Ballhaus Naunynstrasse

>> Portrait performance by Thiago Rosa << ........................................... 💥 28 - 31 January Entry: 7/5€ Ticket link: 👉 https://ballhaus.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/489091 ........................................... "I have to interact with memories, music, my father and myself, filling the gaps in my photo albums with my imagination." At school, the history books spoke of colonial history. A Black teacher said, “this is just one perspective.” Since he was responsible for the exams, he examined Black History. There is a connection between the Black history teacher and the fact that Thiago Rosa is now in Europe and lives in Berlin. There is a connection between Thiago Rosa’s Black grandmother to the gaps in the history books and the fact that Thiago Rosa is an artist: In Rio de Janeiro he obtained a degree in the visual arts; here his medium of art is lithography. The surface is scratched, scraped and chiseled so that the stone leaves the desired print on the paper. Thereupon, Thiago Rosa switched to dance and acting – currently at Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin (HZT). Nowadays he works as a performance artist using his body as medium of expression. "I will not give up on the dream that one can live in dignity through the work one achieves. My work is my art." With the series "PORTRAIT", in which artists introduce themselves and their work, Ballhaus Naunynstraße has disrupted its usual production method. "PORTRAIT" provides artists with the space to showcase themselves, their own skills and artforms, yes that, what is truly important. "PORTRAIT" is thereby an invitation to the public, to meet fascinating artists and experience the complexities of their work. By and with: Thiago Rosa Video, stage design, sound design, dramaturgical consultant: @ze.de.paiva Production management: @leonard.beck Photo: @ze.de.paiva #blackartists #thiagorosa #zédepaiva #berlinart #berlindance #berlinacting #berlinbildendekunst #ballhausnaunynstr

>>Auf meinen Schultern << von Raphael Moussa Hillebrand ----------------------- ✨️18.-21.01✨️ Eintritt: 14/8€ Ticketlink in 👉 bio ----------------------- Auf Deutsch mit englischen ÜT Die Geschichte ist nicht zu Ende, die Geschichte geht weiter. Meine Tochter! Glück und Wahnsinn gehen weiter. Meine Mutter ist weiß, Deine Schwarz. Ich bin am Westpol aufgewachsen, Du in einer Weltstadt. Meinst Du, die Geschichte ist damit vorbei? Berlin ist so groß, so frei, so provinziell gewaltsam. Die halbe Stadt war der Kosmos meiner Kindheit; mit Brathähnchen-Ausflug in die andere Galaxie. Sind Privilegien von kurzer Dauer? Öffnen sie den Horizont oder verblenden sie? Wem gehört die ganze Stadt? Für wen ist sie gemacht? Für Dich, für uns? Schwarze Berlinerin. Ich möchte, dass Dir ein paar Erfahrungen erspart bleiben. Aber wie? Auf meinen Schultern ist eine Soloperformance des Tänzers und Choreografen Raphael Moussa Hillebrand, seine erste am Ballhaus Naunynstraße. Ausgehend von seiner Erfahrung, im Berlin der 1980er und 90er Jahre aufgewachsen zu sein, unternimmt er den Versuch, die eigene Lebenserfahrung in eine Form zu bringen, sodass die nächste Generation und das eigene Kind daran anknüpfen können – eine getanzte, gebreakte, gesprochene und performte Weitergabe, musikalisch begleitet von dem Cellisten Eurico Ferreira Mathias. Choreografie/Performance/Videokonzept: Raphael Moussa Hillebrand @raphael_moussa_hillebrand Choreografiemitarbeit: Laura Alonso @laura.alonso.m Lichtdesign & Videomitarbeit: Emilio Cordero Checa @emiliocorderocheca_lighting Kostümbild: Monique Van den Bulck @monique_van_den_bulck Musik: Eurico Ferreira Mathias @eurico_cello Dramaturgie: Jaika Bahr Produktionsleitung: Leonard Beck @leonard.beck

>> BECOMING MY BODY << -------------------------------------- ⚡ 10 - 13 January ⚡ entry: 14/8€ ticket link in 👉bio (in English) -------------------------------------- Is there a space in which other relations of forces prevail? Another universe, multiverses, a simultaneous spinning with different direction and speed in the omniverse? This world is rigid, it becomes more rigid. The increasing potency of right-wing, nationalist positions is hardening the binary, Christian and white dominated orders. The movement must begin, accelerate, spread warmth. It has already begun, without beginning or end. Into other multiverses. Bishop Black seeks decolonization. Movement by movement, image by image, word by word, Bishop Black works against the old myth of „In the beginning was purity.“ With every sound layer and every muscle movement they seek to resist the pressure of the old polar axis powers of sexual identity and racial identity and to open the gravitational field to a third, open, unknown pole. "Becoming My Body" is the way against colonization by sexuality concepts and fashion, by Eurocentric cosmology and epistemology. "Becoming My Body" is a performative, danced, synthetic stepping towards a space where other power relations prevail, Bishop Black’s invitation into their multiverses. With "Becoming My Body" Bishop Black presents the first full-length solo performance – as a bundling of his own strategies in video, sound, dance, drag show and performance. Concept/choreography/performance: Bishop Black @thebishopblack3000 Dramaturgy/video: Jasco Viefhues Choreographic consultation: Caritia Abell @caritia Choreography assistance: Laura Alonso @laura.alonso.m Music: TRVΛNIΛ @trovaniasink Light design: Emilio Cordero Checa @emiliocorderocheca_lighting Production management: Camila de Abreu @camilapdeabreu #ballhausnaunystrasse #bishopblack #becomingmybody #blackberlin #blackperspective #blackqueerness #queerberlin #empowerment #schwarzeperspekt

TRVΛNIΛ

>>>TRVΛNIΛ<<< Portrait performance --------‐----------------------------- ✨️ 4. - 7.01✨️ entry: 7/5€ ticketlink: 👉 https://ballhaus.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/486616 -------------------------------------- Just stay composed. Stretched out between two places, two societies, two force fields, connected with friends, languages, sounds, affection across half the globe – on good days the ego levitates. On bad days, the burden of the situation and the coldness of the surrounding society are unbearable. Just stay composed. Do not pose. Just stay composed. TRVΛNIΛ is a poet and performer. Spoken word, poetry, song, dance, performance, Creole, English and German- she moves with ease between these artistic disciplines. Transitions seem to be her specialty, as is the performative confrontation with the audience. TRVΛNIΛ uses everything to open up the space in order to give meaning to well-being. Everyday struggles become visible and audible here ‒ which is essential if we want to preserve our mental and physical health! By and with: TRVΛNIΛ @trovaniasink Direction assistance: Sumona Dhakal Dramaturgy: Lerato Shadi @studio.leratoshadi Video: Zé de Paiva @ze.de.paiva Production management: Selda Hamdemir Photo: Zé de Paiva #ballhausnaunynstrasse #berlinkultur #schwarzeperspektiven #blackfemaleartist #performanceberlin #berlinblack #berlinart #berlindance #berlinacting

>>ENGLISH VERSION BELOW<< Rassistische Äußerungen sind wieder salonfähig in Deutschland. Und gleichzeitig bedrohen die CDU-Sparmaßnahmen die Kultur und den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt in Berlin. Was soll das? -------------------------------- Racist utterances are socially acceptable in Germany again. And simultaneously, the cuts introduced by the CDU party threaten the culture and social cohesion of society in Berlin. What is all this good for? #BerlinIstKultur #kulturellebildungfüralle #ballhausnaunynstrasse

>>ENGLISH VERSION BELOW<< Rassistische Äußerungen sind wieder salonfähig in Deutschland. Und gleichzeitig bedrohen die CDU-Sparmaßnahmen die Kultur und den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt in Berlin. Was soll das? -------------------------------- Racist utterances are socially acceptable in Germany again. And simultaneously, the cuts introduced by the CDU party threaten the culture and social cohesion of society in Berlin. What is all this good for? #BerlinIstKultur #kulturellebildungfüralle #ballhausnaunynstrasse

Merve Akyıldız Quintett

>> Merve Akyıldız Quintett << Konzert von Merve Akyıldız und Band ⚡️27.12⚡️ Eintritt: 14/10€ Ticketlink: 👉 https://ballhaus.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/486602 -‐----------------------- Ausgehend von tradierten Liedern und Songs aus der Türkei, Bulgarien, Mazedonien und Griechenland verwandelt Merve Akyıldız diesen Balkan-Sound in Richtung Jazz, Pop, Elektronik. Es ist ein Bad der Gefühle zwischen Traurigkeit und überschäumender Freude, das Merve Akyıldız mit ihrer Band erschafft; rhythmisch treibend und manchmal sanft und mit Raum für Acapella. Merve Akyıldız, Gesang und Klavier, wird begleitet von Can Tüfekçioglu am Schlagzeug, Vladimir Karparov am Saxophon, Francesco Beccaro an der Bassgitarre und Alexey Wagner an der Gitarre. -‐----------------------- Gesang und Piano: Merve Akyıldız @merveakyildizofficial Bass: Francesco Beccaro Saxophon: Vladimir Karparov @vladimir_karparov Schlagzeug: Can Tüfekçioglu @canondrums Gitarre: Alexey Wagner Produktionsleitung: Selda Hamdemir #kreuzbergkultur #jazz #balkansound #musikberlin

Merve Akyıldız Quintett

>> Merve Akyıldız Quintett << Konzert von Merve Akyıldız und Band ⚡️27.12⚡️ Eintritt: 14/10€ Ticketlink: 👉 https://ballhaus.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/486602 -‐----------------------- Ausgehend von tradierten Liedern und Songs aus der Türkei, Bulgarien, Mazedonien und Griechenland verwandelt Merve Akyıldız diesen Balkan-Sound in Richtung Jazz, Pop, Elektronik. Es ist ein Bad der Gefühle zwischen Traurigkeit und überschäumender Freude, das Merve Akyıldız mit ihrer Band erschafft; rhythmisch treibend und manchmal sanft und mit Raum für Acapella. Merve Akyıldız, Gesang und Klavier, wird begleitet von Can Tüfekçioglu am Schlagzeug, Vladimir Karparov am Saxophon, Francesco Beccaro an der Bassgitarre und Alexey Wagner an der Gitarre. -‐----------------------- Gesang und Piano: Merve Akyıldız @merveakyildizofficial Bass: Francesco Beccaro Saxophon: Vladimir Karparov @vladimir_karparov Schlagzeug: Can Tüfekçioglu @canondrums Gitarre: Alexey Wagner Produktionsleitung: Selda Hamdemir #kreuzbergkultur #jazz #balkansound #musikberlin

>>Everybody can be everybody can not be<< Dance performance by Jao Moon ⚡️14.-17.12⚡️ Entry: 14/8€ Ticketlink in 👉 bio Please note that strobe lighting is used during the performances! ------------------------------ Even if I’m in a bad mood, I walk around with a broad smile ‒ because you simply can’t risk being perceived as cranky, and therefore as “dangerous”. PRETENDING! My clothes are super neat. Because if you are seen as “different” and “poor”, there is no respect and therefore no protection. Pretend! Face it! Pretend! Survival technique. Be like anything and whatever you want! Freedom, creative possibilities, space for your own concepts. Do your thing! Wasn’t there this promise? Being someone, being someone else, recreating yourself. Unfolding. Was that reality? For whom? And what happens when gazes pin you down, expectations hold you in place, in the old role, in the role determined by others? The spaces are small. Who can claim to be something other than the attribution allows? Face it! "Everybody can be everybody can not be" is a danced queer performance about exotization, energies of resistance and self-determined visibilities. "Everybody can be everybody can not be" is the queer everyday performance, back and forth between attack and defense, between self-protection and hypervisibility, it is the queer everyday performance of entering into confrontation, alone, together. --------------------------------------- Concept/choreography/performance: Jao Moon @itsjaomoon Choreography assistance: Laura Alonso @laura.alonso.m Light design: Emilio Cordero Checa @emiliocoderocheca_lighting Video: Juan Saez @juansajuan Stage design: Michi Muchina Stage design assistance: Cheng-Ting Chen @cchengting Costume design: Billy Lobos @billylobos Make-up: Nuria de Lario @nuriadelario Music: Tobias Lee Dramaturgy: Lalo Gomes @lalobylalo Performance: Francisco Bejarano Montes de Oca @francis_thedancer, Jao Moon, Amada Tinoco @amadatinocco,

>> WERDEN << Performance von Magda Korsinsky ⚡️06. – 09.12⚡️ Eintritt: 14/8€ Ticketlink in 👉 bio -‐----------------------- Ich sehe mich – in Dir! Sind wir uns so ähnlich in unserer Wut, in unserer Trauer, in unserem Lachen, in unserem Mut? Denn äußerlich, in unseren Interessen, in den Familiengeschichten sind wir ja durchaus verschieden. Und trotzdem wachse ich über mich hinaus, wenn ich Dich erlebe. Für "WERDEN" kam die bildende Künstlerin und Choreografin Magda Korsinsky mit vier FLINTA* zusammen, um gemeinsam ihre Erfahrungen und Expertisen zu reflektieren. Denn es ist nicht leicht, durch diese Gesellschaft zu manövrieren. Zuviel ist gleichzeitig zu leisten: sich um sich selbst kümmern, wachsen, die eigenen Wünsche erkennen und formulieren, sich selbst in die Zukunft projizieren, eigene Allianzen kreieren. Zu viele Hürden stellt diese Gesellschaft Schwarzen FLINTA* in den Weg, zu viel Gewalt. Woher also nimmt mensch Stärke und Selbstbewusstsein als Schwarze FLINTA*? Wie suchen sie sich ihre Spiegel aus, um an diesen Bildern zu wachsen? Welche Rollen spielen Medien, Freund*innen, Familienmitglieder? Was bedeuten die Kämpfe der letzten dreißig Jahre für sie? Wie gehen sie mit Konflikten um, welche Träume, Vorstellungen, Selbstentwürfe motivieren sie? So entstand ein Archiv, ein choreografisch-performatives Geflecht, gewebt aus dem Erfahrungsschatz Schwarzer FLINTA*. ----------------------------------- Konzept/Choreografie: Magda Korsinsky @magdakorsinsky Choreografiemitarbeit: Tiffani Achilleas Dramaturgiemitarbeit: Assina Chara Kostümbild: Jaq Lisboa @jaq.lisboa Lichtdesign: Thais Nepomuceno @_wewe_re Bühnenbild: Val de Licer @val_stagedesigner Schreibcoaching: Pasquale Virginie Rotter, Jena Samura @jenasamura Videodesign: Mona Okulla Obua @mona.okulla.obua Sounddesign: Sky Deep @skydeeplife Maske: Leila Brunner Von und Mit: Millie Engono @millieengon , Jana Falcon @jana_falcon , Kuloued Marohn @kludyy , Turending Stelkens

>>>>The Melancholic Melody of the New Economy<<<< 27.-30.11 Entry: 14/8€ Ticketlink: 👉 https://ballhaus.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/482745 - Please note that strobe lighting is used during the performances! ------------------------- A constant whisper lies in the city – behind and above the hum of hard drives. Multilingual, stretched between past and future, diasporic. IT experts from all over the world are drawn to Berlin, where the future is being designed. But what actually happens behind the screens and glass facades? Who works here? Why? Under what conditions? What promises and hopes drive the protagonists? In "The Melancholic Melody of the New Economy", the whisper becomes a narrative: under the direction of musician, composer, and multimedia artist Ariel William Orah, new Berliners who came from South Asia and Southeast Asia and found a job in Berlin with their English and computer skills create their own composition: Their navigation between job requirements, visa regulations, and role expectations, between past and future, between programming and self-determination, form the source code for the performance. At the same time, they provide insights into Berlin’s flagship industry in this musical-documentary theatre, including its transnational, (post-)colonial entanglements. -------------------- Direction and concept: Ariel William Orah @ravenative Direction assistance: Assina Chara Dramaturgy: Thu Hoài Trần Stage design: Leonie Brüggenwerth @leonieberlin , Val de Licer @val_stagedesigner Costume design: Mathieu Amadou @m.amadouo Light design: Thais Nepomuceno Video design: Arel Dewi @asarela.dewi Sound design & Music: Ariel William Orah, Ashiq Khondker alterna With: Eri Dürr, Tyz Juny, Pwincess Pweach, Babyji @jivi2mebaby , Arie Rids @arierids Production management: Camila de A @camilapdeabreu Photo: Zé de Paiva @ze.de.paiva #ballhausnaunynstrasse #kreuzbergculture #performanceberlin #experimentalmusic