The first dance-theatre performance created for the Humboldt Forum follows in the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the two who gave the Forum its name. At the centre of the performance conceived by choreographer Maura Morales and director Clemens Bechtel.
The contradictory aspects of the celebrated explorer: his successes cannot be successes cannot be achieved independently of the power structures in is successes cannot be seen in isolation from the power structures of the colonial era, which were determined by oppression and exploitation.
Premiere: 9.12.2021 Humboldt Forum, Berlin
Director: Clemens Bechtel
Choreography: Maura Morales
Music: Michio Woirgardt