Djaam leeli

Djaam leeli

This project will deal with discourses on climate change and migration to Europe. It asks what relationship we have to the land and environment we live in and how it affects our society. It further asks what happens when this land changes and is no longer able to support human settlement. The project looks at the possibility that there could be climate refugees in the next 10-20 years and assumes that this movement is already underway as we see footage of refugees making perilous journeys across the Mediterranean to reach wealthier countries. This project is unique in its perspective because it brings a socio-cultural lens to this conversation by connecting it to indigenous performance practices that are themselves being transformed by the pressures of globalization and the market economy.

60 Minuten

Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds (HKF) and Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt (IMPACT Förderung).Concept, chorepography, performance: Djibril Sall
Djibril Sall (he/him) is a queer Senegalese choreographer and writer based in Berlin, Germany. Born in Dakar, he grew up working class in the Deep South of the United States of America and was educated at the “elite” Wesleyan University where he graduated with a degree in dance before immigrating to Europe. Djibril describes himself in these terms to illustrate the range of marginalization and privilege he has as someone who went from the peripheries of the Global South to someone who can now move somewhat unencumbered within the confines of the Global North. Djibril's work is situated at the intersection of migration and belonging, where he questions the reasons that force people to leave. This questioning includes his migration background and his insights into (non-)belonging and being in-between. The most important question Djibril asks himself and his audience is: “How can we use our traumas as a starting point to explore practices of pleasure, letting go and disclosure, and open-hearted connection?”

Next date:

• Date Friday, 11/October/2024 18:00
• Venue Uferstudios - Uferstudio 5
• Address Badstraße 41a, 13357 Berlin-Wedding