World Premiere
Paula Pau & Andras Meneses Sousa , PANDORA
Small Stage
18 €, reduced from 9 €
Dates
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Today:ggfs. Karten an der AbendkasseFully booked
PANDORA is a dance performance by Paula Pau (co-creator and performer) and Andras Meneses Sousa (co-creator and director) that examines self-objectification through the figure of the showgirl, as both a form of power and of constraint. Taking the Greek myth of Pandora as its frame, the work draws on a narrative in which femininity is fabricated for the gaze: adorned, desired and feared.
At its centre is a trans showgirl figure shaped by Paula Pau’s childhood memories of Bangkok’s Kathoey cabaret scene. There, transfemininity appeared as glamour, spectacle and discipline at once: a visible and celebrated presence, and also an image formed through the expectations of others. In PANDORA, this ambivalence unfolds in direct exchange with the audience, where the showgirl is not only exposed to the gaze, but also enters and unsettles the circuit of desire and projection that shapes her image.
The stage becomes a contemporary Pandora’s box: a charged space in which desire, fantasy and fear are set in motion. Drawing on Thai cabaret, show dance, Chinese opera and ritual practices connected to Paula’s background, the piece follows a body moving between polish and fracture, image and presence, until the figure on display begins to look back.
Performanc and Co-Creation: Paula Pau; Direction and Co-creation: Andras Meneses Sousa; Sound Design and Live Performance: Trace Polly; Lighting: Jascha Viehstädt; Costumes: Sarah Santos; Photographer: Thomas Lambertz; Production: Sabina Stücker.
Duration: 60 min
No language skills required
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Sat 10.10. afterwards |
Talk: Panel. A moderated talk with the artists about their work, core themes in the performance and their questions. |
Sensory Stimuli: Loud music and stroboscopic light effects.
Direction, Choreography: Andras Meneses Sousa; Performance, Choreography: Paula Pau; Sound Design, Live Performance: Trace Polly; Technical Direction, Lighting, Set: Jascha Viehstädt; Set, Construction: Takaya Kobayashi; Metal Construction: Deniz Ahmet Saridas; Styling: Sarah Ferreira dos Santos; Photography: Thomas Lambertz; Video: Kurt Heuvens; Graphic Design: Lukas Besenfelder, Julia Löffler; Press & Public Relations: Anna Júlia Amaral; Show Dance Coach: Ley Akpinar
A production by Andras Meneses Sousa and Paula Pau, co-produced by tanzhaus nrw. Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the NRW State Office for the Independent Performing Arts, and the Cultural Affairs Office of the State Capital of Düsseldorf. Supported by the Theatermuseum Düsseldorf and the Folkwang University of the Arts.