Alvin Collantes: Bibingka – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Alvin Collantes:
Bibingka
With Bibingka, Alvin Collantes brings their drag persona – named after a resilient Filipino rice cake – to the big stage to question who is being entertained, and at what cost. The dance solo, or perhaps a tender duet between the artist and their alter ego, looks into the emotional and physical labor of Filipino migrants working in service and entertainment across the so-called West.
In Bibingka, drag becomes a means of survival, joy becomes work, and the artist stands as both spectacle and vessel. The piece navigates the intricate ties between queerness and Catholic influence in Filipino consciousness, as well as the tension between Kapwa – shared identity – and Western individualism.
When the high heels come off – what remains?
The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).
Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, choreography, performance: Alvin Collantes
Artistic advisor: Rubén Nsue
Light design: Haesoo Eshu Jung
Dramaturgical support: Nima Séne and Leander Ripchinsky
Media: Gaia Bernabe-Belvis
Special thanks: Eisa Jocson, Anna Wagner and Francesca Casauay
This piece is dedicated to the Filipino migrant entertainers and diasporic creative community in Berlin, the queers and drag queens of the Berlin nightlife and my parents, Bong & Queenie.
A production by Alvin Collantes in co-production with Sophiensæle and Künster*innenhaus Mousonturm. With the kind support of Goethe Institut Philippinen. The 35th Tanztage Berlin is a production of Sophiensæle. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. With the kind support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V., Theaterhaus Berlin and HZT Berlin. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Rausgegangen, Siegessäule, taz.
Alvin Collantes is a Queer Filipino performance artist. Their interdisciplinary practice merges improvisation, performance art, decolonial perspectives, the art of drag, and queer dancefloor histories as both archival and embodied sites for resistance and transformation. Alvin is currently a participant of Goethe-Institut Philippinen Performance Ecologies and Dealing in Distance Festival and has their work exhibited in Schwules Museum.