Production Details / Press Releases
The ways we sound and the noises we make are often judged and regulated by society. Coming from the perspective of growing up with Italian sign language as their first language, choreographer Rita Mazza dissects the labels put on different uses of “The Voice” – including their own. In their new performance with the same title, Mazza explores the intimate relations between identity, sexuality, and vocal articulations, while investigating control, solidarity, and shame. Developed in an artistic process that took accessibility into account from the start, the piece is a powerful challenge to the predominant culture that considers hearing as the norm.
Rita Mazza is a deaf freelance artist, visual sign performer, dancer and choreographer. She works in theater plays as an actress occasionally. She speaks Italian Sign Language fluently as well as German, French and International Sign. Since 2010 Rita Mazza has lived in Berlin and is currently working as an artistic director and performer on visual sign performances in Berlin. She has a longstanding collaboration with Making A Difference.
[Source: tanzimaugust.de]
TFB Nr. 1913
Cast & Credits
By & with: Rita Mazza
Light design: Raquel Rosildete
Set design & video: Camille Lacadee
Dramaturgy & artistic collaboration accessibility: Noa Winter, Sophie Guisset
Costume design & video animation: Evan Loxton
Advice on movement quality & choreography: Gabriel Galindez Cruz
Collaboration dance & choreography: Maria Giulia Serantoni
DGS performer: Aurelia Schäfer
Audio description & tactile tour: Ari Althaus, Johanna Krins, Gina Jeske
Photography: Mayra Wallraff
Production management & care: Tiphaine Carrère, Jette Büchsenschütz
Production preliminary work: Agnes Kern
DGS/English/German interpretation for internal team work: Stella Papantonatos, Alma Arnoul, Viviane Grünberger
Pre show access & accessibility collaboration: analu
Outside eye: Mathias Schaefer
Light assistant: Alexandra Úhlarová
Production: Rita Mazza
Co-production: Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Kampnagel
Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste.
In cooperation with Sophiensæle.
Tanz im August 2024
Artistic Director: Ricardo Carmona
Executive Producer Festival: Stefan Nagel
Producer & Dramaturge: Alina Lauer
Producer & Team Assistance: Luzie Barzen
Production: Mascha Euchner-Martinez
Production Associates: Carim Sol Al Samarraie, Feli Braun, Arantxa Ciafrino, Sophie Hübner, Lu Yu Zou
Technical Director Festival: Ingo Ruggenthaler
Tanz im August is a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.
Sophiensæle
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)