Finding a language:

The effect of racialization in intimate interpersonal relationships

Research Phase, August-November 2022, Berlin (De)

In this project, we are developing an interdisciplinary performance piece that combines dance and bio-drama, a performance genre in which people (often non-performers) perform their own life experiences. The approach is to research a specific topic with participants by facilitating workshops that encompass interviews, conversations and physical/ imaginative explorations. The structure of the piece is then assembled from the material found in these workshops.

Participant: Marco Poio
Camera: Maluva Pictures
Voices: Rouzbehan Amiri, Lilly Pöhlmann, Marco Poio
Direction/ Choreography:
Isidora Oyarzún, Marianne Tuckman

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„Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Programm NEUSTART KULTUR, Hilfsprogramm DIS-TANZEN des Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.“

After three months of researching a methodology for working with the participants, we closed the first phase of the project by applying our findings through interviews and physical explorations with some very generous people. With this material, we put together a video of their reflections and physical explorations on the topic of sharing a racialized experience with a loved one. This is the result.