Juan Pablo Cámara:
Main, main, who's there?

If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).

Duration

• 45 minutes

 Language

• English spoken language
• On a prop the English word "main" is written.

 Stage

• White dance floor
• White curtains hang on the walls of the room.
• The performance area is bordered in the room by two transparent curtains (on the sides without grandstands).
• In the room 4 mirrors hang from the ceiling at different places.
• The show is already running as the audience enters the room.

 Light

• The lighting situation is an important part of the performance. It is creating vibe and environment.
• The light consists of blue tones that are common under water.
• Florescent light in purple is used in places.

Sound

• The sound situation is an important part of the performance. It is creating vibe and environment.
• An abstract instrumental soundtrack is used throughout the performance.
• There are louder and quieter moments. However, the performance generally uses rather heavy sound.

Other effects

• Smoke is used.
• A performer films what is happening on stage. However, what is filmed is not projected.

Audience area

• Seated grandstand on two sides of the room
• 2 beanbag seats bookable according to availability
• 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability

Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.

Tickets

• Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
• Via the online ticket shop
• At the box office

You can also find more information about accessibility here.

CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY Juan Pablo Cámara PERFORMANCE BY AND WITH Liina Magnea, Juan Pablo Cámara SOUND DESIGN Mauro Guz Bejar LIGHT DESIGN Emilio Cordero Checa SET DESIGN Jessica Andrey Bogush DRAMATURGICAL ADVISE Karol Tyminski MAKE UP Queen of Virginity COSTUMES Juliane König, Juan Pablo Cámara, Liina Magnea SPECIAL THANKS Maciek Sado, Ewa Dziarnowska, Zander Porter, Maja Zimmermann, Mateusz Szymanówka, Jefta van Dinther

A production by Juan Pablo Cámara in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE within the frame of Leisure & Pleasure, supported by the Capital Cultural Fund. With kind support by Diorama Berlin. Media partners: Arts of the Working Class, Berlin Art Link, Kulturplakatierung, Missy Magazine, Rausgegangen, tip Berlin, taz.die tageszeitung. 

Juan Pablo Cámara is an Argentinean-born, Berlin-based choreographer and performer who graduated from the School for new Dance Development in Amsterdam. Hailing from a country renowned for its psychoanalytical traditions, he harnesses his own (non-traditional) psychoanalytical practice to explore the boundaries between the personal, the fictional, the cultural. Central to his artistic vision is a fascination with artificiality and hyper-theatricality as tools for world-making and identity construction. By employing elements of irony, absurdity, and skepticism, he challenges conventional notions and prompts viewers to critically engage with the processes through which identities are shaped and narratives are formed. He has performed in theatres and museums across Europe, North and South America, and collaborated with artists such as Michele Rizzo, Jefta van Dinther, Adam Linder. He was in residency at Sophiensæle in the frame of the New Techniques residency program 2022.