Verena Brakonier in einem Auto – neben ihr auf dem Sitz ein Haufen Kuscheltiere
Simone Scardovelli

Verena Brakonier:
AUTO-FIKTION
Der Struggle so real

Solo dance performance

8M dance external venue
Sa
16:00
Sa
20:00
Su
16:00
Free of charge, reservation highly recommended

Attention – external venue: Wolfgang´s Werkstatt ↗, Am Gaswerk 31, 28197 Bremen

You can reserve tickets by phone or email:
0421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed-Fri 10:00 to 14:00, also AB) or ticket@schwankhalle.de

Please note: Our ticket hotline is not open at weekends and in the evenings. Please reserve your tickets well in advance.
Reserved tickets must be collected from the box office no later than 30 minutes before the start of the event - after this time the reservation expires.

The performance runs for around 60 minutes without a break.
German spoken language is used.

The audience sits on chairs or beer benches in the car repair shop close to the action.

Loud music is played.
Flashing lights and a fog machine are used. In addition, there is smoking on stage.

The venue is accessible without steps and an accessible toilet is available.

If you have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

In the solo »AUTO-FIKTION: Der Struggle so real«, dancer and choreographer Verena Brakonier invites her audience on a journey to her childhood, to a car workshop. She dances and tells about experiences and memories. What is true and what is not remains unclear: an autofiction. Playfully and with critical humor, she shows how origins can affect the body, movements and the way through life. Between lifting platforms, tires and welding equipment, she negotiates classism, discrimination based on socio-economic origin and class position, and its influence – societal and on her personally. She explores a space between different milieus, male-dominated work environments, and so-called »high culture.« When was the first time you went to the theater? And when to a car repair shop?

Credits

Artixtic direction & performance: Verena Brakonier
Dramaturgy: Greta Granderath
Dramaturgy final rehearsals: David Mielecke
Music & Sound design: Louise Vind Nielsen
Costume design: Ilona Klein
Artistic advice: Karolina und Kristina Dreit (Working Class Daughters)
Photographs: Jonas Woltemate (Vorab), Simone Scardovelli (Aufführungen/Werkstatt)
Production management & PR: Nina Klöckner, ehrliche arbeit
Technical management, realization sound: Nourdin Ghanem
Support costume design resumption: Studio Lisa Jermies
Production assistance: Theresa Hähn, Leona Koldehoff
Interviews: Walburga Brakonier, Johannes Brakonier

The premiere 2022 was supported by: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Culture and Media; Susanne and Michael Liebelt Stiftungsfonds, Hamburg Cultural Foundation; Rudolf Augstein Foundation. Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR. Dance Aid Program. Guest performance realized by the Netzwerk Freier Theater e. V. (NFT). The NFT is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the “Promoting Connections” program of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts).