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• Performance /Theater / Comedy + Cartography; Post-Porn Clowning
• Self-empowerment
• moaning choir
• feminism

• So., 02.04.2023, 17:00

Cartography following 'We Can Do It Moaning'

A sound experience infused with self-empowerment and ridiculousness. The sound of porn is overused by ABA NAIA as an object of investigation to free it from the restraints of morally charged embarrassment. In the frame of Cartography the audience is invited to explore the stage to register thoughts and memories and discuss them together.

• 1Photo ©Mari Vass. With the vocal cords against the patriarchy!
• 2 Suzanne Muller, Freie Dramaturgin und Kulturmanagerin

We want to offer the format "Cartography" as a post-talk, discussion content will be created on the spot, right after the show. After the show, the audience is invited to enter the performance space. There, they are given Post-Its and pens and are asked by the moderator to individually and silently mark the stage with questions, associations, descriptions and memories on Post-Its and sticking them around the performance space. So they can share their experiences, thoughts and emotions on the stage where the performers have left their props, sweat, tears and other fluids to be explored in more detail. A shared cartography of the individual performance experiences is created which serves as the point of departure for a shared conversation. Note: In order for the audience to enter the stage, shoes must be removed beforehand (white dance floor).

About the venue

English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center (ETB | IPAC)

English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center (ETB | IPAC) is the German capital’s only producing and presenting organization in the Hauptstadt expressly dedicated to English, the 21st century lingua franca, as the working language, as a bridge between cultures, countries and traditions.We collaborate with both English native speakers and non-native speakers in order to achieve a continuous exchange between artists of different backgrounds who mutually inspire and influence each other to create something new together.

https://www.etberlin.de 

About the piece

We Can Do It Moaning

What should we use our mouths for? Just for eating? Shouldn't we also use them for kissing, licking, sucking and moaning? Let’s send in these post-porn clowns and see how far you can go as a woman*! But watch out: It gets dirty. It gets messy. It gets hilarious and physical. It remains embarrassing and complicated. ABA NAIA teach us about moaning and transform sounds into language. They challenge the patriarchy with their vocal chords. You are invited to take part in a dialogue at the crossroads of science and lies, comedy and porn, feminism and lust.  

https://tinyurl.com/2p8zamyv 

About the artists

ABA NAIA

ABA NAIA is a Berlin-based collective of artists who, as an ongoing process, are pushing the boundaries between theater, performance art, clowning, and dance. The collective consists of Jaika Bahr, Kysy Fischer, Rafuska Marks and Teija Vaittinen. Through comedy we explore the body, the voice and our thoughts. Humor opens the possibility to question certainties and reveal contradictions - we are here to confuse, rarely to explain. We see each other and are there for each other. On the same level we encounter our audience, who shares the stage experience along with us.

https://www.instagram.com/aba.naia/