CAROLINA BIANCHI Y CARA DE CAVALO The Cadela Força Trilogy: Chapter II The Brotherhood

In the organizer's words:

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The first part was one of the "most groundbreaking and best theater works of 2023" (De Standaard), now comes part two: a search for traces of masculinity and violence by the Silver Lion-winning performance artist.

With the first part of her Cadela Força trilogy, which ran at the 2023 Summer Festival, Carolina Bianchi and her performance collective triggered themselves into the nerve center of European performing arts. In the tradition of feminist performance artists such as Marina Abramović or Tania Bruguera, the Brazilian director, author and performer put her own body on the line by taking knockout drops on stage. Her disturbingly rigorous and cleverly staged exploration of gender-specific violence, art history and personal trauma earned her the Silver Lion at the Venice Dance Biennale in 2025. Now the sequel will be premiered in Germany at the summer festival: The Brotherhood explores masculinity as a brotherhood and part of a system that codifies violence against women and at the same time receives admiration in the art world. Bianchi first interviews the influential theater director Klaus Haas before a group of men take over the stage in the second act. She skillfully exposes male power dynamics, communal rituals and their social acceptance - and reminds us how necessary uncompromising feminist art is in times of male politics of destruction.

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With incomparable poetic force, the Brazilian theater maker stages a play about masculinity and violence: a theatrical event, gripping until the very last second.

With the first part of her Cadela Força Trilogy (Summer Festival 2023), Carolina Bianchi and her performance collective propelled themselves into the nerve center of European performing arts. In the tradition of female performance artists, such as Marina Abramović or Tania Bruguera, the Brazilian director, writer and performer put her own body on the line on stage. Her unsettlingly rigorous staged exploration of gender-based violence, art history and personal trauma recently earned her the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale. Now she returns to the Summer Festival with the German premiere of her follow-up work: THE BROTHERHOOD explores masculinity as fraternity and part of a system that perpetuates violence against women, yet still provokes admiration in the art world. In the first act, Bianchi interviews an influential theater director, Klaus Haas; in the second, a group of men hijacks the stage. Carolina Bianchi masterfully exposes male power dynamics, shared rituals and their cultural acceptance - and reminds us of the essential need for uncompromising female art in times of male destruction-politics.

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Price information:

9-38 Euro (50% reduced with festival ticket)