In the organizer's words:

Negotiating Power is a physical uprising - raw, powerful and vibrant. The combination of contemporary dance and Krump creates a powerful performance about the reflection and negotiation of forms of discrimination.

Expressive and realistic, the project deals with different forms of discrimination, some of which are unconsciously reproduced.

The performance confronts social inequalities without making accusations. It invites us to question our own perceptions and attributions and visualizes solidarity with one another.

Inspired by Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, our core artistic team's actual experiences of discrimination based on skin color, sexuality and gender are incorporated into the creative process and form the basis of the dance theater performance.

The production is accompanied by participatory workshops (laboratories). The aim here is to create a space in which the reflections triggered can be translated into concrete action strategies for everyday life. In this way, Negotiating Power becomes a collective search for change. The dance theater piece is also conceived for a deaf audience. Indika Sandaruwan is a visual vernacular artist and poet. He accompanies the piece artistically and is the fourth performer on stage

There will be a free workshop accompanying the performance on 13.12. from 17:00 to 19:00. Please register at edu@tanzfaktur.eu.

TEAM

Artistic director Nona Siepmann

Dance and co-choreography Maëlle Omnes aka Killa One Shot, Joan Bello Montero aka

Keops, Raphaëlle Sablic

Music Genaro Cibils

Costume Michelle Mebune

Lighting Timo von der Horst

Production management Charlie Petersen

Accessibility and poetry Indika Sandaruwan

Communication assistant DGS Catharina Badde

Dramaturgy Kwame Osei

Graphic Design Mareike Siepmann

Social Media Sarah Bernhard

Nona Siepmann

has been working as a freelance dance teacher since graduating from the

ArtEZ in Arnhem (NL) as a freelance contemporary dancer,

choreographer and dance teacher. Her special interest lies in the exchange with

with artists from other disciplines, the exploration of collaborative methodologies and in the artistic

artistic engagement with socio-political issues. Siepmann dances for, among others

Bodytalk, Theater Titanick and Ursina Tossi. As a choreographer, she has been recognized for various projects

by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, Neustart Kultur GVL and

the DaKu fund (2022, 2023 in cooperation with Kampnagel Hamburg, 2025).

Negotiating Power is her first full-length production

Co-production Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster, Tanzfaktur Cologne

Cooperation Filou Theater Beckum, Paul-Gerhard Haus Münster, Stadtkultur Rheine,

ARTundTECH.space Rheine, Kloster Bentlage Rheine, Dance Room e.V., Schuhfabrik Ahlen

Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for

Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Regional Culture Program NRW, the

Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, the Cultural Office of the City of Münster,

the supplementary funding of the district of Steinfurt, the free scene funding of the

Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe

Workshop series supported by the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Tanz NRW in cooperation

with Nona Siepmann funded by the Ministry for Children, Youth, Family and Equality,

Flight and Integration NRW

Barrier measures funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the

State of NRW and supporters of the crowdfunding campaign

Many thanks to the Radstation for your support!