Chatsworth

PREMIERE : August 2018

Chatsworth is the name of one of the Indian townships in Durban where Indian immigrants were relocated during apartheid. In “Chatsworth”, Berlin-based choreographer Constanza Macras is interested in showing the diverse ways that the Indian diaspora has found to relate to the intersections of multiculturalism, the global and the local. Traditional Indian dance and drama entangle with contemporary forms and subject matter. Musicals are the common ground on which cultural appropriation is not condemned but seemingly necessary. Through the lens of Bollywood, the performers immerse in a universe of assimilation, transformation and resilience: the diasporic self.

Cast

Artistic Direction: Constanza Macras
Dramaturgy: Carmen Mehnert
By and with: Emil Bordás, Avishka Chewpersad, Sivani Chinappan, Fernanda Farah, Manesh Maharaj, Thulani Mgidi, Kamara Naidoo, Priyen Naidoo, Miki Shoji, Vária Linnéa Sjöström, Fana Tshabalala, Yuya Fujinami
Bollywood Choreography: Shampa Gopikrishna
Costume Design: Roman Handt
Stage Design: Irene Pätzug
Video Design: Lisa Böffgen-Hartmann, Dean Hutton
Lighting Design: Sergio de Carvalho Pessanha
Sound Design: Stephan Wöhrmann
Production management: Alisa Golomzina
Bureau: Helena Casas, Mike Rabenhorst, Edoardo Novelli, Raisa Olekhnovich, Margherita Santini
Distribution & International Relations: Plan B – Creative Agency for Performing Arts

Production: Constanza Macras / Dorkypark
Co-Production: Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Soweto Theatre (Johannesburg)
Funded by: TURN Fund of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, State of Berlin – Senate Department for Culture and Europe

Tanz im August 2018
Artistic Director: Virve Sutinen
Executive Producer: Isa Köhler
Producer & Assistant to Artistic Director: Marie Schmieder
Curator & Producer: Andrea Niederbuchner
Assistant Producer: Alina Sophie Lauer
Technical Director: Patrick Tucholski
Tanz im August is a festival by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, funded by the Capital Cultural Fund.