As the loud female trio PunkDrumLove, Johanna Lemke, dancer Eli Cohen and drummer Almut Lustig chase from climax to climax. All states of exaggerated demands are allowed; giving up is not an option.
Punk, drums and bodies expose themselves to each other in extremes; they correspond to the depths of human relationships, be they long-lasting love affairs, friendships or social relationships. This also reflects the excessive demands of the brutal chaos of the current global political situation. Noise meets silence. The contradiction between freedom and solidarity in an honest encounter.

PunkDrumLove pours love over violence. Molecules of love merge in the beat of the roaring world. Eli Cohen, Almut Lustig and Johanna Lemke enter the ring as gladiators and together push themselves to their physical limits. They invent a utopian space of awakening out of confusion and realise that we are capable of learning.

Johanna Lemke was born in Berlin, Germany. She grew up in West Berlin and Lithuania after her mother fled the GDR and later studied dance in Berlin and Amsterdam. She has been performing on national and international stages since the age of seven. She has worked as a choreographer, performer and dancer in various art, film, music, theatre and dance projects and has collaborated with numerous artists, including Boris Charmatz, Constanza Macras, Jeremy Shaw, Thomas Ostermeier, Katie Mitchel, Falk Richter, Wojtek Klemm, Ms-Schrittmacher, Club Guy and Roni, Jens van Deale, Sultans Court, Felix Ruckert, Tino Sehgal, Isa Melzheimer, Rebekka David, Frank Willens, Justin F. Kennedy and Emma Waltraud Walther. Kennedy and Emma Waltraud Howes, Battle Royal, Helgi Jonsson, Robert Lippok, Bernadette la Hengst and Nora Abdel Maksoud. Nominated for the Faust Prize. Co-founder of the artists’ collective TeamVolume.

[Source: dock11-berlin.de]

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