Marouf, body and text act as central elements. He creates a unique poetic language of coexisting media; a temporality which allows to overcome potential boundaries of dance, text, video and installation.
The performance In My Hand a Word is based on the eponymous text by Enad Marouf. In the text we follow two people who are watching their hands. The longer they gaze at their hands, the more the hands lose their meaning. In this context, the hand does not only carry a history of cultural symbolism, but also is an embodiment of one's own personal identity. The loss of meaning is just as mournful as it is liberating, since new understandings can be (re)constructed, a duality of loss and restoration emerges.
In his scenic adaptation of the text, Enad Marouf focuses on loss from a queer perspective: the loss of family, home, and relationships, but also the loss of meaning and language. The audience enters a place where fragments of movement, speech and music overlap. This place represents Marouf's fragmented memories of Damascus. Here, two figures move through scenes whose inner coherences are increasingly dissolved by memories, anecdotes and associative references. Offering the audience to find their own narratives within, to reinterpret and put this piece together through their own personal experience and sensibility.
INFORMATION ON ACCESSIBILITY
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at [email protected] or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event.
Genral: The performance lasts approx. 50 minutes and uses a small amount of language. A poem is spoken in English. Black outs, blinding transitions and fading light, loud sounds and fog are used on stage. The audience gets blinded at some point.
Audience area: The lightening situation in the audience is rather dark. The audience area in the grandstand is seated. There are two wheelchair seats and two beanbag seats which can be reserved or purchased from the online ticket shop or box office, subject to availability.
How to get there: Due to the Christmas market in Sophienstraße, the Sophiensaele cannot be accessed by car on 10 and 11 December.
Early Boarding: If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding. This is early admission for all people (especially those with visible or non-visible disabilities) who wish a specific seat or a more relaxed entry. Early Boarding usually starts 10-20 minutes before the performance starts. The meeting point is next to the bar. Five minutes before Early Boarding begins, an on-site announcement will draw your attention to it once again. Our evening staff will be happy to help you find the meeting point.
You can also find more information about accessibility here https://sophiensaele.com/en/service/barrierefreiheit
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY, TEXT Enad Marouf PERFORMANCE BY AND WITH Ewa Dziarnowska, Steph Quinci MUSIC Billy Bultheel INSTALLATIVE SCULPTURES Enad Marouf ARCHITECTURAL SUPERVISION, FABRICATION Jim Scully COSTUME Grzegorz Matlag MUSIK Billy Bultheel LICHT Jacqueline Sobiszewski
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Florian Greß
A production by Enad Marouf in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR and by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Media partner: taz, die tageszeitung.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sophiensaele, Sophienstraße 18,Berlin, Germany
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