BÄÄÄM

A dance performance for a deaf and hearing audience ages 4 and up
Wild and soft, round as a ball and angular, shimmering and fluid, firm and fluttering, heavy and floating—three performers play with objects and bodies, dance and drum, stomp and jump, tap and make sounds. The partially deaf performer Geli Strahl, dancer Moonjoo Kim, and drummer Rie Watanabe explore rhythms, vibrations, and oscillations that flow through the body, inviting the audience to engage with all their senses—without a single word. A journey of discovery through sound waves, body waves, and “wow” moments for both deaf and hearing audiences—calm and fast-paced, clear and chaotic, precise and haphazard, humorous, quirky, playful, crazy—BÄÄÄM.

Concept and Direction: Barbara Fuchs
Music Curation: Jörg Ritzenhoff
Set Design: Regina Rösing
Lighting Design: Wolfgang Pütz
Performance: Moonjoo Kim and Geli Strahl
Music and Performance: Rie Watanabe
Dramaturgy: Vivica Bocks
Public Relations: Kerstin Rosemann
Accessibility Consultant: Sabine Lindlar
Production Manager: Carina Graf
Educational Program Concept: Dodzi Dougban, Geli Strahl, Diana Treder

“Here, art becomes an experience that needs no messages, but arises entirely from what it offers to the eyes and ears.” Kölnische Rundschau

Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Cologne, Performing Arts Fund financed by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Co-production: Consol Theater, tanzhaus nrw, Kölner Künstler:innen Theater