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Disembodied legs in ballet pose in a barren landscape
Nicolas Hüdepohl

It Ends
With Death

A Death Ballet
by b/w*itch Kollektiv

Premiere
Dance Performance
Bremen Arts Scene
27.3.
Fr
20:00
Premiere
28.3.
Sa
16:00
familien*freundlich
mit Kinderbetreuung (3+)

Solidarity price system:
€8 / €12 / €18 ( free choice)
Bremen Pass: €3
Children and young people aged 5-17: €5

Culture semester ticket: free of charge

Advance sales online only. Remaining tickets available at the box office (0421 520 80 70) from 1 hour before the start of the event.

Alternatively, you can reserve tickets by phone or email:
0421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed—Fri 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., also answering machine) or ticket@schwankhalle.de

Please note: Our ticket hotline is not operated on weekends or in the evenings. We therefore ask you to make your reservations in advance.

Reserved tickets must be picked up at the box office at least 30 minutes before the start of the performance—after that, the reservation will expire.
The box office can be reached by phone 1 hour before the start of the event at 0421 520 80 70.

Duration
Approximately 60 minutes without intermission

Language
German and English spoken language

Venue
All public areas of the Schwankhalle are at ground level and accessible without steps.

There are three different restrooms: one barrier-free restroom that is also accessible to wheelchair users, one restroom with three toilet stalls, and one restroom with urinals and one toilet stall.

Audience area
The audience area is usually seated.
Wheelchair spaces are located in the front row and can be reserved in advance by phone 0421 520 80 70, by email ticket@schwankhalle.de, or by entering your details in the ticket shop.

Individual access requirements
Individual access requirements, such as specific seats, early boarding, or an additional ticket for an accompanying person, can be specified when purchasing or reserving tickets.

Further information on the accessibility of our premises can be found here: Accessibility. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

Features the topics sexism and death

Welcome to the Foyer de la Danse. Nothing less than romantic ballet is in store here—and it begins with death!

Why do queer characters in classical works constantly have to die? What is so dangerous about their queerness? The collective b/w*itch is unwilling to accept this death sentence and, together with dancer Leila Bakhtali, sets out to attack the great ballet classics. With professional dilettantism, the four performers learn ballet and stand up to death. They take on the roles of ghostly Wilis, fallen nuns, swans, and petit rats. They invite us to a ballet of death between reenactment, ritual, and rewriting, in which the relationship of death, queerness, lust, and failure is re-negotiated and dying on stage is called into question.

Zwei Performer*innen in dramatischer Pose an einem Felsen
Nicolas Hüdepohl

About b/w*itch

b/w*itch is a queer­feminist collective that approaches political topics in a performative and questioning fashion in order to dismantle the patriarchy in a sensual way. A polyphonic network at the intersection of (sound) performance, choreography, installation, and activism in Hamburg, Bremen, and Berlin. b/w*itch hears stories beyond hegemonic discourses and traces historical continuities into the present. This results in, among other things, participatory night strolls, collaborative games, witch consultations, and practical magic.

bwitch.org ↗
Instagram: @b_w_itch ↗

Credits

Choreography, Sound & Performance: b/w*itch (Reta Schultze, Kattú Mitxelena Newiger, Esther Adam & Katze Greeven)
Co-choreography & performance: Leila Bakhtali
Stage & costume design: Aline Sauer
Dramaturgical consultation/outside eye: Renen Itzhaki
Mentoring on dying/death: Jan Wojewski
Critical observing: Yvonne Sembene

Co-production: Schwankhalle
Supported by: Senator for Culture Bremen, Sparkasse Bremen & the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation.