Goodbye Berlin

Constanza Macras | Dorky Park surtitles DE/EN

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

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  – Thomas Aurin

Inspired by Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye to Berlin, the essay Watching Weimar Dance by Kate Elswit and the legacy of prominent dancers of that time such as Kurt Jooss and Valeska Gert, the show explores an amoral universe of intoxicating spectacle. It unfolds as „a nightmarish hall of mirrors of political and social anxiety“: a cabaret.
Set in a liminal space that moves back and forth between the turbulent Germany of the Weimar Republic and the present, Goodbye Berlin confronts overwhelming contradictions, paradoxes, and apocalyptic visions with the palatable forms of a pure spectacle.
As the world spins dangerously forward, this cabaret becomes home to subversive and counter-cultural rituals. These rituals are in turn our artistic repertoire, our staged patrimony.
But are they only good for suspending our machinations about the rise of reactionary politics in an entertained bliss? Or can they actually counteract the depressed feelings of our inability to act and spark a mobilization against increasingly encroaching powers?
Is pleasure still possible, not instead of hope, but in addition to it?
Goodbye Berlin is a journey through the fascinating aesthetics that aim for ecstasy and fantasize with death.

Artists/Collaborators: Candaş Baş (von und mit), Alexandra Bódi (von und mit), Emil Bordás (von und mit), Campbell Caspary (von und mit), Chloe Chua (von und mit), Adaya Berkovich (von und mit), Oksana Chupryniuk (von und mit), Deborah Dalla Valle (von und mit), Fernanda Farah (von und mit), WooSang Jeon (von und mit), Moritz Lucht (von und mit), Thulani Lord Mgidi (von und mit), Steph Quinci (von und mit), Miki Shoji (von und mit), Shiori Sumikawa (von und mit), Constanza Macras (Konzept, Regie & Choreographie), Carmen Mehnert (Dramaturgie), Tamara Saphir (Dramaturgie), Lili Hering (Dramaturgie), Simon Lesemann (Bühne), Robert Lippok (Musik), Denise Potratz (Licht), Frank Novak (Licht), Pablo Villar (Live-Kamera), Kathrin Krottenthaler (Live-Kamera), Slavna Martinovic (Zusätzliche Kostüme), Katrin Schüler-Springorum (Komposition der „Orchestral Fight Suite”), Jonas Pfeifer (Regieassistenz), Nicola Mascia (Choreografie Repetiteur & Compagnie Trainer), Miloš Vujković (Technische Leitung Dorky Park), Paulina Borda (Kompanie-Management Dorky Park), Alisa Aleshchenko (Produktionsmanagement Dorky Park), Vicky Kouvaraki (Produktion Dorky Park), Volha Vishniova (Produktionsassistenz Dorky Park)

Runtime: Tue, 02/06/2026 to Thu, 18/06/2026

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• Date Tuesday, 02/June/2026 19:30 (2 more dates)
• Venue Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
• Address Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
• Price from €15.15

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