Dragana Bulut: Remake – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin

Dragana Bulut:
Remake

Numerous people in white protective suits are spread across a large room, placing small plant pieces into a hydroponic PVC system. Multi-level pipe constructions are visible in the foreground.
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Comrades, we need your hands, your voices, your presence!

Remake invites the audience to step in as extras at the shooting of a film that can only be made together. Just as youth brigades once built roads and railways in Yugoslavia, we gather on stage to rebuild a memory of collective labor and enthusiasm. No previous experience is required – only the willingness to join, to work, to witness, to remake. This is not a performance to be watched at a distance but a call to work, to belong, to participate in a building of the future that was once brighter in the past. Join us!

In Remake, Dragana Bulut explores choreographies of nostalgia. Departing from her own Yugo-nostalgic sentiments, she stages a speculative re-enactment of collective voluntary Youth Work Actions in Yugoslavia (ORA) – vast initiatives that mobilized thousands of young people to build roads, railways and public infrastructure. What happens when the old ideologies of collective work are transplanted into new soil?

What once belonged to the narrative of socialist progress is reassembled here as a practice of remembering and reimagining what binds us together today. Nostalgia is here not a sentimental longing for the past, but a critical lens attentive to its contradictions and possibilities.

Please note that, for safety and conceptual reasons, the performance is intended for participants aged 16 and up.

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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).

Duration

  • Ca. 2 hours without intermission

Language

  • English Spoken Language

Light

  • The lighting remains bright throughout most of the performance.
  • The room is darkened during the final part of the performance.

Other

  • Stage fog is used
  • Alcohol is served, but consumption is voluntary.
  • The audience is being filmed during the performance.

Audience

  • The audience stands at tables.
  • Folding chairs are available if needed.

Early Boarding

  • There is a relaxed and long admission process with time spent in the foyer.

Interaction

  • The performance is interactive.
  • You interact with other participants and dance together.

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 at the house here.

Concept, artistic direction, performance: Dragana Bulut
By and with: Cécile Bally
Dramaturgy: Andrew Hardwidge
Dramaturgical advice: Andrej Mircev, Kareth Schafer, Dragana Jovanović
Music, sound design: Ivan Marović
Lighting design: Gustav Kleinschmidt
Cinematographer: Joanna Piechotta
Editor: Basia Napora
Film research collaboration: Dragana Jovanović
Stage design collaboration: Valentina Primavera
Production management: M.i.C.A. – Movement in Contemporary Art
Assistance: Cathy Walsh, Ayko Bleisch
Thanks to: Andrew Hardwidge, Chrysa Parkinson, Ilse Ghekiere, Saša Asentić

A production by Dragana Bulut in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF). Supported by Theaterhaus Berlin, Dancecentrum Stockholm and O Espaço do Tempo. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Dragana Bulut is a choreographer, dance and researcher based in Berlin. She holds a PhD in Artistic research and completed her MA in Solo/Dance/Authorship at HZT Berlin. Since 2005, she has been developing her own choreographies, which she has presented at Tanzquartier Wien, Tanz im August, euro-scene Leipzig, iDANS Festival Istanbul, Fabrik Potsdam, and Danspace Project NY, among others. She has worked with Meg Stuart, Tino Seghal, and Ivo Dimchev, among others.

  • In a foggy room, several people in white protective suits work at tables. Hanging neon lights illuminate the scene, creating a hazy atmosphere.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • A group of people wearing white protective suits and hair nets assemble a PVC pipe system at several tables. In the foreground, one person leans over a table holding instructions while two others examine components.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • Viewed through the lower level of a PVC pipe structure, the camera captures two people in white protective suits leaning over their work and focusing on a component. A light mist fills the room.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • A person with long hair stands with a headset in front of a monitor on a stand. The screen shows multiple camera previews of people in protective suits engaged in assembly work.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • A large group of people in white protective suits forms a circle, holding hands. In the center of the circle stands a multi-tier PVC pipe structure.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • A monitor displays two camera views of the same scene: several people in protective suits stand together while one person in the center speaks with expressive gestures.
    © Dieter Hartwig
  • People in white protective suits assemble individual modules of a PVC frame at tables. Several open boxes with components are placed on the floor.
    © Dieter Hartwig