FREIRAUM Salon #28 - Artist Intimacy

Touching is part of the job description of performing artists - on, in front of and behind the stage. It is assumed, accepted, demanded. Every stunt or fight is choreographed, intimate touching is almost never. Agreement check-ins, clear choreographies, open communication and other tools help everyone involved to let themselves go even further in the process and immerse themselves more deeply in their artistic work. What does it take to create "brave spaces"?

After a workshop for performing artists with the actress Hanna Werth (Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf), in which well-known methods and tools from intimacy coordination will be tried out and practiced, experiences exchanged and reflected upon, there will be an in-depth theoretical input on the topic "Your worst fear, your best fantasy - intimacy coordination in the performing arts" by Adele Mike* Dittrich Frydetzki as part of the FREIRAUM Salon. The salon is open to all professionals participating in the workshop and all other interested parties. Mike studied applied cultural and theater studies in Hildesheim, Gießen and Warsaw. Dey researches (non-)consensual modes of communication in artistic rehearsal processes, traditional and experimental strategies of staging sex and intimacy based on the work of intimacy coordination as well as the search for alternative forms of communication and representations of a sexual knowledge practice that is oriented towards subcultures and queer-feminist theories.

Afterwards, as always at the FREIRAUM Salon, we invite you to a freshly cooked vegetarian meal.

Please register informally for the free workshop (5-6 pm, professionals only) and the FREIRAUM Salon (from 6 pm) by sending an email to freiraum@benjriepe.com.