Tanzfabrik
Berlin
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Uferstudios 14
Badstr. 41A, Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
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Photo: Ferit Barak

CARNE

Performance · Premiere by Ricardo de Paula / Grupo Oito
In the frame of Opening Weekend

Tickets
What do we eat? What do we have to swallow? Power structures have left deep bites in our bodies and relationships. As flesh, we too are edible, bound together in more-than-human-ecologies, not above but part of nature. As we taste and devour, we create impactful relationships between each other and the world that we keep feeding. What do we want to spit out? What to digest and transform in and through us to keep us moving? 

The dance performance «CARNE» (flesh) places physicality and encounters as a starting point of resistance, healing and transformation, bearing a potential that transcends Western imagination and rationalities. «CARNE» centers Black perspectives and invites the audience to experience the Brazilian art movement of anthropophagy.

Accessibility
The performance lasts 1h45 (no break) and takes place in Studio 14.
The Performance will have fragments of texts in English in Portuguese.

Pre-boarding (first seating) and a limited number of beanbags are available for people with mobility impairments. Both can be reserved at ticket@tanzfabrik-berlin.de.

Studio 14 is almost at ground level. There is no raised area or similar in the studio itself. There is a slight slope of 1.0% from the outside to the entrance of the studio. Studio 14 has two wheelchair spaces. The barriere-free toilet is located in the opposite Foyer of Studio 3, 4 and 5. It is necessary to walk about 6 meters outside to reach it.

Content Note
Age recommendation: from 16 years and up
In spoken word as well as visually representations of cannibalism are staged. Smoke will come into use. There will be moments of violence, moments of loud music and a moment of screaming. There are swinging elements on stage at times. There will be nakedness on stage.

If you have any further questions about the access requirements for this performance, please contact: access@tanzfabrik-berlin.de

Further information on accessibility can be found on  the dedicated page our website.

Ricardo de Paula / Grupo Oito

Ricardo de Paula (he/him) is a choreographer, dancer, performer and artistic director of Grupo Oito. Since 1989 he has danced with Grupo Corpo (Brazil), Zikzira Physical Theater (Brazil), Staatstheater Kassel, Sasha Waltz and Felix Ruckert, among others. Since 2005 he has been developing solo pieces, and since 2006 he has worked with the ensemble Grupo Oito, which he founded, on numerous pieces using his Get Physical Process method, which have been shown at venues including Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Gropius Bau and HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

Dr. phil. Nora Haakh (she/her) is a cultural scientist and a researching artist. She has worked as a dramaturg mostly in postmigrant and translocal scenes. Her PhD on transfer and translation from Arabic to German in theatre was awarded a special award of the Augsburg Science Award for Intercultural Studies. She teaches Critical Dramaturgy and is currently developing (amongst others) her artistic research «Tree Translator»the social/artistic laboratory «AUCH» and «Studio REALTALK»” at Theater an der Parkaue. 

Caritia Abell (she/her / they/them) has 25 years of personal and professional know-how in the divergent (from the now) lifestyles, space holding, empowerment and body-based practices. These offerings are trauma-aware, intersectional, neurodivergent-aware, consenting and multidisciplinary perspective (with the understanding that consent is an active andvoluntary process). Within all of these spaces, Caritia leads with why (intention setting) and a utopic vision of collaboration and artistic creation. Japanese-inspired rope is a vital creative tool in (their) work. She has been exploring it for 12 years and derives great joy from sharing this practice with others through teaching, tying and being tied.

Martina Garbelli (she/her) studied contemporary dance in Italy and at the SEAD Salzburg. She has worked with several choreographers and toured in various European countries. She has lived in Berlin since 2012, where she works in the independent dance scene as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She has been a member of Grupo Oito since 2015. Dance is her medium for questioning social constructs, exploring psychological processes and provoking change.

Cintia Rangel (she/her) is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer and mother. With her movement research, she works on allowing herself to be contaminated by the “space-tempo-body” of everyday life and deals with the question of how movement can become an aesthetic-political act.

Rubén Nsue (he/him), born in Madrid of African descent, began his dance journey with jazz and modern dance in his home city. He expanded his training in Barcelona, London and New York and mastered dance theater, contemporary dance and hip-hop. Nsue has performed in musicals such as «Hair»and «The Wedding Singer». In 2007, he founded the experimental dance company Lokomamia, which made its debut in Madrid with «Paralelo». As a choreographer in Berlin, he has worked on productions such as «Human Orchestra», «Heroes» und «Planet Egalia». Nsue is currently a member of the KDV Dance Ensemble and Grupo Oito and performs in «ORI Cleanse» and «Present Body». In 2021 he received a grant to research groove decomposition.

Thiago Rosa (he/him), born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is part of the Colectivo Bonobando (directed by Adriana Schneider and Lucas Oradovschi). He is an actor and performer and has a degree in fine arts. He studied at the Tanzfabrik in Berlin and has a Bachelor's degree in Dance, Context and Choreography at the Inter-University Center for Dance, Berlin University of the Arts (HZT/UdK Berlin). Thiago has been performing his «Porträt-Performance»at Ballhaus Naunynstraße since 2021. He was also involved in «Abdruckkörper» und «Everybody can be everybody can not be. 
Duration: 105 Minutes
Tickets: Pay what you can (10€/15€/20€/25€) 
Tickets
Performance: Caritia Abell, Martina Garbelli, Cintia Rangel, Ruben Nsue, Ricardo de Paula, Thiago Rosa
Direction, Choreography: Ricardo de Paula, Assistance: Peti Costa
Dramaturgy: Nora Haakh
Stage, Costume: Andreina Vieira dos Santos, Assistance: Isabel Monti
Music: Biano Lima
Light: Raquel Rosildete, Assistance: Alexandra Úhlarová
Public Relations, Social Media Manager, Graphic Designer: Marcelo Vilela da Silva 
Press & Public Relations: Yven Augustin
Production Management: MIFRUSH Production (Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel), Assistance: Tamera Vinhas da Silva
Photo & Video Documentation: Ferit Barak 
Video: Zé de Paiva & Kathleen Kunath 

Production: Grupo Oito
Co-production: Tanzfabrik Berlin
Funded by: Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.