(…) THE WORK ISN’T FINISHED UNTIL FASCISM IS DEAD, Vol. 2: body politics – TANZTAGE BERLIN 2025
(…) THE WORK ISN’T FINISHED UNTIL FASCISM IS DEAD, Vol. 2: body politics
English
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BOTH SUN & MOON COME OUT TO FUCK UP FASCISTS. THE WORK ISN’T FINISHED UNTIL FASCISM IS DEAD, Vol. 2: body politics
The body is currently at the center of political trench warfare around the world. Whether it is about abortion laws, reproductive rights, LGBTIQ+ rights, equitable distribution and access to healthcare or laws regulating sex work and drug use, body politics are key issues on which conservative and (neo-)liberal politics seem to repeatedly align themselves with right-wing and fascist movements. Authoritarian politics worldwide threaten the autonomy of bodies, especially of marginalized groups. Queer, feminist artists are regularly attacked and threatened by right-wing and conservative groups and politicians, often with a strong focus on body politics. Where does this focus come from and what are the underlying policies and strategies?
Together with Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, Chair of the German Sociological Association and Chair of General Sociology / Gender Studies at the Institute of Sociology at LMU Munich, Mine Pleasure Bouvar Wenzel, a political educator with a focus on on politically instrumentalized transphobia and fascism studies, and Laura Kallenbach, a founding member of the CHICKS* free performance collective, we will discuss the current dangers to the autonomy of our bodies with a view to the upcoming elections in Germany and beyond. And ask how progressive structures can take effective action against the alliance of conservative and right-wing narratives.
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With: Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky, Laura Kallenbach and Mine Pleasure Bouvar Wenzel
Host: Lena Kollender
Mine Pleasure Bouvar (she*/they) is working as precariously self employed political educator focusing on politically instrumentalized transphobia and fascism studies. She* is writing, workshopping, thinking and conspiring against gendered exploitation and the commodification of identities, towards the transsexual liberation and queer communism.
Laura Kallenbach (she/her) is a dramaturge, theater scholar and founding member of CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv. In their queer performances and workshops, CHICKS* question social constructions of gender, sexuality, sex and power in order to develop performative alternatives and utopian gatherings. In addition to her work with CHICKS*, Laura Kallenbach is doing her doctorate on gender performances in theater pedagogy and works as a lecturer at the University of Hildesheim, the HMT Rostock and the UdK Berlin, among others.
Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky is Chair of General Sociology/Gender Studies at the Institute of Sociology at LMU Munich and Chair of the German Sociological Association (DGS). She teaches and researches sociological theory and gender sociology and works empirically on the topics of biopolitics (body sociology), family, care, popular culture / cultural studies, gender & politics and cancel culture / academic freedom. Villa Braslavsky also writes irregularly in the feuilleton and is sporadically present on radio and TV. With the gender salon at the Glockenbachwerkstatt in Munich, she has been mediating between science, pop and the public for over 12 years.
The 34th 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 Uferstudios GmbH. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.