https://yvonnesembene.com Yvonne Sembene Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:25:10 +0000 https://yvonnesembene.com en https://yvonnesembene.com/Out-Burning-In Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:58:55 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/Out-Burning-In OUT BURNING IN&nbsp;Funded by the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe.SomoS Art House BerlinInstallation from 16th to 18th of December 2021 Creative Direction/Performance : Krasna Vukasovic, Yvonne Sembene Lighting Design/Technical Direction : Emese Csornai Technical Assistance, Artistic Support : Dušan Rodić Artistic Support : Kerstin hurbain Production : Yvonne SembeneProduction Assistance : Nadine Freisleben, Apricot Productionshttps://www.somos-arts.org/out-burning-in/ Out Burning In is a performative installation born from a collaboration between chilean painter Krasna Vukasovic and french performance artist Yvonne Sembene. Through a theatrical reimagination of our everyday living spaces, the artists explore the psychological implications of leading our lives within neoliberalist systems, the appropriation of mental health industries and the shift of political discourse on citizen responsibility for their own well-being. The space is open to visitors as a multi-disciplinary, interactive installation throughout the 16th to the 18th of December from 2pm to 7pm, with site-specific performances happening daily. SomoS is a non-commercial artist-run art space with an emphasis on interdisciplinary projects, intergenerational community, and diversity, founded in 2012. Working with emerging and mid-career artists, SomoS provides space, knowledge, and resources for the production, presentation, and reflection of the arts. Its mission is to create an international open framework for innovative arts, curatorial projects, education, and creative cooperation. SomoS’ engaged schedule of exhibitions, performances, seminars, and artist talks is free to the public and aims to spark interest, discussion, cooperation, and understanding, as it activates art’s unique positive uniting potential.Watch it here. ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; <img width="1980" height="2638" width_o="1980" height_o="2638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12f5b589258ee7f932cb5d1a51b0cb4d264a6dddaabd71cc681f29021ab76105/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-17-Dec-2021-75.jpg" data-mid="130448079" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12f5b589258ee7f932cb5d1a51b0cb4d264a6dddaabd71cc681f29021ab76105/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-17-Dec-2021-75.jpg" /><img width="1992" height="2656" width_o="1992" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17664b863d15b93a693664a72a67099e3ebd28a8fe0cd1d3b9ae57e4f29ef10a/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-18-Dec-2021-9.JPG" data-mid="130448085" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17664b863d15b93a693664a72a67099e3ebd28a8fe0cd1d3b9ae57e4f29ef10a/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-18-Dec-2021-9.JPG" /><img width="1992" height="2656" width_o="1992" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2aad53d65b62ad45f646abd79a4af3aac63d376992bbe5304412d881b09909b7/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-16-Dec-2021-3.JPG" data-mid="130448087" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2aad53d65b62ad45f646abd79a4af3aac63d376992bbe5304412d881b09909b7/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-16-Dec-2021-3.JPG" /><img width="1992" height="2656" width_o="1992" height_o="2656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90a6539ba5b87b52f8497874fcef9e57bd4ea98bcf0148709a497dc94c7ab724/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-16-Dec-2021-72.JPG" data-mid="130448089" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90a6539ba5b87b52f8497874fcef9e57bd4ea98bcf0148709a497dc94c7ab724/Out-Burning-In-SomoS-16-Dec-2021-72.JPG" /> https://yvonnesembene.com/CA-HBABY Mon, 02 May 2022 11:52:59 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/CA-HBABY CA$HBABY<img width="4176" height="6252" width_o="4176" height_o="6252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff8111988b630f1089395f2f44e8ad2f2fcc0c6fc05e0dcb5fde23596bf7a1e/CASHBABYPoster.png" data-mid="160842772" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff8111988b630f1089395f2f44e8ad2f2fcc0c6fc05e0dcb5fde23596bf7a1e/CASHBABYPoster.png" /> Funded by Fonds Darstellende KünsteAckerstadtpalast&nbsp;Premiere 10.2.23 to 11.2.23 Choreography&nbsp; / Performance: Yvonne Sembene, Julian Keller Production : Patric Neves Lindström Dramaturgy : Aïssa Sene Scenography assistance / outside eye : Fernande Njonkou Njanjo Choreography assistance : Zoé Afan Strasser Lighting design : Emese Csornai Costume design : Astan Meyer, Soulemane Mare Music : Yvonne Sembene CA$HBABY is a solo dance work exploring historical and contemporary questions of black femme identities and their relationality to money. Constantly shifting perspectives between historical narratives and perception of the self, the stage becomes a subconscious space going in and out of projections of realities, dreams and aspirations, embodied past, present and future. From labor and commodification to strategising communities, knowledge and healing, the work uses fantasy and play to deconstruct the meta-narrative and generational memories around black female bodies and money.Photo : Marion Borriss&nbsp;<img width="3396" height="2262" width_o="3396" height_o="2262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/543bf7784e73eaa4677bcd9fa52166e595b8e2a635292fab6e87f998ea3a3819/Foto-Marion-Borriss-Tanzfotografin-3.jpg" data-mid="171894367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/543bf7784e73eaa4677bcd9fa52166e595b8e2a635292fab6e87f998ea3a3819/Foto-Marion-Borriss-Tanzfotografin-3.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="768" width_o="1024" height_o="768" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce6c779173b8dd3316aff6dcf3e3df31eec46e078e75b44b6c6be16f0fc0fde4/79e1b829-aca3-4436-a8a2-a8147b9e7f08.JPG" data-mid="171894400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce6c779173b8dd3316aff6dcf3e3df31eec46e078e75b44b6c6be16f0fc0fde4/79e1b829-aca3-4436-a8a2-a8147b9e7f08.JPG" /> <img width="1600" height="720" width_o="1600" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b28247d36bb08bfda846638389b9556aad39a9259cb89abfe230def29202cbe3/bec45fba-97ab-43cb-a11a-aa38553d5cf7.JPG" data-mid="171894420" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b28247d36bb08bfda846638389b9556aad39a9259cb89abfe230def29202cbe3/bec45fba-97ab-43cb-a11a-aa38553d5cf7.JPG" /> ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/ANTHOLOGY-OF-ANGER Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:02:37 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/ANTHOLOGY-OF-ANGER ANTHOLOGY OF ANGERBoiling at Differet Degrees. New project in planning.&nbsp; For the first phase of my newest project, I will be collecting and archiving different ways in which individuals identifying as women have expressed or planned to express their anger through written mediums or conversations &nbsp;If you have ever written, sent, typed, posted (or wish you had) an anger-driven message, you can contribute it anonymously to this archive, which will be published on a website, as a book and contribute to the creation of a performance in&nbsp; 2023 Click here to contribute. &nbsp; ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/Natur-im-Femininen Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:25:10 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/Natur-im-Femininen Natur im Femininen Research residency in partnership with Theater Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded through TakeHeart Residency program. “Nature in the Femininen” is a research project at the intersection of Ecofeminism, Eco- and Afrofuturism exploring the junctions that exist between social constructs of femininity and how humans coexist with nature. The aim of the residency is to make sense of the dualities between our relationship to the environment and the female body and understand what it means to be revered and disrespected, feared and shackled, perceived as both a burden and a ressource, an icon and a dump. Which qualities are ascribed to nature and femininity that allow both for resilience and exploitation? The departure point is be a study on plant lore and mythology, representations of femininity in religious and spiritual doctrines, as well as contemporary works on afro-centric ecofeminism and ecofuturism. &nbsp; ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/The-future-of-the-earth Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:17:01 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/The-future-of-the-earth THE FUTUTE OF THE EARTH&nbsp; by Patrick GussetShowing in Basel, Switzerland 15.06 to 18.06.22 The Future of the Earth uses dance, theater and music to visualize scientific climate scenarios. With the principle of Performing Data, futures that are usually presented in the form of tables and diagrams can be experienced sensually. What if the climate continues to warm by 1.8, by 2.2 or by 4.7 degrees? In a installation setting, performers act out possible future realities and have them examined by experts from politics, art and science. The experimental set-up The Future of the Earth develops a different practice of scenario design and takes the audience along to actively approach different climate futures. ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/VERBUNDEN Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:46:31 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/VERBUNDEN VERBUNDENFacilitator: Yvonne Sembene By &amp; with: Lyza Schwab, Dinaly Huhn, Yohanna Berhe, Amaralina Schmidt Funded by the Berlin Project Fund Cultural Education and Produced by akademie der autodidakten at Ballhaus Naunynstraße. With the friendly assistance of NaunynRitze.https://akademie-der-autodidakten.de/play/?id=akademie-der-autodidakten-verbunden The way in which we meet and live together is severely curtailed from the outside. Movement and reaction patterns are stored deep in our bodies. They shape our togetherness. Which movements can help us to make new connections, to create a social contract based on empathy? Sometimes it happens: I feel like I’m standing next to myself. How do I get back to myself? Connected to my own body. How does one manage to be strongly connected to oneself? What if you stand next to me? Very close, right next to me? Are we connected then? With our own body? With other bodies of Colour? What can happen when we are connected in movement? &nbsp; From October 2021 onwards, Black women and women of Colour came together for a dance and movement workshop. Led by the dancer Yvonne Sembene, they dealt with the body as a medium of communication and dealt with the interrelationship between one’s own body and others. The focus was on the empowering access to one’s body, the playful use of newly developed and tested means of expression, as well as the development of a common language of movement. &nbsp; ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; <img width="1114" height="668" width_o="1114" height_o="668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf74545f3bc03db4110d02b930d5ba103f35313ba68e378056ea794b13d19429/Verbunden.png" data-mid="130474348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf74545f3bc03db4110d02b930d5ba103f35313ba68e378056ea794b13d19429/Verbunden.png" /> https://yvonnesembene.com/JUNCTIONS Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:52:05 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/JUNCTIONS JUNCTIONSConcept &amp; choreography: Nasheeka NedsrealPerformers: Amada Tinoco, Black Pearl, Christon Fulama, Christopher Saint Laurent, Gabrielle von Wäre, Yvonne SembeneDramaturgy: Jasco ViefhuesDramaturgy assistance: Lerato ShadiLight design: Emilio Cordero ChecaStage design: Zé de PaivaSound design:Sky DeepAssistance stage &amp; costume: Valdelicer Silva-LöblingAssistance choreography: Uriara Maciel Production management: Harmony Leveque Produced by Kultursprünge im Ballhaus Naunynstraße gemeinnützige GmbH, financed with funds from the Capital Cultural Fund. Othermothers* raise children. They hold the social fabric together. They shape the future. The mother role does not need a biologistic justification. We owe a lot to bigger sisters*, aunts*, grandmothers*, female* role models! But what? What struggles have Black women* faced, what do they inherit? What fears and desires did they have and still have? What course have they set? Mothers* and Othermothers* - through them we have become who we are. With their support we have learned to walk and talk. And what do we pass on ourselves? JUNCTIONS asks about the compatibility of care and self-care, about strategies of emancipation, about diverse, strong alternatives to biological bonds, about "maternal" collectivity and solidarity. JUNCTIONS is dance. Nasheeka Nedsreal develops this intermedial dance performance from interviews, from her own biography and the experiences of the performers and their Black environment. Black motherhood appears in JUNCTIONS as a model in which the "mother" is not understood as a biological and individualistic concept, but as a social and collectivizable one. Black women and their knowledge, their care work, their resistances and emancipations become visible as forward-looking forces. JUNCTIONS brings untold stories to the stage and performs speculative futures. For Othermothership is a transformational technology. ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; <img width="1080" height="1500" width_o="1080" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a156472627eda92e408ea413c099e501eddd7eabc93ec3a85278417612a4e308/RZ_Junctions_C1A2964.png" data-mid="131147920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a156472627eda92e408ea413c099e501eddd7eabc93ec3a85278417612a4e308/RZ_Junctions_C1A2964.png" /> https://yvonnesembene.com/NO-RAISE Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:23:37 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/NO-RAISE NO RAISE&nbsp; Artistic direction/Videography/Music : Yvonne Sembene Choreography/Performance : Ivi Riga With special thanks to Unicorn Workspaces GmbH This short film is the first piece in a series of work on the theme of money and its influences. The piece takes a look at the underpromotion of female actors in the work and corporate world and its impact on a personal level.
&nbsp;&nbsp; ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/Catalogue-of-Disguise-II Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:01:27 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/Catalogue-of-Disguise-II CATALOGUE OF DISGUISE II Artistic Direction, Concept: Tanja BombachChoreography: Jos McKain/Phoenix Chase-ClarkeSound: Simone AntonioniLights: Nindya NareswariSet Design: Diego De Ramon SanchezProduction and creative assistance: Mia Alvizuri SommerfeldDramaturgy assistance: Patty HamiltonPerformers: Stephan Quinci, Peer Liening-Ewert, Nina Burkhardt, Phoenix Chase-Meares, Lena Kilchitskaya, Jos McKain, Camille Jackson, Yi-Wei Tien, Evan Loxton, Natalie Abbott, Susanne Engbo, Alistair Roe, Dan Su, Saori Hala, Florian Schlessmann, Andrea Olivia, Yvonne Sembane, Marcus Louend, Aaron BurrowsGraphics: Matthias NeumannSong by Biosim, Kveja, Title: "-" <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c8d24acd5564bd9f4535129678e7a03aef500e879b702be9a0e1c1188bd6de9/WhatsApp-Image-2021-08-17-at-18.04.11.jpeg" data-mid="130450340" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c8d24acd5564bd9f4535129678e7a03aef500e879b702be9a0e1c1188bd6de9/WhatsApp-Image-2021-08-17-at-18.04.11.jpeg" /> CATALOGUE OF DISGUISE is a serial event and part of the fashion program at TRAUMA BAR UND KINO. The series invites performance artists, designers and the audience alike to renegotiate who we are. Its an attempt to generate a cultural perception of fashion that enables us to look beyond traditional runway settings to formulate an interdisciplinary approach to present fashion with performance. Working in an intersectional way these projects support the Berlin creative scene and provide a platform for emerging fashion designers.In continuation of the previous project, COD II reflects upon the idea of identities being captured within representations of themselves in our hyperconnected digitalized world. This work examines the traps of disguises and their expanded surroundings while experiencing a fickle and unsettling relationship to reality. In this site-specific performance, a horror state of pervasive anxiety and loss of control starts to haunt these escapist traps. The audience moves through four different worlds of disguises and narratives, each simultaneously looping in different locations of TRAUMA BAR UND KINO. Presented collections by:Laura GerteDon AretinoTimur GapurovTanja Bombach ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; https://yvonnesembene.com/Amplification-of-Fluctuations Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:16:57 +0000 Yvonne Sembene https://yvonnesembene.com/Amplification-of-Fluctuations AMPLIFICATION OF FLUCTUATIONS&nbsp; Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.Choreography / Costume design / Art direction: Monika Dorniak Performers: Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Yurie Nishi, Eva Robayo, Yvonne Sembene, Po-Nien Wang Soundartist: Emiddio Vasquez Artistic assistance / Photographer: Harriet Meyer Filmmaker: Antonia Lange Costume assistance: Justyna Gmitrzuk Stage design assistants: Lena Wegmann / Christian Eberthttps://www.uferstudios.com/en_US/veranstaltungen-en-US/alle-veranstaltungen-en-US/event/2706?date=2021-08-26 Fragility and coherence, construction and deconstruction, boundaries and porosity – these apparent antagonisms are being analysed in Monika Dorniak’s ‘The Amplification Of Fluctuations’ together with five dancers. In Dorniak’s newly choreographed collective work, the interdisciplinary artist continues to search for solidarity in a pluralised society which is hyper-connected and, at the same time, increasingly separated. The dancers are intuitively de/-constructing the foundations of the human community throughout the performance and depict the anatomy of the ‘singular’ self which is formed by a variety of non-/ human agents. The transformable costume and stage design continues to play an essential role in Dorniak’s work and forms a moveable frame for the choreography. In her new work ‘The Amplification Of Fluctuations’ the moveable objects symbolise the essential, parallel running presence of boundaries and porosity in the formation of the self. ABOUT ME&nbsp; COMPOSITION&nbsp; Watch it here. <img width="4709" height="7063" width_o="4709" height_o="7063" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3879774952fd47a172f5fc8bf65c33977ca11b1705de7c81db96d5c4e5d069d1/vorstellung-08959.jpg" data-mid="130448751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3879774952fd47a172f5fc8bf65c33977ca11b1705de7c81db96d5c4e5d069d1/vorstellung-08959.jpg" />