Hana Umeda: RAPEFLOWER – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Hana Umeda:
RAPEFLOWER
RAPEFLOWER is an investigation conducted within one’s own body. It is in the body, not in the discourse, that the experience of sexual violence – both one’s own, inherited and learned — is intertwined with defense and survival strategies. This is a story about rape understood as a condition, not just a single event.
Identifying oneself as a survivor often entails silence. In order to avoid becoming an object of pity, one becomes invisible. Avoiding confrontation with the experience of rape can lead to a compulsion to repeat the traumatic situation in search of lost control.
In RAPEFLOWER, Hana Umeda evokes the traditions of the classic Japanese Jiutamai dance, a 19th-century art performed in Japan exclusively by women. For many of them, dance brought the experience of violence while in small rooms during closed shows they were subjected to sexual abuse. The movement, the tension of the body, its confinement and freezing – all of this can be found in the jiutamai body continuously passed on by masters to the next generations of female dancers. Using her personal history and the jiutamai tradition, Umeda reflects on whether dance or theater can become a space for emancipation and healing.
The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department 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).
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
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You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, choreography, dance: Hana Umeda
A production by Hana Umeda. The project was produced by KOMUNA WARSZAWA, selected as part of the Open Call for Performance 2024. Research for the performance was conducted as part of the SoDA MA program within the framework of HZT Berlin. This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Hana Umeda (a.k.a. Sada Hanasaki) is a rebellious jiutamai dancer of Hanasaki-ryu. Her artistic practice is body-based, sliding between the intersections of choreography, performance, theatre and visual arts. She often explores topics related to patriarchal, spiritual or racialised violence through autodocumentalism and Jiutamai embodied practice.
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