SALVATION (GLITTER DOESN’T CARE I’M A BOY)

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A science fiction drag ritual and an experimental invocation for a constant distribution of desires based on visions and fantasies Shlomi Moto Wagner has experienced since he was three years old.

It explores transformations, mutations and remanifestations of the idea of being, the sensuality of being a body, the politics of having
a body and the poetics of sharing a bodily experience.

This solo music theater piece is a mythological and poetic reading of current pop culture and its academic discourse. The music of ancient
Jewish texts and invocations together with visionary tunes of composer Hildegard von Bingen from the 12th century is newly arranged with pop hits, techno compositions and contemporary feminist texts. All of this makes the opera performance a ritual of transformation.

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Previous showings of SALVATION:

– July 2017, Performing Arts Festival, Berlin (Premiere).

– April 2019, ExPO Festival, Berlin.

– July 2019, Droste Festival, Burg Hülshoff

– November 2022, English Theatre Berlin, IPAC, Berlin.

 

Direction, Texts, Music and Design: Shlomi Moto Wagner

inspired by Hildegard von Bingen + Jess Arndt + Wisława Szymborska + Hélène Cixous + Siddhartha Mukherjee

Musical co-Production: Mike Closer & Tomer Levy
Costumes and Stage Design: Orli Baruch
Masks: Shlomi Moto Wagner, Yorai Sharon & Lego Sky
Outside Eye and Dramaturgy: Daniel Brunet
Technical Direction and Lighting Design: Torsten Litschko
Production Management: Kim Walz

Special thanks to Jörg Albrecht and the Berlin Performing Arts Festival who supported the initial creation of this piece.

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