Backstage, uncensored, unfiltered. Two dancers offer a glimpse into daily life between castings, changing rooms, and sweat-drenched rehearsals. Styles like salsa, house, ballet, and contemporary dance collide with personal memories and insider knowledge rarely spoken aloud in the dance world: it’s about money, about being different, and about moments when one’s own identity — whether due to appearance, gender, or disability — was thrust into the spotlight.
With tactile and audible costumes, social media aesthetics, participatory dances, and integrated creative audio description, Tanzselfies #unfiltered invites audiences to experience the stage anew. Created for everyone, but especially for young audiences aged 11 and up. Open touch tour before every performance.
Infos
- Age: 11+
- Lenght: 35 minutes
- Language: in spoken German, some English and Spanish
- The piece includes spoken, integrated audio description and narrative storytelling while dancing
- 30 minute open touch tor before every performance
Accessibility
Accessibility of Event
- spoken, integrated german audio description and narrative storytelling during the dancing
- Access-Friends in the foyer
Access-Friends provide on-site support to help break down barriers and make accessibility needs visible and a matter of course. They can be approached and, if necessary, will also approach people themselves to clarify whether and how assistance is needed. They are equipped with clearly visible identification badges. - Before every performance there is a touch tour of 30 minutes – you can explore the stage before the show begins. Just speak to one of our Access-Friends if you’d like to join.
- At certain points in the piece there are invitations to dance along. Participation is entirely voluntary – you can pause and re-join at any time.
- Pick-up service available from Zoo (U6/U7) and Ostendstraße (S-Bahn) stations. Please register by email or phone.
- Please let us know via theaterwerkstatt@mousonturm.de or 069 80 90 49-40 if you would like to use the pick-up service or if you have any questions.
Sponsors and Supporters
T.I.A. dance productions is a collective founded in 2023 at the intersection of socially engaged art practice and dance, led by queer, BiPoC, and disabled artists. It develops innovative, intersectional, and anti-ableist formats of accessibility and explores integrated creative audio description. T.I.A. connects diverse dance styles and perspectives, raises awareness among cultural institutions for inclusion, and has presented works at venues including Mousonturm, Implantieren Festival, and Riviera Festival.
Co-Artistic Direction and Dance Performance: Hannah Dewor, Amelia Uzategui Bonilla
Audio Description, Concept, Idea and Education: Hannah Dewor, Lilian Korner and Amelia Uzategui Bonilla
Access Dramaturgy and Community Management: Lilian Korner
Composition, Music and Artistic Collaboration: Santiago Pisano, Mariano Sauco
Set and Costume Design: Pedro Abad
Dramaturgy: Charlotte Arens
Technical Direction: Jimmy Kömpel
Production Management: Amelia Uzategui Bonilla
Funded by the Hessian Ministry of Science and the Arts and the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main
Additional funding provided by the KUNSTVOLL programme, the funding programme for Arts Education of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt Rhein Main, and the Arts Education funding of the City of Frankfurt
The workshops and subsequent tour are part of the project “T.I.A. for Young Audiences”, made possible by Next Steps, a programme by Bureau Ritter and funded by the Crespo Foundation.
The production would also like to thank the students of the Hemann-Herzog-Schule for enabling the research into dance and audio description.
Content Note
The work addresses experiences of racism and ableism.
Workshops
In Tanzselfies #unfiltered, two performers meet and share their very personal dance stories. Salsa, house, ballet, and contemporary dance come together here, woven through with memories and insider knowledge. The accompanying workshop programme places participants’ own experiences of dance and movement at its centre. Inspired by the dances shared in the piece, each workshop invites participants to develop a small dance of their own. The starting point is the biographies and everyday experiences of those taking part. The movements brought into the room always carry a story with them: When do they happen? Why are they made? By connecting movements to their stories, language becomes a natural part of the performance. In the workshops, participants therefore not only develop their own dance steps, but also learn how to add information through language — creating the first foundations for integrated audio description. The workshop programme for Tanzselfies #unfiltered invites blind and visually impaired people, as well as young people with a range of cultural backgrounds and young adults, to create their own dance selfies and discover the many different ways dance can be expressed.
The workshops can also be held at times separate from the performances. For inquiries, please contact theaterwerkstatt@mousonturm.de.
Supported as part of Next Steps, a program by Bureau Ritter to strengthen dance professionals in Hessen. Funded by the Crespo Foundation