Tanzperformance “Eat Banana & Drink Pills”

*Eat Banana and Drink Pills* is a contemporary dance performance about abortions among single Arab-Palestinian women. The work explores the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of this experience. The piece analyzes the consequences of this decision and embodies the associated stigma, trauma, and social violence.

"Eat Banana and Drink Pills " is a contemporary dance performance about abortion among single Arab Palestinian women. The work focuses on the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of this experience and analyzes the ramifications of this choice and the stigma, trauma, and social violence it carries.
 

“Eat Banana and Drink Pills” is a contemporary dance performance about abortion among single Arab Palestinian women. The work focuses on the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of this experience and analyzes the consequences of this choice, as well as the stigma, trauma, and social violence associated with it.

Sahar Damoni— an Arab-Palestinian Christian choreographer and dancer based in Leipzig—conducts research and creates work on the themes of resistance, memory, and identity. BA in Dance & Movement; work presented at festivals and residencies worldwide in NYC, Europe, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Germany, and beyond.

Sahar Damoni is an international Arab-Palestinian Christian choreographer, dancer, researcher, and educator based in Leipzig, exploring trauma, resistance, memory, and identity. She holds a BA in Dance & Movement; her work has been presented globally at festivals and residencies in NYC, Europe, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Germany, and beyond. 

   Biography: SaharDamoni is an international Arab-Palestinian Christian choreographer, dancer, researcher, and educator based in Leipzig. In her work, she explores trauma, resistance, memory, and identity. She holds a bachelor’s degree in dance and movement, and her work has been presented internationally at festivals and artistic residencies in New York, Europe, the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, and beyond. 

** This event is a collaboration with Sahar Damoni, the Evangelical Lutheran Bethanien Parish in Leipzig-Schleußig, the Philippuskirche in Leipzig, the Migration Office of Diakonie Leipzig, and the 2026 Intercultural Weeks in Leipzig.