LP

In the organizer's words:

LP: Benze C. Werner with Ley Ghafouri and guests

Two panting dogs in the middle of the dance floor, drooling threads in the light. LP is a pack experience, a remix of lesbian history, personal longings and autotune. The starting point are materials from the Lesbian Herstory Archives (NYC), love letters, flyers, sound recordings and essays, with which the artistic team around Benze C. Werner enter into a dialog through their own texts, songs and movement. Personal stories and collective memories merge into a polyphonic collage. Three tongue-like textile installations hang from the ceiling - the central motif of the piece is the mouth. As a gateway to the foreign body, it forms a field of tension between lust and disgust, desire and revulsion. Here the boundaries between bodies become blurred, the spit of others becomes part of me. The possibility of having a say, of having a voice, is also linked to the mouth that speaks, remains silent or sings. LP transforms discourse into catchy tunes. Song and dance are interwoven to open up different emotional approaches in a movement between history and longing. LP is a performance in which visitors can satisfy their sensory needs. Singing along, laughing and immersing yourself are expressly encouraged.

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In the middle of the dance floor, two panting dogs, strands of drool in the light. LP is a pack experience, a remix of lesbian history, personal desires, and autotune. The starting point is material from the Lesbian Herstory Archives (NYC), love letters, flyers, audio recordings, and essays, with which Benze C. Werner's artistic team enters into dialog through their own texts, songs, and movement. Personal stories and collective memories merge into a polyphonic collage. Three tongue-like textile installations hang from the ceiling - the central motif of the piece is the mouth. As a gateway to the foreign body, it creates a field of tensionbetween lust and disgust, desire and revulsion. Here, the boundaries between bodies blur, the spit of others becomes part of me. The ability to have a say, to have a voice, is also linked to the mouth, which speaks, remains silent, or sings. LP transforms discourse into catchy tunes. Song and dance are interwoven to open up different emotional approaches in a movement between history and longing. LP is a performance in which visitors can satisfy their sensory needs. Singing along, laughing, and immersing oneself are explicitly encouraged.

Participants

Artistic direction: Benze C. Werner; Concept: Benze C. Werner with Ley Ghafouri; Movement research: Benze C. Werner, Elin Tezel; Performance: Benze C. Werner, Ley Ghafouri, Elin Tezel; Choreography: Benze C. Werner; Music: Ley Ghafouri; Lyrics: Ley Ghafouri with Benze C. Werner, Elin Tezel and Mia Hofner; Sound / Mixing: Ley Ghafouri with Elyot Trinh; dramaturgy: Mia Hofner; scenography / costume: Diane Esnault; lighting design / technical direction: Nils Ramme; artistic production / PR: Mona Sachße; vocal dramaturgy: Thaddäus Maria Jungmann; graphic design: Ris Pascoe.

LP is a production by Benze C. Werner in co-production with tanzhaus nrw. Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, the Diversity Fund NRW, the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, the Cultural Office Düsseldorf and the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne. Supported by TANZRESIDENZ 2025 im Quartier am Hafen, Freiraum Düsseldorf and cccc - Kreationszentrum Zeitgenössischer Zirkus.

With the kind support of the Goethe-Institut as part of the project funding for research stays abroad.

Many thanks to the Lesbian Herstory Archives New York!

Website CCCC - Contemporary Circus Creation Center
Website Benze C. Werner
@n3mphx

Price information:

Tickets between 8 and 35€ (pay what you want and can)