Making of a Man

One dancer, a projection screen, a live camera, a set of silicone abs, and a question: How does a body 'do' masculinity?

 

'Making of a Man' starts out like a TED talk, navigating through pop culture, politics, and personal interviews, before becoming a more slippery exploration of the leaky containers we build for masculine identity. Who gets to 'do' masculinity and how, and what potential lies in unsettling masculinity's rigid codes?

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CHOREOGRAPHY/CONCEPT: Quindell Orton

DRAMATURGY: Maxwell McCarthy

PERFORMERS:INSIDE: Quindell Orton

STAGE + SOUND DESIGN: Quindell Orton

VIDEO: In dialogue with David Ikenna Okegwo

COSTUME: Louis Caspar Schmitt 

CREATIVE PRODUCER: Rat & Tat Kulturbüro 

SET CONSTRUCTION: Klaus Hammer

OTHER COLLABORATORS: Anna Konjetzky, Sahra Huby, Lisa-Marie Meinig, Sergej Maingardt, Martine Nicole Rojina. 

INTERVIEW PARTNERS: Maxwell McCarthy, Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, Bas van der Kruk, Jonaid Khodabhakshi, Kamill Lippa, Ashton Butcher, Chris-pascal Englund Braun, Voice by Kylie. 

PHOTOS: Gabriela Neeb

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In English language with the possibility of subtitles. 50 mins running time. 

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Premiered May 2nd, 2024 at HochX Theatre, GoDrag Festival

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