Dominique McDougal & Carro Sharkey: Did4luv – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin

Dominique McDougal & Carro Sharkey:
Did4luv

A person in a pink mascot costume stands elevated by the fountain, holding a yellow arrow sign reading “OPEN 4 Collaborations.” In front, another person poses at the fountain’s edge wearing black underwear and transparent high heels. A building and the Berlin TV Tower are visible in the background.
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If today were the day you had to stop dancing, how would you feel? Did4Luv is a tragicomic dance solo shared between Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey, with each performing on alternate nights. The performance spirals through a surreal dreamscape of labor, blending mascot work, drag, clowning, magic, and pole dance, each new gig dissolving into the next.

Did4luv stages labor as spectacle and spectacle as labor, asking what forms of visibility and desire the systems of work and entertainment extract from marginalized bodies. It traces the toll of constant reinvention, revealing the psychic wear of always needing to entertain, sell, and survive.

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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.

Choreography: Dominique McDougal, Carro Sharkey
Performance: Dominique McDougal/Carro Sharkey
Concept: Carro Sharkey
Sound design: s.t3v
Light design: Bryan Schall
Costume design: Dominique McDougal
Dramaturgical support: Polina Fenko

A production by Dominique McDougal & Carro Sharkey in co-production with Sophiensæle. With kind support from Sasha Waltz and Guests. 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.

Caroline (Carro) Sharkey is a Berlin-based dance artist that will go anywhere for you. Their work has been shown across the US, Europe, and India. They believe their role as an artist is to blow over a house of cards from 50 meters away.

Dominique McDougal/Lawunda Richardson trained in Florida and at LINES Ballet. They have danced with James Sewell Ballet, Sasha Waltz & Guests, and choreographed across the US, Portugal, and Berlin. Their work spans stage, film, nightlife, and festivals.

  • Close-up of two people wearing extremely high platform heels, one in glossy black over-the-knee boots and the other in transparent high heels. They stand at the edge of a public fountain. Yellow arrow-shaped signs reading “OPEN 4 Collaborations” lie on the ground.
  • Two people in an urban square, one wearing a large pink mascot costume with bunny ears and very high black boots. The other person wears a long patterned faux-fur coat and transparent platform heels, holding a large yellow arrow sign reading “OPEN 4 Collaborations.” People walk across the square in the background.
  • A person in a pink mascot costume stands in front of the fountain at Alexanderplatz, holding a large yellow arrow sign with “OPEN 4 Collaborations” together with another person in a striped faux-fur coat. Both wear very high platform heels. Behind them, the Berlin TV Tower rises into the sky.