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  • © Sofia Maria Bergmann

  • © Sofia Maria Bergmann

Fighting 4 Fear

Klara Kirsch | Milena Bühring | Enrico Bordieri

Rhythm, counters, screams, sweat and kicks – is there also room for fear in martial arts training, which is generally associated with aggression and fearlessness? Based on research into the relationship between female fear and patriarchal dominance culture, the multimedia performance explores martial arts as a means of transforming fear into strength. Is it possible as a woman to reclaim a historically male-dominated place and find a new form of togetherness within the rules?

The artists Milena Bühring and Klara Kirsch team up with young kickboxers Aylin Telli, Paulina Karam and the dramaturge Enrico Bordieri. Between gym, TikTok, academic feminism and the reality of life for migrant teenage girls, the team tries to find a way of dealing with fear that can withstand the ambivalence between fantasy and real threat. Will it come to a fight?

 

Between performance, theater and video, artists Klara Kirsch and Milena Bühring have been working as a duo and in changing constellations since 2020. For »Fighting 4 Fear«, they are collaborating for the second time with dramaturge Enrico Bordieri. It is their first piece in Ballhaus Ost.

Past Dates
  • Jun 27, 2024
  • Jun 28, 2024
  • Jun 29, 2024

Tickets

15 | 10 Euros
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Duration

60 minutes

Language

German

Performers

Milena Bühring, Paulina Karam, Klara Kirsch, Aylin Telli

Direction

Klara Kirsch, Milena Bühring, Enrico Bordieri

Stage, Costumes

Louis Caspar Schmitt

Dramaturgy

Enrico Bordieri

Stunt Coordinator

Ali El-Saleh

Light

Madison Pomarico

 
A production by Milena Bühring & Klara Kirsch in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost, co-produced by Tatwerk Berlin. Supported by the Einstiegsförderung of the Berlin Senate.