Productions

BIOFUCK

LIFT Tanzkollektiv

2 hours with a break

Theater hall

Audioflyer

A line. 5 bodies. 4 wheels. 3 times 3 legs. 2 ears on each head. 1 made of glass, 1 tongue in each mouth. In a straight line: arm to arm, shoulder to wrist, pinkies entwined. The five white bodies in the line move in a way I can’t grasp. They shift weight, use momentum, push wheels, carry the line through space. Steady, one decides to pivot. The outer edges speed up. Fast, hustling, enjoying and hating the game, they hack space. Blank white canvases are moved, sound of friction across the floor. They get ready to be projected on. The need for gaps, to reach into ancient wisdom and contemporary desires, appears. Holding on to the kinship of these migrated, queer, crip bodies seems essential. Seemingly lost, seeking linearity, the five bodies realize there is more. They break open. I hear them fall apart, grieving-sobbing, raging-laughing, swallowing unknowns. Nurtured to reveal the new now, it becomes theirs. It becomes ours. I feel an urge to explore. You too? Welcome to BIOFUCK! A testimony to non-linear biographies.

LIFT Tanzkollektiv (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart) is a constellation of crip, queer and migrant bodies driven by a shared commitment to creating new encounters and narrative spaces that center Aesthetics of Access.

Concept and Artistic Direction LIFT Tanzkollektiv (Liv Schellander, Irene Giró, Fia/Sophia Neises, Tanja Erhart) Performance Tanja Erhart, Irene Giró, Rita Mazza, Fia/Sophia Neises, Liv Schellander DGS Performance Rita Mazza Technical Direction and Light Design Gretchen Blegen Video and Surtitles Declan Hurley Stage and Costume Design Yoav Admoni Costume Design Assistance Evan Loxton Music Biljana Pais DGS Coach Corinna Brenner Deaf Dramaturgy Pia Katharina Jendreizik Access Dramaturgy for blind and visually impaired audience Agnes Kappaun, Fia/Sophia Neises Access Dramaturgy for Relaxed Performance Ema Benčíková, Milena (Miles) Wendt Access Dramaturgy for physically disabled audience Tanja Erhart Press and Public Relations Gina Jeske Film documentation Tanja Brzaković Production management Olivia Hotz, Esther Schneider Interpreters for German Sign Language and German Alma Arnoul, Charmaine Callahan, Viviane Grünberger, Flo Köhler, Stella Papantonatos, Brice Stapelfeldt Music-audioflyer Biljana Pais Speakers-audioflyer Tanja Erhart, Irene Giró

BIOFUCK is a production by Sophia Neises in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost and brut Wien. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

Dates

Premiere

Jan 23, 2026

Jan 23, 2026, 19:00
Jan 24, 2026, 19:00
Jan 25, 2026, 15:00

Tickets: 15 | 10 euros
Tickets can be purchased by phone, email, or online. Please note that reservations via email and phone are only possible from Monday to Friday between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. For online tickets, the provider Reservix charges a 10% advance booking fee and a 2 euro service fee in addition to the basic ticket price. 3 Euro tickets for Berlin Pass/Berlin Ticket S holders are available at the box office only or via karten@ballhausost.de.

Access / Content Note: Language information:
German Sign Language (DGS)
German spoken language
English spoken language
Captions in German and English

Accessibility Information and Content Notes:
Ballhaus Ost and the theatre hall are accessible for wheelchair users. More detailed information can be found in the menu under »Accessibility.«
For the performance of »BIOFUCK«, there are a total of five wheelchair spaces with open seating. These are clearly marked. For this performance, the bar is located on the ground floor and is accessible without steps.
From the main entrance, a temporary tactile floor guidance system for blind and visually impaired visitors is installed. It leads from the main entrance to the box office, the toilets, the bar, and into the theatre hall to the seating areas.
There are various seating options: chairs, bean bags, and platforms with cushions. A bean bag ticket can be selected directly during the booking process. Under some of the platforms, so-called »shakers« are installed, which amplify the music through vibrations.
»BIOFUCK« is a Relaxed Performance with integrated audio description and a dramaturgy designed for blind and visually impaired as well as Deaf and hard-of-hearing dance lovers.
As a Relaxed Performance, the show is aimed at audiences who benefit from a more relaxed theatre and event atmosphere. Noise and movement in the audience are explicitly welcome, and it is permitted at any time to leave the auditorium and return.
Throughout the entire event, Access Friends and communication assistants for German Sign Language (DGS) will be present to support visitors as needed, for example with orientation within the space.