FACE YOUR BULLY!

Movement & Dance Workshop with members of the LGBTQ* community and allies

Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
15.-17.05.2024


Artistic Direction Daniel Smith
Artistic Co-Direction Marvin Wittiber

Collaboration Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
Support RE:ACT e. V., D-Mitte
Funding Demokratie leben! Düsseldorf

In 2020, a survey among queer people in Germany revealed that 48 percent of them were bullied during their school years. 46 percent said they had never experienced anyone standing up for or supporting them during that time.

What are the long-term effects of exclusion, discrimination, and violence on individuals? How do gender-specific role expectations, childhood trauma, and social dynamics continue to burden the lives and relationships of those affected into adulthood?

In the three-day dance and movement workshop, we will use dance and movement work together with participants to share different experiences and perspectives and strengthen self-confidence. How can thoughts, feelings, and memories be translated into movement?

Photography Lukas Marvin Thum