TECHNOMARMELADE
(c) Andreas Neu
TECHNOMARMELADE
TECHNOMARMELADE is an absurd-grotesque physical theatre duet by Eszter Parragi and Dahlia Nyx about power relations in private and intimate relationships, with live music by Katarzyna Wieczerzak.
A card game decides which of the two female characters will receive the attribute of power: a noble hat. The winner becomes a lady, the loser a servant.
Both are in a hierarchical relationship to each other. How long will this remain pleasurable for them? What happens when the pleasure is lost?
Our concern is to process entanglements of power, dependence, and eroticism in an artistic and complex way. We act largely non-verbally, accompanied by raw poetic live music and songs. Aesthetically, the piece is inspired by silent films.
Age: suitable for 16 years and over
TECHNOMARMELADE (2020)
Concept/direction/performance: Eszter Parragi u. Dahlia Nyx
Live music: Katarzyna Wieczerzak
Lighting: Patricio Tonato
Video/photography (documentation of the performance): Yukihiro Ikutani
Editing (trailer): Ichi Go
Press photos: Yukihiro Ikutani, Tobi Jall, Jan Sobottka, Andreas Neu, Daniel Voskresensky
Premiere at ACUD-Theater, 02. Oct 2020,
Audience discussion with Beatrix Joyce from
TheaterScoutings, 09. Oct 2020
rehearsed at Theaterhaus Mitte
Photographic documentation by Jan Sobottka
Interview Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
Program: Plus Eins, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, December 2020
Author: Bettina Conradi
Eszter Parragi, Dahlia Nyx (c) catonbed.de
Premiere at ACUD, Oct 2020, Dahlia Nyx and Eszter Parragi (c) Yukihiro Ikutani
Premiere at ACUD, Oct 2020 (c) catonbed.de
Eszter Parragi, Dahlia Nyx (c) catonbed.de
AUDIENCE DISCUSSION WITH THEATERSCOUTINGS
“Two grotesque characters (played by Eszter Parragi and Dahlia Nyx) are caught in a delicate power game: in a series of kooky vignettes, they shape-shift between slave and dominatrix, jester and soldier, friend and foe. From seducing each other with cherry tomatoes to a card game gone rogue, they edge into a complex, shifting relationship of interdependency. The live music by Katarzyna Wieczerzak amplifies the action with re-imagined folk songs, giving the swift twists and turns a cinematic feel. In a sweet-and-sour power-jam, Technomarmelade mixes desire with absurdity, torment with sparkle.”
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Beatrix Joyce, 2021 (TheaterScoutings)
(c) Giampiero Assumma
(c) Butow Romey
(c) catonbed.de
Berlin-based dancer, poet, and director from Hungary.
(for more information see German translation)
Eszter Parragi
Street musician and physical theatre actress.
Expert for special and last minute tasks. Double bass player in the bands Probleme de Luxe and Gypsy Trio.
Violinist, singer and mandolin player in the Tarara Band. Co-founder of the Panthea Mime Theatre.
Katarzyna Wieczerzak
is a performer, actress, professional BDSM companion (domme/ switch) and escort.
Both areas - sex work (or eroticism) and art - are closely intertwined in her work.
The hidden and the absurd hold a fascination for her.
In her search for forms to make the invisible visible, she wanders through different artistic disciplines and experience realms to create timeframed moments of intimacy.