ANGELS OF ANARCHY at tanzhaus nrw: Dance theater between boundary and community
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ANGELS OF ANARCHY: When the body shifts the boundary
At tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf, the audience experiences the world premiere of ANGELS OF ANARCHY, a fusion of contemporary dance, house dance, spoken word, and live music. Inch by inch, the boundary shifts: seven performers encounter a present where spaces are occupied, truths are twisted, and relationships are shaped by control.
A production about fear, appropriation, and community
Stephanie Thiersch develops a physically and musically multifaceted stage work with MOUVOIR. The dramaturgy spans from minor conflicts at the garden fence to grand gestures of appropriation. Fear is not only thematized but becomes an experiential societal rhythm that orders bodies, voices, and movements.
House dance meets contemporary stage art
The production brings representatives of the house dance scene and contemporary dance into a tension-filled resonance. House music, which originated in Black and queer communities in Chicago and New York, appears as a practice of communal reformation. Movement becomes language, and the stage space becomes a social testing ground.
Voices, sound worlds, and a distinctive textual dramaturgy
Kathrin Röggla's contemporary diagnostic texts about suburban gardens and racism meet electronic soundscapes, vocal techniques, and the musical archives of Monthati Masebe. The composition connects traditional South African instruments with live electronics and looped vocal sounds. This creates an acoustics in which boundaries between Afro-classic and Afro-electronic, past and present, body and sound become blurred.
A transcultural stage experience
The direction, set design, and choreographic layout by Stephanie Thiersch focus on transitions, friction, and layering. Her works explore forms of community among different bodies, cultural experiences, and artistic practices. In ANGELS OF ANARCHY, this attitude transforms into an intense stage action: the performers do not share a finished consensus but continually test community anew.
Experienced artists in dialogue
Stephanie Thiersch has received the German Dance Film Award and has been nominated for the Tabori and FAUST awards. Monthati Masebe perceives sound as ancestral technology, a technology of the ancestors, connecting musical heritage with queer present. Kathrin Röggla is among the prominent German-speaking authors for theater, prose, and radio plays. Her works have been featured at the Berlin Theatertreffen and the Mülheimer Theatertagen, among others.
Conclusion: An evening between resistance and harmony
The audience can expect a concentrated stage experience of about 70 minutes, driven by house dance, contemporary choreography, spoken word, and live music. The performance will be in German, English, and French with surtitles and is aimed at visitors aged 14 and over. Loud music and texts addressing violence against women and minorities are part of the artistic setup. Those who want to experience how dance makes societal boundaries visible while exploring new forms of togetherness will find an extraordinary theater evening in Düsseldorf.
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