29.09.25—Making of a man+Muttikan (Artist Talk)
Dance makers Quindell Orton (MUN), Linda Dierich-Matzke (HH) and Marco Merendas (HH) introduce their work about queer identity and masculinity.
Munich-based dance artist Quindell Orton and Hamburg choreographers and performers Linda Dierich-Matzke and Marco Merendas will present their most recent works at SHD/ and share their perspectives on queer identity and masculinity in society and on stage.
In the lead-up to Orton’s upcoming lecture performance "Making of a man" at Sprechwerk on October 1, 2025, she will offer a sneak preview of her work and enter into dialogue with her Hamburg colleagues, who will introduce their upcoming show of "Muttikan" . Together, they will discuss and reflect on central themes in their practices.
29.09.2025, 19:00 ~ 20:30h
Free entrance / donation incl. drink
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➝ SHD, Hammer Deich 10, 20537 Hamburg
Featured performances
Making of a man
a lecture performance by Quindell Orton
One dancer, a projection screen, a live camera, a set of silicone abs, and a question: How does a body 'do' masculinity? 'Making of a Man' starts out like a TED talk, navigating through pop culture, politics, and personal interviews, before becoming a more slippery exploration of the leaky containers we build for masculine identity. Who gets to 'do' masculinity and how, and what potential lies in the unsettling of masculinity's rigidly chiseled codes?
01.10.25—20h
Hamburger Sprechwerk, Hamburg
Muttikan
Performance by Linda Dierich-Matzke, Marco Merendas a.m.
Neither kinky parties nor Beyoncé have succeeded in cracking the hard core of the millennia-old Roman Catholic tradition—a tradition that continually legitimises itself through the repeated performance of rituals. A tradition that systematically excludes, among others, women and queers. But now we say: enough with the Vatican – it’s time to open the Muttikan.
MUTTIKAN appropriates the Roman Catholic Mass as a performative format and develops a secular counter-model to it. Marco Merenda, Linda Lou Dierich-Matzke, and Christopher Ramm guide the audience through experiences that mischievously sneak new meanings into the actions and proceedings of the Mass. Catholic rituals and liturgical choreographies are translated on three interconnected levels: ritual-symbolic, content-based, and spatial-choreographic.
11.10.25—20:00h
12.10.25—18:00h
Hosek Contemporary, Berlin
