Insight Work­shops

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Workshops with D'haus artists - Ronsdorfer Straße 74Stadt:Kollektiv

The Stadt:Kollektiv invites you to workshops throughout the season. Learn the best tricks for voice and presence from ensemble actors, find out from directors how to present a scene in the best light and dramatize texts with dramaturges! Our workshops give everyone in Düsseldorf the opportunity to try out theater for one or two days.

Insight - Performing gender, performing queerness - with the theater maker and travesty artist Lasse Scheiba

on March 1 from 11 am to 3 pm - Ronsdorfer Straße 74

"You are born naked and the rest is drag!": We all often spend a lot of energy trying to conform to a heteronormative world - in other words, to be recognized as male or female. But what happens when we free ourselves from these barriers? Join Lasse Scheiba, also known as Effi Biest, on a playful search for different gender expressions. Using strategies from biographical theater and experiences from the art of travesty, we will work with our inner stereotypes and transform them. In the end, all participants create their own drag character, in which their own weaknesses, strengths and role models find a fabulous expression - because drag is the opportunity to celebrate ourselves and the diversity of gender expressions.

Insight XXL Insight XXL - Musical - with ensemble member Belendjwa Peter and composer Marco Girardin

from March 21 - 23 - Ronsdorfer Straße 74

Tired of karaoke and singing along webvideos? Let's do musical! In the XXL edition of Insight you will learn the basic techniques of singing and musical dance and compose your own musical song. Sparkly! With Belendjwa Peter (e.g. "Moby Dick", "Homeoffice", "Muinda") and Marco Girardin (e.g. "Leonce and Lena", "Novecento", "Ellen Babić") you will spend a whole weekend full of music and dance. They will rehearse three songs with you, write new lyrics and combine everything with dance and choreography. The result is a musical sketch that will be presented to an invited audience at the end of the workshop. Shine bright!

Times: Fri, 3/21, 5:30 - 10 pm; Sat, 3/22, 10 am - 6 pm; Sun, 3/23, 1 - 5 pm, presentation 6 - 6:30 pm - Attendance at all times mentioned is strongly encouraged. Participants will be asked to send in musical songs before the start of the workshop. The workshop will be held mainly in English, translation possible.