BODEN in Düsseldorf: Sophie Yukiko and ZOE Connect Dance, History, and Resistance
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BODEN: When Dance Questions History, Power, and Belonging
With BODEN, Sophie Yukiko and ZOE present a contemporary dance performance on the stage of tanzhaus nrw that connects historical notions of land, community, ownership, and belonging with the present. The performance opens up a multifaceted cultural discourse on the construction of the German nation and the question of who is granted the right to exist on German soil.
Between Witch Hunts and Shared Responsibility
The starting point of the performance is a historical shift described by Silvia Federici: communal land and shared responsibility have increasingly been replaced by private ownership logics, violence, expansion, and displacement. BODEN makes these connections physically palpable and transforms political history into a concentrated stage action.
Voguing as a Language of Resistance
In their choreographic work, Sophie Yukiko and ZOE encounter the archetype of the witch from a Black, German perspective. Voguing, which emerged in the queer ballroom subculture, becomes a powerful form of self-empowerment. Precision, pose, rhythm, and body awareness merge into a linguistic art form without fixed boundaries between dance, theater, and performance.
Two Artists, Two Perspectives on Body and Space
Sophie Yukiko works as a German-American artist in film and theater. She negotiates the concept of ritual through dance and text. ZOE, an interdisciplinary performance artist and curator from Düsseldorf, investigates rehabilitation, transformation, and the reappropriation of body and space. As a member of the first ballroom generation in Germany, she significantly shapes the culture in the German-speaking area.
A Literary-Political Stage Experience
The narrative structure of BODEN combines historical reflection with immediate physical presence. Language, movement, and musical-spatial composition coalesce into a staging that does not instruct but changes perception. The performance will be shown in German and English with subtitles in the respective other language.
Talk Afterwards
Following the Sunday performance, a panel talk will take place with Miriam Owusu-Tutu. The dramaturgy assistant at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus and cultural scientist deals with femininity, Blackness, queerness, and physicality, and is active in the Düsseldorf ballroom scene.
Conclusion: A Performance about Land, Body, and Belonging
The audience can expect a concentrated, political, and visually compelling dance theater experience. BODEN connects voguing, historical analysis, and contemporary performance art to an authors' encounter with high social relevance. Those who want to experience how history inscribes itself in movement will find an evening full of tension, resilience, and linguistic as well as physical precision at tanzhaus nrw.
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