Production Details / Press Releases
Once again, Nadia Beugré shines a spotlight on people who are pushed to the margins of society, questioning roles and identities, those assigned and those to be taken. Beugré’s new work is based on research into the incredibly lively and rebellious transgender community in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Many of its members earn their living as hairdressers by day, and celebrate their identity as dance divas by night. Beugré combines elements of voguing and coupé-décalé revisited by the performers – in a struggle for a better future.
[Source: tanzimaugust.de]
TFB Nr. 1789
Cast & Credits
Artistic Direction: Nadia Beugré
With: Beyoncé, Canel, Jhaya Caupenne, Taylor Dear, Acauã El Bandide Shereya, Kevin Kero
Lighting Design: Anthony Merlaud
Scenography: Jean-Christophe Lanquetin
Artistic Assistant: Christian Romain Kossa
Outside Eye: Nadim Bahsoun, Adonis Nebié
Stage: Technical Production managment: Kevin Pahl (HAU2)
Light (HAU2): Andreas Kröher, Max Wegner, Sebastian Zamponi
Video (HAU2): Fine Freiberg
Sound (HAU2): Frider Naumann/ Rainer Grandt
Production: Libr’Arts / Virginie Dupray
Co-production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts Bruxelles, Théâtre Le Rideau Bruxelles, Points Communs Nouvelle scene nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise, Montpellier Danse, Centre Pompidou Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Holland Festival Amster-dam, ICI – CCN de Montpellier Occitanie, Culturescapes Sahara 2023, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, La place de la danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, théâtre Garonne scène européenne – Toulouse, Fonds Transfabrik – French-German Fund for performing arts, Spielart Festival Munich, Theater Freiburg, Africa Moment
With support from the DRAC Occitanie – French Ministry for Culture and Communication.
Residencies: La place de la Danse CDCN Toulouse Occitanie, L’Agora de la danse / Montpellier danse, Théâtre Le Rideau Bruxelles
Thanks to: Ivoires Marionettes, Institut français de Côte d’Ivoire
Tanz im August 2023
Artistic Director: Ricardo Carmona
Executive Producer Festival: Stefan Nagel
Producer & Dramaturge: Alina Lauer
Production und Team Assistance: Luzie Barzen
Dramaturgical Advisor: Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi
Production Associates: Sujmo Akcali, Arantxa Ciafrino, Vivien Hohnholz, Aki Kimura, Mmakgosi Kgabi, Ekaterina Voronova, Benze C. Werner
Technical Director Festival: Ingo Ruggenthaler
Tanz im August is a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.
HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2)
Hallesches Ufer 32
10963 Berlin
Tickets: +49 (0)30 259 004 27
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de
Video Documentation
The video documentation is produced on behalf of the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The purpose of this contract is to document productions in the field of contemporary dance in Berlin. The master recordings are archived by the University Library of the Berlin University of Arts. Copies of the recordings on DVD are available for viewing exclusively in the reference collections of the following archives (at media desks in these institutions):
University Library of the Berlin University of Arts
Mediathek für Tanz und Theater des Internationalen Theaterinstituts / Mime Centrum Berlin
Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT)