Queer Family Album – Sophiensæle | Freies Theater in Berlin

Juliana Piquero (she/they) was born in Buenos Aires, and lives in Berlin and Madrid. She is a mother, choreographer, dancer, and yoga asana instructor. In her choreographic works, she articulates socio-political issues, archival material, and biographical experiences. She is interested in themes such as Latin American queer feminism; issues related to her identity and to functional diversity and body language. She seeks the efficacy of the undefined and tries to blur the boundaries between dichotomous concepts such as the natural and the artificial, aiming to grasp the complexity of the body as technology. Parallel to her artistic path, since 2024, she has also worked as an IT consultant and analyst.

Katie Lee Dunbar, a queer feminist performance maker, activist, and researcher residing in Berlin, delves into themes of disparity, intimacy, and the intricate relationship between the personal and political in their artistic pursuits encompassing dance, voice, memory, sound, text, and installation. Their collaborative efforts are dedicated to fostering inclusive and non-oppressive environments for dialogue and creativity, reflected in projects like arted, mitkollektiv, and currently, the Queer Family Album.

Dylan Spencer-Davidson (he/they) is an artist, performer, and educator based in Berlin, DE. Their practice spans performance, workshops, video, sound, and writing, and continually orbits around the question of how to be together. Challenging normative, violent forms of relation, their works hold space for collective emotional processing while proposing alternative forms of communication and collaboration rooted in listening, consent, embodiment, difference, and vulnerability.

Joy Mariama Smith (1976, United States) is an installation and performance artist, activist, dramaturg, and architectural designer. A native Philadelphian currently based in Amsterdam, their work primarily addresses the conundrum of projected identities in various contexts. An ongoing question in their work is: What is the interplay between the body and its physical environment? They have a multi-modal improvisational practice spanning over 25 years. When teaching, they actively strive to uphold inclusive spaces.