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Josep Caballero García / Queerpraxis

Melancholía

Duration 80 min.

Language English 

Josep Caballero García’s first choreographic opera “Melancholía”, a HAU co-production, is a plea for getting rid of identity categories. García interrogates the concept of romantic relationships as passed down to us from Händel’s 1724 opera “Guilio Cesare in Egitto”, making the entire spectrum of human affects the basis for his piece about desiring bodies. The opera heroes and heroines of the Baroque, once sung by castrati and governed by power and eroticism, are for him a good test to reflect on the contradictions of western body constructs and to alter them on his own body.

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  • Cast

    Concept, choreography & performance

    Josep Caballero García

    Choreography & performance

    Lea Martini, Sheena McGrandles, Enis Turan

    Musical direction, composition & performance

    Alexandra Holtsch

    Music, vocals & performance

    Hubert Wild

    Poetry, composition & performance

    Black Cracker

    Dramaturgy

    Anne Kersting

    Set & costume

    Christin Vahl

    Sound

    Florian Dröse

    Light design

    Marek Lamprecht

    Internship

    Anna Sophie von Mansberg

    Production management

    Lea Connert

    Project management

    Barbara Greiner

    Press & public relations

    Anita Goß

  • Credits

Further Information

Visitor note

Production: Queerpraxis GbR / Josep Caballero García with Kampnagel Hamburg and Theater Lüneburg. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by: Fonds Doppelpass der Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Behörde für Kultur und Medien Hamburg.

Past dates

  • Thu 17.10.

    from 20:00 to 21:30 HAU1

  • Fri 18.10.

    from 20:00 to 21:30 HAU1

Location

HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available.