MEN'S ROLES
Lecture, performance and discussion | HAMBURG PREMIERE
MMK
MMK explores masculinities. To this end, the dance collective invites an author and a researcher to a shared evening of lecture, performance, and discussion. Together, they examine masculinity from autobiographical, theoretical, and dance perspectives, engaging in dialogue with each other and with the audience.
In the performance "Men Roll," dancer and choreographer Mark Christoph Klee explores his image of masculinity, shaped by his parents' craft business and his coming out as a young man. Within a stage set of 100 aerated concrete blocks, he searches for gentleness. He reflects on his own privileges and questions how patriarchal structures shape his relationship with his parents, extending deep into the queer community and even permeating his own sexual desire.
The three-part evening explores what happens when men get into motion, and with them, symbolically, an entire system.
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Dates:
Thu. 5.11.26, 20:15 | Premiere
Fri. 6.11.26, 20:15
Sat. 7.11.26, 20:15
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Duration: approx. 90 minutes (including discussion)
Language: German
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Artistic Collaboration: Coralie Merle & Jasiek Mischke / Choreography & Performance: Mark Christoph Klee / Dramaturgy: Charlotte Mathiessen / Outside Eye: Elisabeth Bohde / Process Facilitation: Torsten Schütte & Leon Emil Franzke / Composition: Christopher Ramm / Lighting Design: Lars Kracht / Costume Design: Dominik Więcek & Liza Dragan / Press and Public Relations: Farina Jäger / Production Assistance: Juliane Hanssen
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Preliminary research was supported by the Performing Arts Scholarship of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS. "Männer rollen" (Men Roll) was a co-production with the Pilkentafel Flensburg Theatre Workshop and was supported by the Ministry of General and Vocational Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – Authority for Culture and Media, the Performing Arts Fund (funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), the Hamburg Cultural Foundation, and the cities of Flensburg and Neumünster. Rehearsal residencies were made possible by the Arthur Boskamp Foundation Hohenlockstedt as part of "Zu Gast im M.1" (Guest at M.1) and the FigurenZauberei Großharrie (Figure Magic Workshop Großharrie). Sponsorship was provided by Elektro Klee Netztechnik.
