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Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim: Mr. Yellow

Opera, drag, K-pop and personal stories intertwine in Mr. Yellow to create a multi-layered queer cabaret performance exploring the images, fantasies and projections that continue to shape Asian-perceived masculinity to this day. 

The dance performance examines colonial, racist and gendered stereotypes, asking how the figure of “yellow” masculinity has been historically constructed – and what new, empowering narratives are possible today. With humor and critical insight, colonial images of desexualized, feminized Asian men intersect with contemporary pop-cultural references such as K-pop and the global “manosphere.”

The international team – including drag artist Vivienne Lovecraft and trans tenor Holden Madagame (USA) – works in a queer-feminist, postcolonial, and interdisciplinary way between cabaret, concert and performative research.

Why does Asian-perceived masculinity remain often invisible or distorted in European imagery, narratives and stages? Which historical fantasies – such as the fear figure of the “Yellow Peril” – persist? And what happens when pop cultures like K-pop make new forms of masculinity visible?

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Artistic direction, choreography, direction, performance: Olivia Hyunsin KimArtistic direction, video: Jones SeitzCostume design: Kristin GerwienCostume & set collaboration: Luca PlaumannSet design: Leo G. AlonsoMusic, composition: Klaus JanekArtistic collaboration: Giulia FornasierDramaturgy: Marielle SchavanPerformance: Vivienne Lovecraft, Holden MadagameAccess consultant, DGS: Hyemi JoleeDGS interpretation: Aniella Tiedje, Mille JepsenProduction management: Christo SchleiffTechnical direction: Lou OelrichPhoto documentation: Mayra WallraffVideo documentation: Noam GorbatPress: Sarah Rosenau

A production by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with support from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

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