Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim – Sophiensæle | Freies Theater in Berlin

Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim work collectively on choreographic works with a queer-feminist and postcolonial focus. Through fiction, they renegotiate power relations and offer empowering alternatives to the present. Their works have been shown at Sophiensæle, Art Sonje Center, Staatsoper Hannover, Museo Universitario del Chopo, among others. The permanent team consists of Kristin Gerwien, Olivia Hyunsin Kim and Jones Seitz.

Olivia Hyunsin Kim works as a choreographer, director and curator. She has received scholarships from danceWEB, the Tarabya Cultural Academy, Vila Sul Bahia and won 1st place in the Amadeu Antonio Art Prize in 2019. Her first opera Turning Turandot premiered in November 2023. 

Jones Seitz develops the lighting and video design for their own installations and performance projects and is a founding member of the FLINTA* network Gefährliche Arbeit e.V.

Hyemi Jolee is a deaf artist, activist and web designer from South Korea. She lives in Berlin, is on the board of jubel³ mit Gebärdensprache e.V. and works at Koreaverband e.V.

Ji Sun Hagen is a dancer trained in traditional and contemporary dance in Seoul, South Korea. She has been working as a freelance performer in Berlin since 2014 and her work focuses on experimental approaches between Korean dance and contemporary interpretation.

Jung Sun Kim is a choreographer, dancer and mentor working in South Korea and in Germany since 2007. Her work focuses on the intelligence of the body between movement, healing and performance. Inspired by group movements in Korea and the GDR, she focuses on collective and individual body awareness.

Tatiana Heuman has been working in the fields of sound, media art and somatic movement research in Argentina and Europe since 2009. Heuman’s current research focuses on sound ceramics, perceptual phenomena and the dream field. Heuman also leads the collaborative transdisciplinary projects Near and Remote Memory activation practices and Siestaria, facilitating labs and workshops that understand sound and physical listening as a means to connect with oneself, each other and the environment.

Luca Maria Plaumann studies at the Kunsthochschule Weißensee Berlin and works in parallel as a stage and costume designer in the theater and music scene. In the broadest sense, her work revolves around the design of space and the body, with a particular focus on sustainability and inclusivity.

Leo G. Alonso is an interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin with a current focus on theater technology, lighting design and new technologies in performance art.

bleeptrack is a creative technologist and artist from southern Germany. She specializes in generative art, artificial intelligence and digital fabrication.

Gilda Coustier develops performances between puppet theater, robotics and queerfeminist speculation at manufaktor. She/they work in event technology both freelance for various theater groups and permanently at Ballhaus Ost Berlin. Gilda is an active part of Gefährliche Arbeit, a tech-artistic FLINTA* association.

Maria Rößler is a freelance dramaturge. As such, she works internationally with independent theater and performance makers as well as for festivals and other artistic programs.

Marielle Schavan is a founding member of the queer-feminist theater collective Henrike Iglesias and also works as an author, performer and dramaturge on independent theater projects and discourse formats.

Kerstin Böttcher studied humanities in Marburg and Berlin. From 2003–2024 she was responsible for press and public relations at TD Berlin. In addition to her ongoing work for the Theaterdiscounter, she also worked regularly for independent groups and projects. In 2011, she also took over the press and public relations department at Ballhaus Ost. From 2021-2024 Böttcher worked in collaboration with Acker Stadt Palast. Since 2021 she is Head of Communications at DOCKART.

Somi Dubuque moves between stage, education and research. With a focus on perspectives of Asian-read people, Dubuque creates spaces for representation and resistance. Whether in performance, theater, workshops or artistic texts, Dubuque combines artistic practice with empowerment.

Aniella Tiedje is a trained interpreter for German Sign Language and German spoken language. She works in Berlin as a freelance interpreter and as a part-time employee at manua GmbH. In her final theses, she dealt with the topic of spaces and minorities.