What does society expect from me? And who would I be if I fulfilled all those expectations?

The performance project FRUTTA FRESCA shows an open deconstruction process. Two Italian performers appropriate a number of Italian-related cultural stereotypes through choreography, physical theatre and spoken word, thus creating two “hyper-Italian”, drag-inspired characters. Throughout the performance, they search for their true, authentic self - their identity beyond external, culturally conditioned attributions – by getting rid of their disguise piece by piece. Drawing upon personal experience as well as theoretical discourse, FRUTTA FRESCA aims at highlighting the fine line between appreciation, exoticisation and ascription of identity. The audience is given the opportunity to reflect on their own positioning in a non-judgmental environment.

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𝙱𝚈 & 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊 [𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]; 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒 [𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚌𝚘-𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]; 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚊𝚖𝚖 [𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎]; 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎 [𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚢, 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗]; 𝙶𝚒𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝙻𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎 [𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎-𝚞𝚙 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗]; 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙾𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗 [𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎]; 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚂𝚌𝚑ö𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒 [𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎-𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜].


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ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜᴇꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡꜱ ɪɴ ʙᴜᴄʜᴀʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍÜʟʜᴇɪᴍ ᴀɴ ᴅᴇʀ ʀᴜʜʀ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɪꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛᴏ ɪᴛᴀʟɪᴀɴᴏ ᴅɪ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀ ᴅɪ ʙᴜᴄʜᴀʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ „ᴡɪᴇᴅᴇʀᴀᴜꜰɴᴀʜᴍᴇ- ᴜɴᴅ ɢᴀꜱᴛꜱᴘɪᴇʟꜰÖʀᴅᴇʀᴜɴɢ“ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪᴅᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀᴄʜᴠᴇʀʙᴀɴᴅꜱ ꜰʀᴇɪᴇ ᴅᴀʀꜱᴛᴇʟʟᴇɴᴅᴇ ᴋÜɴꜱᴛᴇ ʜᴀᴍʙᴜʀɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜰʀᴇɪᴇ ᴜɴᴅ ʜᴀɴꜱᴇꜱᴛᴀᴅᴛ ʜᴀᴍʙᴜʀɢ, ʙᴇʜÖʀᴅᴇ ꜰÜʀ ᴋᴜʟᴛᴜʀ ᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴇɴ.

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