Teresa Vittucci: Hate Me, Tender – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Teresa Vittucci:
Hate Me, Tender
Hate Me, Tender
DOUBLE BILL Savušun + Hate Me, Tender
16 YEARS +
Hardly anyone associates the Holy Virgin Mary with hatred and feminism - at least not until now! In the beginning of her choreographic-performative research on these very themes, Teresa Vittucci liberates Mary from the sacred attributions as pure and perfect, innocent and holy. As icon, slave and heroine at the same time, she brings the Queen of Love back to earth, shows her ambivalence and her queer feminist potential. The stage is set for Matriarch Maria, her crusade for vulnerability and the enormous power that derives from it.
TERESA VITTUCCI (Zürich) is a choreographer and dancer. She graduated from the Konservatorium Wien, the Ailey School, the SEAD, and the Hochschule der Künste Bern. She collaborates with Nils A. Lange, Marie Caroline Hominal, Simone Aughterlony, Claire Sobottke and Michael Turinsky. Teresa has received numerous scholarships and a recognition award from the city of Zürich. Her works U betta cry, Lunchtime, All Eyes on and Hate me, tender are toured nationally and internationally. All Eyes on will be shown at the Swiss Dance Days 2019.
CONCEPT, PERFORMANCE Teresa Vittucci SPACE Teresa Vittucci, Jasmin Wiesli Œil Exterieur & Support Simone Aughterlony, Benjamin Egger, Veza María Fernández
An OH DEAR production in coproduction with Tanzhaus Zürich. Funded by the City of Culture, the Culture Department of the Canton of Zurich, Pro Helvetia and the Nestlé pour L'Art Foundation. Kindly supported by Grand Studio Brussels, Südpol Luzern, Les Urbaines Festival and zürich moves! Festival. The guest performance is realized by the Theaterpreis des Bundes. Media partners: Siegessäule, Missy Magazine, taz. die tageszeitung
Teresa Vittucci is a Vienna born artist who is currently based in Zurich. Her practice is rooted in the field of contemporary dance performance and investigates feminist and queer perspectives on pop culture, history, and religion. Bad jokes are always part of the process. She works as a solo artist and also collaborates with other artists including Colin Self, Annina Machaz, Simone Aughterlony, Nils A. Lange, Melanie Jame Wolf, Michael Turinsky and Claire Vivianne Sobottke. In 2019 Teresa received the Swiss Dance Prize for the first part of her trilogy HATE, ME TENDER. She was Young Associate Artist at Tanzhaus Zürich in 2019-2022. Currently she is busy with touring and working on the completion of her trilogy, next several projects as well as guest teaching at the Art Universities of Zurich and Berne.
Alina Arshi was born in Lucknow, India. She did some of her growing up there, and some of it in Muscat, Oman. This opened her up to a variety of cultural inputs right from the beginning. In 2015 she moved to Brussels, Belgium, from where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in business administration at KU Leuven. It was in this city that she discovered the professional dance world and began her training at Tictac Art Center. Here, during a year and a half she let herself be absorbed by the visions, practices, and techniques of artists such as David Zambrano, Mat Voorter, Martin Kilvady, among many more.