Dance

Folk dances as a postcolonial dance extravaganza- inspired by the commercial success of modernly rehashing traditional dance cultures from the fringes of world, Trachtenbummler rearranges German folklore and allows it to seem as authentically ‘forgein’ and ‘exotic’ as tribal dances from Samoa. Choreographed to top-ten world music hits and clad in contemporary costumes from the Berlin Upcyling guru Daniel Kroh, Jochen Roller reveals strategies for ethnic marketing, the staging of the exotic and attempts to prove that even our native traditions are ideal for creating exoticness.

artistic director Jochen Roller GARB Design Daniel Kroh Dramaturgy Florian Feigl, Jochen Roller DANCE Joavien Ng, Edouard Pelleray, Ahilan Bhuvanendra Ratnamohan, Jochen Roller, Magali Sander Fett, Latai Funaki Taumoepeau LiGht Design Henning Streck Assistence costumes Daniel Juhart, Julia Wendler Intern costumes Natalia Lutsenko

COMPANY MANAGEMENT DepArtment Assistance COmpany Management Theresa Willeke

Produced by Jochen Roller and DepArtment in coproduction with Theater Freiburg and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Special thanks to Tanz im August and our media partner taz.die tageszeitung.

photos © Maurice Korbel