Tänze fast vergessener Geister

»It is, after all, an unshakable conviction that love is, remains, and will always be terrene—for death cannot kiss.«

– Liddy Bacroff

The interdisciplinary performance begins by tracing the footsteps of the trans* artist and sex worker Liddy Bacroff, who was murdered under the National Socialist regime. The Hamburg-based choreographer René*e Reith follows those ghosts that take possession of a person, those one leaves behind oneself, and those that return restlessly because something has remained unfinished. »Dances of Almost Forgotten Ghosts« opens a space for the audience in which their own bodies and movements become carriers of memory and imagination. In an interactive performance, René*e Reith and her team combine contemporary dance with biographical performance.

René*e Reith is pursuing a practice-based artistic PhD at the MUK (Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna), focusing on the staging of transness in contemporary dance and performance. On stage are Heinrich Horwitz, Géraldine Schabraque, Tubi Malcharzik, and Alexander Hahne, whose distinct performative approaches combine dance, singing, and performance into a multilayered space of remembrance. All of them are experts in their artistic fields and, through their own trans perspectives, have for several years been engaged in activism, education, and performance aimed at critically addressing patriarchal and hegemonic structures while simultaneously strengthening the visibility and rights of trans people.

Artistic direction, choreography René*e Reith Co-Creation and performance Alexander Hahne, Heinrich Horwitz, Tubi Malcharzik, Géraldine Schabraque Sound design and composition Katharina Pelosi Stage and costume design Malaika Friedrich-Patoine Light design Dennis Dita Kopp Texts Liddy Bacroff, Alexander Hahne, Heinrich Horwitz, Tubi Malcharzik, Géraldine Schabraque, Marie Simons, René*e Reith Dramaturgy Anna-Carolin Weber Dramaturgical counsel text Marie Simons Stage and costume assistant Chantal Börner Production management, artistic assistence, graphic design, photography Jonas Mannherz

A co-production by René*e Reith with Kampnagel. Funded by the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Darstellende Künste) from funds provided by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Hamburg Authority for Culture and Media, the ZEIT-Stiftung Bucerius, the Claussen-Simon Foundation, and the Hamburg Cultural Foundation. In cooperation with Ballhaus Ost and Pathos Theater. The production is part of René*e Reith’s artistic-research doctoral project at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK).

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• Date Friday, 12/June/2026 20:00 (1 more date)
• Venue Ballhaus Ost
• Address Pappelallee 15 A, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
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