The performance takes place as a double bill with GLITCH CHOIR by Deva Schubert. The performances will be shown one after the other, with a break of 30 minutes. When you buy your ticket, you will receive a combined ticket with which you can attend both performances.
In bodyride a group of performers explore the radical nature of a body embedded in Ballroom culture through choreographic scores executed to soundscapes juxtaposing sacred music, ballroom beats and otherworldly sounds. Ballroom — as a space created by Black and Latinx trans people to celebrate their community and mock, and thus transgress, the norms surrounding hegemonic structures — is understood here as a reservoir of BIPOCQ ancestral knowledge. What can a body — driven by this ancestral resistance — do to stay visible and alive in a political and economic system perpetuating violence against marginalised communities? Catwalks, duckwalks, hands performance, spin and dips, posing, runway walks and other elements of Ballroom physicality are a myriad of techniques and states, a collective language aimed at training a dissident body and reclaiming a stolen political agency.
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).
Duration
- Ca. 45 Minutes
Language
- English spoken language
Light
- The performance begins with a very dark lighting situation, but there are also brighter scenes.
- There is one abrupt light change.
Sound
- A voice recording of a dance instruction will be played during the performance.
Audience area
- The audience area is located around the stage. The audience can choose between standing and sitting.
- 2 beanbag seats bookable according to availability
- 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability
Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility here.
Christopher Bullen aka Kris Eshu 007 (they/them) is an Afropean movement artist, dancer, voguer and yoga teacher. They started learning Vogue in 2015 and specialize in Vogue (New Way) performance. Judging and performing across Europe, organizing balls, giving workshops, promoting Ballroom and creating more spaces for queer BIPoC community. They have collaborated as a performer with Joy Alpuerto Ritters, Jay Ravell, Kiani del Valle, Franka Marlene Froth, Georgina Philp and Sophie Yukiko Hasters.
Púca (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist working across video, scenography, performance, animation & sound design. Púca’s practice layers digital technology and cyberspace with live performance and real-world spatial design. Her work seeks to explore the contradictions presented by the physical/virtual binary, with a special dedication to serving cunt as a member of the Kiki house Maison Laveaux. She has done sound design for an Irish entry at the Prague Quadrennial 2019 and an Installation sound design at Dream Community Taipei 2019.
Felipe C. Faria (any pronouns) is a Brazilian dance artist based in Berlin since 2019. Interested in exploring the possibilities of movement landscapes as their main channel of expression and meditative states. In Europe they have worked as a performer in collaboration with Anja Kozik, Paula Rosolen, caner teker and Alex Baczyński-Jenkins. In the Berlin ballroom scene, they are “eleven 007” and walk sex siren, old way and vogue fem.
Anh Kho (they/them) is a non-binary, Vietnamese German multidisciplinary artist. They are to be seen as a guest actor in the series Love Addicts (Amazon Prime), as one of the leads in the new mini-series Nackt über Berlin (WDR, ARTE) and in the Ballroom TV Show We Are Family (ZDF Neo). Anh Khoa worked as a dancer (OldWay Vogue)/model in the Reimagine your Style campaign by Nike and the Mugler x H&M collection in Berlin. In Ballroom they are known as Khoriander from the House of Elle. They have been walking, winning and making moments all over Europe in the category OldWay.
Choreography, Dance: Felipe Faria, Kris Eshu, Anh Khoa
Sound: Puca
Dramaturgical Support: Jette Büchsenschutz
A production by Anh Khoa Trần & Christopher Bullen & Felipe Faria & púca.xp3 in co-production with Sophiensæle. The 33rd Tanztage Berlin are a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF). With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V., Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy, Siegessäule and taz.