JANUARY 12 | GENDER BENDER FESTIVAL | TALK AFTER THE PERFORMANCE | IN ENGLISH
In the talk on January 12 the two festival directors and theatre makers Shiva Pathak and Nimi Ravindran from the artist collective Sandbox Collective will present their festival. For five years now, Gender Bender has been showcasing diverse kinds of art from all over the world concentrating on gender, sexuality and identity.
KALI BILLI PRODUCTIONS
AN EVENING OF LAVANI
This year Tanztage Berlin welcome the interdisciplinary art festival Gender Bender from Bangalore in South India as their guest and present a performance: An Evening of Lavani. Music, dance, songs and stories – the traditional dance form Lavani is mostly performed by women and has often been considered adult entertainment for men. This evening brings a contemporary context to the dance and promises to turn the male gaze upside down.
DURATION 50 minutes TEXT Bhushan Korgaonkar DIRECTION Savitri Medhatul PERFORMANCE Shakuntala Nagarkar, Anil Baburao Hankare, Savitri Medhatul MUSIC Chandrakant Lakhe, Sunil Jawale, Sumit Kudalkar, Latabai Waikar
Gender Bender is a collaborative project of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore and Sandbox Collective. The festival is conceived and curated by Sandbox Collective. The 29.th Tanztage Berlin are produced by SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Supportet by Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore, mapping dance and Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V. Media partners: taz.die tageszeitung, Zitty, ExBerliner.