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Fake Diamonds

René*e Reith

60 minutes
Sports hall

In »Fake Diamonds« René*e returns to the dance floors of her past, to gyms, community halls and ballrooms. She dances with and against herself as a former dancer in the competitive sport of Latin American ballroom dancing. In the sparkling glow of fake diamonds, René and her team are now choreographing the old dances anew. With a queerfeminist dance performance, they question sexiste and racist structures in competitive dance, the heteronormative ideal of the romantic couple and binary ideas of winning and losing.

René*e Reith (all pronouns) works as a choreographer, performance artist and dance scholar.

Artistic direction, Choreography, Performance René*e Reith Stage and costume design Malaika Friedrich-Patoine Music composition and performance Carlos Andrés Rico Dance dramaturgy Anna-Carolin Weber Text dramaturgy Marie Simons Light design Dennis Dita Kopp Artistic assistance Hannes Siebert Stage and costume assistance Chantal Börner Creative production Uta Engel and Carolin Brinkmann Public relations Stückliesel Photo documentation Maik Gräf Video documentation Almuth Anders and Elena Friedrich Thanks to Mine Wenzel for the content advice und Daniella Preap for the dance coaching.

Funded by the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung, the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung and the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung.
The artistic preliminary research for FAKE DIAMONDS was funded as part of the showcase.nord residencies project at the Kultur und Bildungszentrum Bad Oldesloe (KuB).

Dates
Past Dates
  • Jun 20, 2025
  • Jun 21, 2025
Access / Content Note

Wheelchair-accessible
Various seating options
Access-friends present


Content-Notes: Nudity

Sensory stimuli: Places with complete darkness, sometimes loud soundscape

Audience situation: Audience sits on 4 sides around the stage, simple audience participation (voluntary)

Reservation beanbag at: karten@ballhausost.de