Zapfenstreich – Mother Europe

The sight of grand military parades stirs an ambivalent discomfort in many. Boys* In Sync examines the fascination of the symbolic national display of power and embraces the ambivalence and discomfort of looking for the cracks.

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In 2021 the German chancellor Angela Merkel steps down after 16 years in office. She is being honored with a grand military ceremony called the Zapfenstreich. Boys* in Sync re-enacts the live broadcasting of the parade, asking: where is the queerness in this public display of synchronicity and power?
As performers and dancers from different European countries Boys* in Sync is treating the military movements as choreographies, examining the politics of masculinity, conformity and national symbolism. What are these choreographies missing? What strategies are needed to deconstruct them? How can one find the cracks and fill them with air, wigs and intimacy?

22/3: Parktheater Bensheim, Germany – Buy Tickets