CHICKS*: MASTEKTOMIE. Ein bittersüßes Abschiedslied

Oil our scars, fill our bathtub with tears, let's celebrate our lust for life and get dressed up. Welcome to the ceremonial farewell ritual of my breasts, to a bittersweet new beginning!

In MASTECTOMY. a bittersweet farewell song, CHICKS* dedicate themselves to letting go of breasts and invite the audience to a bittersweet, interactive concert performance. They accompany Marietheres Jesse in the performance as she says goodbye to her own breasts. Together, CHICKS* develop a solemn, queer and tearful farewell ritual and an evening of discourse on the connections between gender, health and identity. Which different perspectives and experiences with mastectomies come together in our queer community, can give us support and care for each other? In a participatory performance format, the three performers invite the audience to accompany this process and be part of their temporary care community. Loss, the pain of parting and the excitement of welcoming the changed body, the new beginning, can coexist here in all their ambivalence. Both very personal experiences with breasts and the letting go of them, as well as cultural-historical and socio-political debates about health, gender, transitions, farewell and mourning culture are inscribed in the musical performance. It will be intimate, soft, challenging - and it will be cared for.

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Concept, realization: CHICKS* free performance collectiveBy and with: Lovis Heuss, Marietheres Jesse, Ophelia SullivanArtistic direction: Marietheres Jesse, Laura Kallenbach, Mara Martínez, Gianna PargätziScenography: Anja ZihlmannComposition and musical direction: Ophelia SullivanLight design: Ricarda SchnoorSound: Josephine MielkeAccessibility and audio description: Simone Ehlen, Marie LampeAdvice Relaxed Performance: Miles WendtAdvice Mastectomy/BRCA1: Merle BreitkreuzAssistant Artistic Director: Marie SimonsProduction: Miriam Glöckler

A production by CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv in co-production with Sophiensæle. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The audio description was created in collaboration with perspActives e.V. and CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv and is funded by Aktion Mensch. The exploration of the Relaxed Performance format was made possible by PERSPEKTIV:WECHSEL. PERSPEKTIV:WECHSEL is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the Verbindungen fördern / Fostering Connections program of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts). Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Next date: MASTEKTOMIE. Ein bittersüßes Abschiedslied - Premiere

• Date Wednesday, 18/December/2024 19:00 (3 more dates)
• Venue Sophiensaele - Hochzeitssaal
• Address Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin-Mitte