Dance

Radical Cheerleading

Zufit Simon (München)

A person with pom-poms attached to their shoulders dances in the foreground on a stage. With a face contorted in pain or anger, they raise a clenched fist upward. In the background, other people dance a choreography with pom-poms.

Date:
Thu, 11 July 2024, 8.00 pm Here is a symbol indicating the presence of an inductive hearing loop. The background is a red square. The image symbolically represents: An ear, with a large T (for T-coil) in the center.
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Language: English 
Duration: approx. 70 min. 
Age recommendation: for everyone 16 and over

Location
EinTanzHaus

 

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“Power for the people: use your body – use your voice – make a choice” – a piece about dance as a form of protest

Public demonstration, fully embodied and choreographed protest – Radical Cheerleading was developed by queer-feminist activists in the 90s and integrates peaceful protest and direct action with theatrical elements. Taking this as an inspiration, Zufit Simon’s production subverts the codes of these well-known cheerleader choreographies that are usually performed at sport competitions to convey her own messages.

Glamour, glitter and a mix of diverse slogans are all used in this joyful and ironic alternative to militant protest forms. The choreographer and dancer Zufit Simon has gathered a diverse ensemble that delivers an intense and precise dance performance onstage that vehemently, but also with humor, poses the question of what is worth taking to the streets for.

 

About the artist:

Zufit Simon is a performer and choreographer from Israel whose work is based in Berlin, Braunschweig and Munich. Her productions have been performed at renowned festivals and she has been often invited to the Tanzplattform Deutschland. “Radical Cheerleading” was nominated for the German theater prize, Der Faust 2023 and won the festival prize of Best OFF Festival Freier Theater in Niedersachsen 2024.

 Website: www.zufitsimon.com

 

Cast & Credits:

Artistic direction, choreography: Zufit Simon 
Collaboration, dance: Dorota Michalak, Sophie Prins, Sunayana Shetty, Cary Shiu, Zufit Simon 
Sound design: Fredrik Olofsson 
Light design: JOM 
Costumes: Mirella Oestreicher 
Outside Eye: Clarissa Rêgo, Moritz Gagern 
Production management: Dietrich OberländerStille Tänze 
Public relations: Beate Zeller

 

Funding:

Unterstützt durch das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Gastspielförderung Tanz, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, sowie den Kultur- und Kultusministerien der Länder.

Die Uraufführung wurde gefördert durch das Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München und die Stiftung Niedersachsen, sowie ermöglicht durch den BLZT, Bayerischer Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz aus Mitteln des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kunst.
Die Recherchephase dieser Produktion wurde unterstützt durch das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ - STEPPING OUT, gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen der Initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Hilfsprogramm Tanz, sowie der Förderung vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR. Zufit Simon ist Mitglied von Tanztendenz München e.V.

 

Photos © Lys Y. Seng

A dancer raises her fists in the air and shouts something with an angry and determined expression on her face.
Three dancers stand on a stage in a line, arms crossed defiantly above their heads, with determined expressions on their faces.
Five dancers cheer with pom-poms, wearing sports clothes in front of bright neon tubes that are vertically mounted on the back of the stage.
The five performers link arms back-to-back in a circle. They have their pom-poms in their hands. They are shouting something.

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