Programme

nora chipaumire

#PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA

Recommended for age 16 and older

Duration 180 Min with intermission

English 

nora chipaumire’s “#PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA” is a three-part live-performance album drawn from her formative years in the Zimbabwe of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. As always, her stunning choreography examines the representation and experience of status and power. Her new triptych is inspired by three iconic artists: Patti Smith and the resistive spirit of punk; Grace Jones and the idea of a pop culture accessible to all; and from the Congolese musician Rit Nzele she borrows the language of the rumba, so as to ask what constitutes Black African identity.

Performance
  • Cast

    Concept & Choreography

    With

    nora chipaumire, Shamar Watt, Austin Matthew Williamson, Atiyyah Khan, Antoni Mantorski-Barczuk

    Sound, Light, Costume Concept

    nora chipaumire

    Sound Research, Construction, Assemblage

    nora chipaumire, Shamar Watt

    Sound Design

    Antoni Mantorski-Barczuk

    Technical Direction

    Sean Seago

    Set Design

    Ari Marcopoulos, Kara Walker, Matt Jackson Studio

    Drums (#PUNK & *N!GGA)

    Austin Matthew Williamson

    Vinyl DJ (100% POP)

    Atiyyah Khan

    Digital DJ (100% POP)

    Shamar Watt

    Booking Management

    Thomas O. Kriegsmann, ArKtype

    Company Management

    Leonie Wichmann

  • Credits

    Coproduction: The Kitchen, Crossing the Line Festival, Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University. Funded by: Fondation d’entreprise Hermès in the frame of New Settings Program. Supported by: Guggenheim Foundation, Institute for Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, American Dance Abroad. Residencies: Lincoln Center Atrium Series, Gibney’s Dance in Program supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in partnership with JACK, Stephen Petronio Residency Center, Bates Dance Festival, University of Richmond Theater and Dance Department, Operaestate Festival Bassano del Grappa, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Miami Light Project, Sarah Lawrence College.

    Thanks to Staatsballett Berlin.

    With the support of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

    In cooperation with SOPHIENSÆLE.

Price: 25 €
Discount: 18 €
Ticket information
Notes:

No seating

During the performance on the 22.8 video recordings will be made for press- and archive purposes. Due to the scenaric settings it is possible that the audience will be recognizable on these. With the attendance of this performance you therefore declare your agreement to the recordings made, as well as the publication of these,

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Location

Sophiensæle Festsaal
Sophienstr. 18, 10178 Berlin

The Kantine is at ground level and accessible without steps. The Festsaal (1st floor) and Hochzeitssaal (3rd floor) can be reached via an elevator (1.76 m x 2.71 m) when accompanied by the house staff. To use the elevator please contact our evening staff. The distance from the street to the elevator is approx. 60 m.

An accessible toilet (entrance door 1m in width) is available on the 1st floor and can be reached via the elevator. It can be accessed via the Festsaal foyer. For events in the Hochzeitssaal there is a WC on the 3rd floor with an entrance and cabin door 81 cm wide, the other cabin doors are 56 cm wide. From the 3rd floor as well as from the ground floor you can reach the accessible WC on the 1st floor by using the elevator.

Wheelchair users and persons with impaired mobility are requested to give advance notice by barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or ringing the venue at 030 27 89 00 35. 
Further information:  https://sophiensaele.com/en/service/barrierefreiheit

 

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