SHE SHANTY
by Yvonne Sembene
World Premiere: 7 September 2024, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
Queer Family Album: Volume 1
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A lonely princess sets out to sail the choppy waters of queer identity and the hidden divisions within the LGBT community in search of her ideal kingdom.
The ocean is vast.
Will she make it to land across these seas? Who might she encounter on the way? Inspired by seas shanties, sirens and the queer history of sailing, the work uses satire to poke fun at the traditional narratives and stereotypes associated with gender and sexuality and seeks to highlight the complexities and nuances of a world that often imposes rigid definitions on fluid realities.
Konzept/Musik, Komposition/Performance Yvonne Sembene Performance Sydney Rabin, Fox ConnerLettersBose Sarmiento, Ronnie Vitalia Queer Family Album collaborating artists Anonymous, Katie Lee Dunbar, Juliana Piquero, Joy Mariama Smith, Dylan Spencer-DavidsonCostume & Stage design Hagar Ophir Costume & Stage assistant Antonia Eckardt Outside Eye Maya Weinerg Light DesignCatalina Fernandez, Shun PerrottaSound Designer Lena Marcus Graphics Andy Elkanani
Presse, Marketing, Social Media Apricot Productions – Angela Fegers
Production Apricot Productions – Nadine Freisleben
Production assistantOlivia Das Accessfriend Agnieszka Habraschka Accesibility Apricot Productions Accessibility assistance Miles Wendt
Photos Dieter Hartwig
Concept/Choreography/Music/Performance: Yvonne Sembene
Performance: Sydney Rabin, Fox Conner
Letters: Bose Sarmiento, Ronnie Vitalia
Queer Family Album collaborating artists: Katie Lee Dunbar, Juliana Piquero, Joy Mariama Smith, Dylan Spencer-Davidson
Costume & Stage design: Hagar Ophir
Costume & Stage assistant: Antonia Eckardt
Outside Eye: Maya Weinerg
Light Design: Catalina Fernandez, Shun Perrotta
Sound Designer: Lena Marcus
Graphics: Andy Elkanani
Presse, Marketing, Social Media Apricot Productions – Angela Fegers
Production Apricot Productions – Nadine Freisleben
Production assistant: Olivia Das
Access friend: Agnieszka Habraschka
Accessibility: Apricot Productions
Accessibility assistance: Miles Wendt
Photos: Dieter Hartwig