The festival opens with a clash of cultures generated from a loving perspective on the local tradition of “Garde” dancing. In between the opening speeches choreographer Reut Shemesh presents a specially adapted version of her work WITNESS, which she devised together with the Garde dancers of the State Capital Düsseldorf.
Welcome to a very special kind of playground! The GARDEN OF CHICKS* is a bar, strip club and safe space, providing a venue for feminist workshops and encounters with a thrilling atmosphere. The CHICKS* will take care of everyone – every body is welcome! And it all takes place in what used to be Düsseldorf’s largest public toilet.
The history of opera is full of stories that deploy faraway places and foreign people as exotic sensations. Using Puccini’s opera ‘Madama Butterfly’ and their own personal experiences, a soprano and a percussionist lead us through the tense history of a genre that operates in between racism and a casting practice that has no interest in performers’ origins or ethnicities.
Welcome to a very special kind of playground! The GARDEN OF CHICKS* is a bar, strip club and safe space, providing a venue for feminist workshops and encounters with a thrilling atmosphere. The CHICKS* will take care of everyone – every body is welcome! And it all takes place in what used to be Düsseldorf’s largest public toilet.
Anhand der Puccini-Oper „Madama Butterfly“ und ihrer eigenen Biografien führen eine Sopranistin und eine Schlagzeugerin durch die spannungsreiche Geschichte eines Genres zwischen Rassismus und einer Besetzungspraxis, die sich nicht für Herkunft und Ethnie der Darsteller*innen interessiert.
Welcome to a very special kind of playground! The GARDEN OF CHICKS* is a bar, strip club and safe space, providing a venue for feminist workshops and encounters with a thrilling atmosphere. The CHICKS* will take care of everyone – every body is welcome! And it all takes place in what used to be Düsseldorf’s largest public toilet.