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Image description: The photo shows the five performers of Dissolution: Miriam Cochanski, Kira Shmyr, Jeanna Kolesova, Ziliä Qansurá and Victoria Sarangova. In the foreground, in the center, is Miriam. She is a white woman sitting in her wheelchair. Miriam has long, brown, curly hair, wears a black blouse, a short black skirt, black leggings, and grey shoes. She is smiling directly at the camera while holding a silver slinky. On the right is Kira, sitting on a grey beanbag. Kira is a white non-binary person with light brown hair styled in a bob. They are wearing grey trousers, a grey mesh long-sleeved t-shirt, a black sleeveless t-shirt, and black boots. Kira holds a grey stone in their hands, covering part of their face, with only their eyes visible. Jeanna stands behind Kira. They are a white non-binary person with short brown hair, wearing black trousers, an orange jumper, and a beige apron. Jeanna is throwing up a soft, grey felt wool stone, looking at it with concentration as it flies over Kira's head. Behind Miriam, on the left, is Ziliä, a BIPOC woman with long black hair braided into two pigtails. She is wearing a black dress and black boots, with an orange scarf hanging from her waist. She is jumping and laughing. Victoria is standing on a ladder behind everyone. She is a mixed Asian (Oirat)/Armenian woman with black hair in a ponytail, wearing black trousers and a black blouse with wide sleeves. She is stretching a thin white rope in opposite directions with a thoughtful expression on Victoria's face. 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 below⁠

The performance „Dissolution“ is a search for sensitivity and a process of mourning. The performers – Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Miriam Cochanski, Victoria Sarangova and Ziliä Qansurá – explore how sensitivity to differences has been repeatedly erased and how this sensitivity can reemerge.

They invite each other, along with the audience, into spaces where something or someone was absent and left unmourned. Queer, trans, Indigenous, non-Russian, disabled and nonhuman perspectives—often separated by Russian rules—are reinterpreted through relationships of interdependence.

The colonial notion of a single form of justice with a singular collective memory begins to dissolve. Instead of dreaming up a general future for a „free Russia“, the artists mourn the steppes, mountains, swamps, stones, animals, lost languages, spirits, and people. Grief permeates everything. All is in a state of dissolution. The artists themselves carry this dissolution within them. They express this feeling through various means – texts, visuals, sounds, felting, embroidery, magic instructions and parallel play in a nonlinear way.

Can they support each other’s grief without denial even as fatigue, anger, and loss shape both their bodies and the landscapes around them? More information in the accessibility-brochure and road_description.

Image description: The photo shows the five performers of Dissolution: Miriam Cochanski, Kira Shmyr, Jeanna Kolesova, Ziliä Qansurá and Victoria Sarangova. In the foreground, in the center, is Miriam. She is a white woman sitting in her wheelchair. Miriam has long, brown, curly hair, wears a black blouse, a short black skirt, black leggings, and grey shoes. She is smiling directly at the camera while holding a silver slinky.
On the right is Kira, sitting on a grey beanbag. Kira is a white non-binary person with light brown hair styled in a bob. They are wearing grey trousers, a grey mesh long-sleeved t-shirt, a black sleeveless t-shirt, and black boots. Kira holds a grey stone in their hands, covering part of their face, with only their eyes visible.
Jeanna stands behind Kira. They are a white non-binary person with short brown hair, wearing black trousers, an orange jumper, and a beige apron. Jeanna is throwing up a soft, grey felt wool stone, looking at it with concentration as it flies over Kira’s head.
Behind Miriam, on the left, is Ziliä, a BIPOC woman with long black hair braided into two pigtails. She is wearing a black dress and black boots, with an orange scarf hanging from her waist. She is jumping and laughing.
Victoria is standing on a ladder behind everyone. She is a mixed Asian (Oirat)/Armenian woman with black hair in a ponytail, wearing black trousers and a black blouse with wide sleeves. She is stretching a thin white rope in opposite directions with a thoughtful expression on Victoria’s face.

  • Weitere Termine

    Fr. 11.10.2024 — 19:30 Tickets
    Sa. 12.10.2024 — 19:30 Tickets
    Fr. 18.10.2024 — 19:30 Tickets
    Sa. 19.10.2024 — 19:30 Tickets

  • Funding

    IMPACT-Förderung, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt

  • Accessibility

    Audio Flyer 1
    Audio Flyer 2

    Accessible without steps
    No barrier-free bathroom at the moment. The bathrooms are located 50 m from the space and accessible with ramp
    Relaxed Performance
    Early Boarding
    English spoken language
    Integrated Audio Description in English
    English  Overall Titles

    accessibility-brochure
    road_description

  • Touch tour/Pick-up service

    A touch tour takes place at 6:45 pm every day before the performance. For pick-up service you can register Monday to Sunday via barrierefreiheit@berlinerringtheater.de or from Monday to Friday from 3 pm till 6 pm by calling +49 162 809 31 79, or leave a voice message anytime. The meeting point for the pick-up service is the S-Bahn station Treptower Park at 6:15 pm. Each day, there is also a pick-up service from the entrance gate to the Neue Zukunft area, where the Berliner Ringtheater is located. A team member will be at the entrance gate from 6:30 pm to help guide you to the theater.

  • Language

    English spoken language
    Integrated Audio Description in English
    English Subtitles

  • Credits

  • Concept

    Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Victoria Sarangova, Ziliä Qansurá

  • Performers

    Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Miriam Cochanski, Victoria Sarangova, Ziliä Qansurá

  • Visuals

    Irina Nodiova, Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Victoria Sarangova, Ziliä Qansurá

  • Text contributions

    Irina Nodirova, Mira Gafar

  • Accessibility dramaturgy

    Ari Althaus, Kira Shmyr

  • Audio Description

    Ari Althaus and Team

  • Stage Design

    Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Victoria Sarangova, Ziliä Qansurá

  • Costumes

    Jeanna Kolesova, Kira Shmyr, Miriam Cochanski, Victoria Sarangova, Ziliä Qansurá

  • Video Design

    Bryan Schall

  • Sound and Light

    Georgii Malykh

  • Light set up

    M.Ali Dönmez

  • Outside eye

    Ann-Reb Thomas

  • Project support

    Mariia Vorotilina

  • Care assistant

    Sophie Lembcke

  • Facilitator

    Anajara Amarante

  • Foto

    Louisa Boeszoermeny

  • Graphic

    Balzhima