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» Of Homage and Resistance «

Research and exhibition project


Made possible by the Habibi Kiosk of the Münchner
Kammerspiele, this project investigates the Ukrainian
genderfluid dancer and artist Alexander Sakharoff, 
who is considered a pioneer of modern dance.

Like many of his contemporaries, Alexander Sacharoff
shared a great enthusiasm for Greek antiquity. This
was especially visible in his choreographies, whichwere
based on vase paintings of this epoch. Thus, his dance
did not consist of flowing movements, but of a sequence
of progressive poses.
The dance direction of voguing is also based on images;
in this case, images of fashion magazine titles such as
Vogue. Here, too, the dance originally arose from the
juxtaposition of poses.

Both dance genres are an expression of
queer life realities, homage, and resistance.



In Sacharoff's case, the reference is not only homage,
but also legitimation for his art, an art beyond the
academically recognized. In a way, he used the reference
as a legiti-mation to be allowed on a larger stage at all.
In voguing, the reference is a way to immerse oneself in
a world of fashion and glamour, a world that remains
closed to the vast majority of people in the ballroom
community.

Both, Sacharoff’s dance and Voguing are not just about
paying homage to these reference cultures. The homage
is a self-empowering reinterpretation and thus also
becomes a protest.

Together, voguer Santi Bodega Revlon and I have
developed a choreography and imagery based on sketches
by Alexander Sacharoff that take up Sacharoff's poses
and transport them into the world of voguing. Big stage
meets subculture, Greek antiquity meets pop culture
and fashion.

> interview
> choreography (video)
> behind the scenes (video)
> rehearsals (video)


Production of the Habibi Kiosk of the Münchner Kammerspiele. In cooperation with DANCE 2023 Festival and Munich Dance Histories.

Credits
Dance & Choreography:
Santi Bodega Revlon
Costume:
Hansinger Munich
Photo & Video:
Leoni Marie Hübner

Voguing Class 

Behind the Scenes

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Credits
1. Toby, Jafer & Domi
2. Jafer 
3. Rehearsals
4. Jafer’s Legs
Running on Cargo