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Traumboy and Traumgirl

Daniel Hellmann | Anne Welenc

Daniel is a sex worker. In the solo performance »Traumboy« he tells about his experiences as a prostitute. He tells why he took up this work, describes his customers and their wishes. The audience experiences a young man who loves to prostitute himself. The only problem: the stigma.

Kim is an actress. She is also a sex worker, once sold soap, is a barmaid, German, Polish… In »Traumgirl« Kim negotiates what it is like to work in the border area between “real work”, performance and so-called “dirty work”.

»Traumboy and Traumgirl« move between documentary theater and autofiction and question the double standards of a thoroughly capitalized and oversexualized society as well as the meaning of sex and work in the neoliberal system. The bodies on stage become projection surfaces for fears, fantasies and contradictions. What is a woman/man allowed to reveal about herself? What not? And who pays the price?

 

Daniel Hellmann is a dance and theater maker, singer and performer. His works examine bodies, bodily relationships and desire, and question social norms in the fields of sexuality, human and animal rights. After »Requiem for a Piece of Meat« and »All In«, »Traumboy« is the third work Daniel Hellmann presents at Ballhaus Ost.

Anne Welenc is an actress and performer. Her works are research-based and deal with transcendence. She is interested in combining clear narratives with surreal elements.

Past Dates
  • Jan 09, 2020
  • Jan 10, 2020
  • Jan 11, 2020

Duration

2 hours

Traumboy:

Concept, Performance

Daniel Hellmann

Dramaturgy

Wilma Renfordt

Œil Extérieur

Ivan Blagajcevic

Stage Design

Theres Indermaur

Sound

Leo Hofmann

Light

Gioia Scanzi

Production

Daniela Lehmann, Lisa Letnansky

Diffusion

Florence Francisco, Les Productions de la Seine

Traumgirl:

Performance, Text

Anne Welenc

Concept, Dramaturgy

Daniel Hellmann

Dramaturgical consultation

Marc Streit

Video, Photos, Œil Extérieur

Michel Wagenschütz

Œil Extérieur

Lilith Kamilla

Stage Design

Theres Indermaur

Light

Anna Lienert

Production

Lisa Letnansky

Diffusion

Florence Francisco, Les Productions de la Seine

 
Traumboy is a production by 3art3 in co-production with Gessnerallee Zurich and Festspiele Zurich. Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia, Migros Kulturprozent, Nestlé Fondation pour l’Art, Schweizer Tanzarchiv – Preis für Videodokumentation and wpZimmer Antwerpen.

Traumgirl is a production of 3art3 in co-production with Tanzhaus Zürich, Schlachthaus Theater Bern and Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in cooperation with Xenia – Fachstelle Sexarbeit. Supported by Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Schweizer Kulturstiftung Pro Helvetia, Migros Kulturprozent, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS, Gwaertler Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Burgergemeinde Bern and Kanton Bern.

 
The guest performances at Ballhaus Ost are realized with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the City of Zurich Culture.