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A collage of images shows Katze Greeven in a marksman's uniform.
Todor Joe Musev

Katze Greeven:
Die Entfesselung
des Sebastian

Performance at the Werdersee / Pick-up at 18:15 at Schwankhalle

Performance
Premiere
Season Opening
Outdoor
19.9.
Fr
18:30
Pick-up at 18:15 at Schwankhalle
20.9.
Sa
18:30
Pick-up at 18:15 at Schwankhalle
21.9.
Su
18:30
Pick-up at 18:15 at Schwankhalle
With Q&A
Free admission

Performance on Sunday, September 21, moved to the auditorium. Followed by a Q&A session

0421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed—Fri 10:00 to 14:00, also answering machine) or ticket@schwankhalle.de

Please note: Our ticket hotline is not staffed on weekends or in the evenings.
The box office can be reached by telephone one hour before the start of the event on 0421 520 80 70.

The performance will take place on a meadow by the Werdersee lake.

The performances on Friday, Sep 19, and Saturday, Sep 20, will take place on the meadow by the Werdersee lake, directly behind the Schwankhalle. From the meeting point at the Schwankhalle, the audience and performers will walk together across the Weser embankment. The meadow can only be reached by descending uneven terrain and is not accessible to people with limited mobility.

The venue on Sunday, September 21, is located at the Deichschart kiosk at the Werdersee and is accessible to people with limited mobility. A public restroom that is wheelchair accessible is located nearby (detailed information at bremen.barrierefrei.de ↗). Due to the incline of the »Viets-Pad«, the walk from the Schwankhalle to the venue is not fully accessible. However, the venue can also be reached via the Deichschart without having to cross the embankment. The BSAG stop “Kirchweg” is located approx. 200 meters away.

Seating and standing places are available on both days of the event.

Duration: approx. 60 minutes without intermission.

In German and English spoken language.

Further information on the accessibility of our premises can be found here: Accessibility. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

Es werden Militär und strukturelle patriarchale Gewalt theamtisiert. Außerdem geht es um den Tod und die Fesselung des heiligen Sebastian. Vor allem letzteres wird auf humorvolle Weise verhandelt.

»What‘s more boring than flag waving? Watching people waving flags!« (Schützen-Weisheit – a saying from the Schützen club)

Katze Greeven grew up with the marksmen’s festival on the Lower Rhine and was spellbound watching the flag-waving at the Sunday parade. A flag-waving sequence typical of the region is »Die Fesselung und Entfesselung des heiligen Sebastian« (»The Binding and Unbinding of Saint Sebastian«), in which a flag is waved in horizontal circles around the body from head to toe. Each circle describes an area as flat as the Lower Rhine itself.

In Katze’s village, all flag wavers were men. Now the artist wants to become a flag waver herself and has her brother teach her the sequences to bring them to Bremen. Together with the musician Cordula Heins and the horn player Karin Knobloch, Katze recreates the choreography of (un-)binding and lets Sebastian speak. How malleable are military, Christian and patriarchal roots? Does a saint possess the potential of a drag king? And what is situated beyond boredom?

In a dialogue between flags, singing and brass instrument, a ritual unfolds as an entertaining show and urban custom on a meadow at the embankment behind the Schwankhalle. The performance raises questions about the role of the community in cities and the passing on of cultural heritage. Circle after circle, repetition becomes a symbol of breaking open traditions.

Instagram @katzegreeven ↗

Credits

Choreography & Performance: Katze Greeven
Vocals, Composition & Performance: Cordula Heins
Horn, Composition & Performance: Karin Knobloch
Costumes, Flags & Stage: Staeff Günther
Flag waving training: Laurenz Greeven
Dramaturgy: Judith Strodtkötter
Choreographic outside eye: Neus Ledesma Vidal
Critical observing: Yvonne Sembene
Production management: Anne Storm
Video: Todor Joe Musev & Melanie Hauffe

Thanks to: The Montagstiftung Kunst und Gesellschaft, the Kulturbüro Mönchengladbach, the St. Johannes Schützenbruderschaft Grietherbusch, the St. Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Korschenbroich, Andreas Lörcks & Frauks Schussmann

Co-production: Schwankhalle. Supported by the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Sparkasse Bremen, and the Ortsbeirat Neustadt.