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Credits: Bella Rudzki, Sevasti Giannitsi

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performer

performing arts producer / project manager

about me

i perform, direct, write and produce in the independent performing arts scene in Berlin.

my work uses autofiction, photography and drag, mostly in the theatre space, and deals with topics such as being non-binary, belonging, invisible structures, bureaucracy, categorisation and appearance.

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next show: June 26, 9pm
at 100° Diaspora / Performing Exiles Festival (Berlin, DE)

In a solo with a Polaroid camera, Rodrigo Zorzanelli stages performative self-portraits based on personal experiences of citizenship acquisition in Germany and of coming out as non-binary person. Every photo that is taken and developed on stage changes something.
It changes the appearance, makes the rigid body fluid, and dissolves the clear belonging to a certain social group. Lip Sync with an AI generated voice, wigs and contact lenses, magnifying glasses and fabric backdrops create arrangements that mask, shine, disturb – a dazzling and constantly transforming staging of the self.

A new installation of Polaroids is created in every show. The scenic exaggeration negotiates not only bureaucratic categorization and identification, but also the framework narrative of unambiguous ethno-state and gender identity.

Credits: Rina Nakano

Projekte

i’d love to hear from you for collaborations. just reach out to

rodzorzanelli@gmail.com

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