"KabuKlub(かぶくらぶ)" Premiere 2025, ELEKTRO KAGURA

Описание: "KabuKlub (かぶくラブ)" - Multimedia dance performance
by ELEKTRO KAGURA
https://elektrokagura.com/kabuklub/

(video from ‪@thehumanchris‬ )

Presented by ‪@elektrokagura1373‬
19.09. & 20.09. at 20:00
in Umspannwerk Reinickendorf Berlin

KabuKlub
Dancing is not for watching, dancing is for dancing -

ELEKTRO KAGURA presents "KabuKlub", inspired by traditional Japanese Kabuki dance and combined with Berlin club culture. Under the direction of Ichi Go, the piece actively integrates the audience and unleashes the raw energy of a Berlin club. Costumes made from second-hand clothes are extravagantly designed by Hibiki Kawahara and Regina Gyr (Kostüm Kollektiv e.V.). Music composed by AXL OTL will be performed live with guest musicians.Stage and digital projections: Yukihiro Ikutani. Dancersand visual artists take partboth on stage and as performers.

In traditional Kabuki theater, only men are allowed to perform, playing both male and female roles. But if you look at the origins of Kabuki dance, you realize that the method was originally developed by a woman, Okuni (1572-1613?). Okuni worked in the service of a renowned shrine and performed her style of dance in various places in Japan. Her dance became so famous that it eventually gave rise to the Kabuki dance.

Her dance style broke gender roles in particular: Okuni took on male roles while her partner played female roles. She was inspired by the so-called "kabuki guys" - eccentric and unconventional personalities who dressed extravagantly and displayed rebellious behavior. Okuni integrated this aesthetic and philosophy into her dance by swapping gender roles with her dancers. This breaking of social norms fascinated the audience, and in the end dancers and spectators merged into a community that danced passionately and exuberantly together.

A similar dynamic can be found in Berlin clubs, where social norms and conventions are broken and people dance day and night, often blurring gender roles. ELEKTRO KAGURA highlights these similarities between the Berlin of today and the Japan of yesteryear, creating a cultural and temporal bridge with this piece.

ELEKTRO KAGURA Team

‪@yukihiroikutani6608‬ Ikutani – Szenographie
‪@AXLOTL‬ Cedric Douhaire – Musik
‪@ichigosachikok.3189‬ – Tanz

Regina Gyr Rath – Organisation / Performer / Costume
Luzie Kork – Curator / Artist
Karim Karel – Writer / Press / Performer
Bernd Kumar – Media / Cook
Marc Antoine Carcereri – Artist / Bar
Hibiki Kawahara – Costume

Tech Production
David Ojala – Technical Director, Light
Andreas Heilig – Technical Support
Satoshi Okamoto – Musik / Sound Tech.

Jide Tom Akeleminu – Film

KabuKlub Performers
Cornelius Onitsch (Gitarre)
‪@gaga326‬ (Modular Synth)
Amadou Diatta (Jembe)

Akin Si (Food Art)

Tanz:
Benjamin Mélot
Betty Despoina Athanasisdou
Cat Hearth
Isa Wig
Joshua Remsanga Sailo (Solo Dancer)
Laura Sophie Heise (Choreographic Assistant)
Lo Siri
Mayuko Hiramatsu (Choreographic Assistant)
Nora Hov
Olga Simchuk
Rüzgar Imski
Ryota Maeda
Sana Al Badri
Udo Wiegand
Yvonne Leppin


Special Solo Performance:
likabari (Solo Dancer) “TWAIN “
Choreography – Dance – Text: likabari
Concept (Hand Dances): Isabelle Schad
Music: Temp_Illusion
Light: Bruno Pocheron
Production: Tanzhalle Wiesenburg


Das Projekt wird durch die Dezentrale Kulturarbeit Reinickendorf gefördert.
Supported by Kostüm Kollektiv e.V. https://kostuemkollektiv.de/start/