Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim: Agora Hysteria #3: Gender Euphoria – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim:
Agora Hysteria #3: Gender Euphoria
Agora Hysteria #3: Gender Euphoria
Agora Hysteria #3: Gender Euphoria consists of a discourse part in the afternoon and a performance part in the evening.
5 p.m.: Discourse program
Due to limited capacity, a short letter of motivation (German/English) is requested for the selection of participants. Send the letter of motivation here. Attending the discourse program entitles you to attend the evening program. It is not necessary to book a second ticket.
8 p.m.: Evening program
Tickets for the evening program only are available here.
The format Agora Hysteria is not explicitly a format for children, but childcare is offered. On 06./07.08.06. from 5 to 7:30 PM for children between the ages of 2 and 7. We ask for registration here.
Enough of prevailing patriarchal discourses, eternal power struggles and ongoing discrimination: Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim transform the Sophiensæle Kantine into a contemporary version of the ancient agora. But unlike its ancient role model, Agora Hysteria will become a platform for inclusive exchange. It creates a center for conversation and discussion, a moment of pause and an opportunity to share knowledge. Agora Hysteria invites interested visitors to three days of exchange, input and relaxation to engage in conversation about changing questions and topics in a performative framework.
Agora Hysteria #3: Gender Euphoria
On June 8, Agora Hysteria celebrates the performative aspect of gender and body self-determination for one day with the title Gender Euphoria. With contributions from cabaret artist and publicist Michaela Dudley, activist Sandrao Mending and producer Bambi Ceren Kalay, among others. In the evening there will be a performance program moderated by Olympia Bukkakis and performances by The Darvish, Brown Sugar Biscuit and Holden Madagame.
More about Agora Hysteria #1: SO SICK! and Agora Hysteria #2: Speculative Biographies.
- Over the three days of the event, various difficult topics will be dealt with, depending on the focus.
- There include among others: homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, interphobia, chronical illness, ableism, adoption trauma, racism, gender & body disphoria.
You can find more information on working with content notes on the house here.
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Stefanie Hauser 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
- Discourse program: 2 hours with breaks, (warm) drinks and snacks will be provided
- Evening program: 1 hour
- There will be a longer break between the two parts of the program, which can also be spent at the Sophiensælen.
Language
- German and Englisch spoken language with whisper translation in German and English
Light
- There will be lighting effects directed on the audience.
- No stroboscopic effects are used.
- Light will be directed on a disco ball.
Atmosphere
- There will be a separate resting room which is also accessible via elevator.
- The audience can always leave and return to the room at their own leisure.
- A contact person from the team is always on site.
Audience area
- The audience is seated on chairs.
- There will be alternative seating options available (bean bags, seat cushions).
- Some performances may involve interaction with the audience. However, these are completely voluntary (for example: a guided journey of self-awareness on 6.6. with Alexander Hahne, audience interaction on 8.6. with Michaela Dudley)
- 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability
Relaxed Performance
- All shows take place as relaxed performances.
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, artistic direction: Olivia Hyunsin Kim, Jones Seitz
With a.o.: Alexander Hahne, Hendrik Quast, Xinan Pandan, Kristin Gerwien, Die Spoonies, kimura byol lemoine, Anja Sunhyun Michaelsen, Rae (Mee-Jin) Tilly, Sandrao Mendig, Michaela Dudley, Bambi Ceren Kalay, Olympia Bukkakis, Brown Sugar Biscuit, The Darvish, Holden Madagame
Set design: Luca Plaumann
Technical direction: Gefährliche Arbeit/Frieder Miller
Production management: ehrliche arbeit - freelance cultural office
Photos, documentation: Christian Cattelan, Mayra Wallraff
A production by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin and by the Performing Arts Fund from funds provided by the Federal Government's Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien. Media partners: Siegessäule, taz.
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.
Kristin Gerwien creates costumes/objects for performances. As a singer, she explores songwriting and karaoke. She curates exciting music with Juckpulver as co-director at TNT Marburg.
Olivia Hyunsin Kim works as a choreographer, director and curator. She was a scholarship holder of 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 her own installations and performance projects and is a founding member of the FLINTA* network Gefährliche Arbeit e.V.
ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro has been a production office for the independent performing arts since 2006. As a platform and infrastructure for independent projects, ehrliche arbeit combines concept and project development with project management and production management, dramaturgy, press and public relations work, curation, editing, text work and translations. ehrliche arbeit works in Berlin but also internationally with individual artists, temporary project groups, permanent ensembles, collectives, institutions, festivals and program series. ehrliche arbeit is a collective – without hierarchies, without salary levels.
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.
Sunniva Vikør Egenes is a dancer currently based in Oslo. She has worked as a dancer in the free scene in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom since she graduated Trinity Laban in 2010. As a dancer she has worked for choreographers such as Martin Nachbar, Rosalind Crisp and Eleanor Bauer. From 2019 to 2021 she studied at the MA program New Performative Practices in Stockholm under Chrysa Parkinson. Between 2021 and 2024 she worked for Ravnedans Festival in Norway as curator, producer and board member.
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