Archive: TANZTAGE BERLIN 2019
Olympia Bukkakis
Gender Euphoria
Dance
Festsaal
In English

JANUARY 19 | AUDIODESCRIPTION + HAPTIC ACCESS TOUR

Bukkakis examines how drag can be used with or against normative narratives dealing with sex and gender. She explores the radical potential that lies within trans and non-binary participation in drag performance.

OLYMPIA BUKKAKIS, Queen of the Heavens and of the Earth, Empress of Despair, and Architect of Your Eternal Suffering is a drag queen, choreographer, moderator and writer. Originally from Australia, she has lived and worked in Berlin since 2012, organising queer performance events such as Get Fucked, Queens Against Borders and Apocalypse Tonight. After graduating from the SODA Master at HZT in 2019 she presented: Gender Euphoria (2019 Tanztage), Under Pressures (2019 Gessnerallee), Boys Night Out (2020 Melbourne), A Touch of the Other (2020 Risk and Resilience Festival, Sophiensæle) and Too Much (2021 Sophiensæle). Her practice is situated within, and inspired by, the tensions and intersections between queer nightlife, contemporary dance and performance.