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Englisch mit deutschen Übertiteln15.- / 25.- / 35.-
The bizarre, dazzling and political performance by Bern-based South African artist Ntando Cele confronts us with the human catastrophes of fast fashion and a Western feel-good ecology that creates reassurance with organic labels and the comforting promise of recycling. Together with the Egyptian composer Wael Sami Elkholy and three singers, Cele shows us how one person's sustainable dream becomes another's catastrophe ... A spirited, musical plea for a decolonial ecology.
Duration: 65 Min.
Q&A with the artists after the performance on November, 28
Biography Ntando Cele
Ntando Cele was born in Durban, South Africa, and lives in Bern. She studied theater in Durban before continuing her artistic education at DasArts in Amsterdam. Together with Raphael Urweider, she founded Manaka Empowerment Prod in 2013. Her performances play with the boundaries between theater, video installation, concert and performance. With humor and deliberately politically incorrect statements, she addresses hidden racism in everyday life. She combines music, text and video to cheerfully dissect prejudices and stereotypes and confront the audience with their own perceptions. In February 2020, Cele invited her fellow artists to discuss issues of racial freedom and the limitations faced by artists of color in a satirical discussion titled Enemy of Progress as part of the That's not so simple festival at the Schlachthaus Theater in Bern. At the Kaserne Basel, she recently showed «YES! YES! YES!» in April 2024.
Credits Wasted Land
Concept and direction
Ntando Cele
With
Ntando Cele
Brandy Butler
Françoise Gautier
Steffi Lobréau
Composition and musical direction
Wael Sami Elkholy
Beats by Soukey
Artistic and technical support
Sandro Griesser
Costume
Rudolf Jost
Collaboration in dramaturgy
Raphael Urweider
Davide-Christelle Sanvee
Payal Parekh
Artistic and technical collaboration
Sandro Griesser
Assistant director
Joëlle Gbeassor
Stage management
Véronique Kespi
Sound
Janyves Coïc
Lights
Demian Jakob
Video
Janosch Abel
Nicolas Gerlier
Props
Mathieu Dorsaz
Stage management
Véronique Kespi
Lighting technicians
Cassandre Colliard
Julie Nowotnik
Video technician
Victor Hunziker
Costume workshop
Machteld Vis
Nora-Li Hess
Set building
Ateliers du Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Production
Judith Martin
Marion Caillaud
Distribution
Elizabeth Gay
Production Manaka Empowerment Prod.
Nina Sautter
Production
Manaka Empowerment Prod.
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
Coproduction
DE SINGEL
Bonlieu, scène nationale Annecy
Théâtre Saint-Gervais, Genève
LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Festival NEXT
Dampfzentrale, Berne
With the support of
Expédition Suisse (LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Gessnerallee Zürich, Theater Chur, Kaserne Basel, Théâtre St-Gervais Genève, Dampfzentale Bern, Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne), Kultur Stadt Bern
Swisslos - Kultur Kanton Bern, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Pro Helvetia, Corodis
Loterie romande, Bürgergemeinde Bern, Fonds de dotation Porosus, Migros-Kulturprozent, Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung
In collaboration with
Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig
Remerciements
Isabel Gygax, Ueli Kempter, Patricia Kafwamba Oguey
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