THE PRESSING
Performance by Dani Brown
Performance
© Daniel K. B. Schmidt
© Daniel K. B. Schmidt
Ticket Prices
Pay as you can
28 / 24 / 20 / 16 Euro
reduced 12 Euro
Ticket Prices
Pay as you can
28 / 24 / 20 / 16 Euro
reduced 12 Euro
Ticket Prices
Pay as you can
28 / 24 / 20 / 16 Euro
reduced 12 Euro
Ticket Prices
Pay as you can
28 / 24 / 20 / 16 Euro
reduced 12 Euro
“THE PRESSING” is a solo performance by choreographer and performer Dani Brown that reclaims the word CUNT from vulgarity and transforms it into a speculative artistic entity. Surrendering body, voice, and choreographic practice to this imagined interlocutor, Brown creates a queer performance universe that is intimate, grotesque, humorous, and transcendent.
Movement, monologue, and song intertwine as CUNT appears as diva, oracle, director, and performer. Accompanied by the immersive soundscape of Justin F. Kennedy and framed by a Vanitas-inspired stage environment, Brown’s body morphs through human and nonhuman states – animal, vegetal, mythic, cinematic.
“THE PRESSING” explores the invisible forces of hormones, nerves, memory, and desire that shape embodied experience. The result is a visceral, sensual, and darkly humorous work about gendered flesh, agency, and transformation.
Visitor Information
Duration
Approx. 80 minutes
Language
In spoken English without surtitles
Content note
The performance contains nudity. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
Programme
A post-show audience discussion will take place following the performance on August 8.
Cast
Artistic direction and performance
Dani Brown
Sound design and performance
Justin F. Kennedy
Dramaturgy
Maja Zimmermann
Lighting design and technical direction
Catalina Fernandez
Flower design
BLUME & RAUM
Stage design
Jan Fack
Production
Tammo Walter
Photo and video
Daniel K. B. Schmidt
Graphic design
Peyman Pouryekta
Sound mastering
Florian von Keyserlingk
Cast
Artistic direction and performance
Dani Brown
Sound design and performance
Justin F. Kennedy
Dramaturgy
Maja Zimmermann
Lighting design and technical direction
Catalina Fernandez
Flower design
BLUME & RAUM
Stage design
Jan Fack
Production
Tammo Walter
Photo and video
Daniel K. B. Schmidt
Graphic design
Peyman Pouryekta
Sound mastering
Florian von Keyserlingk
Biographies
Dani Brown (1980) ist in Rochester, New York (USA), geboren und aufgewachsen. Nach diversen Kulturaustauschen hat Dani Brown am ArtEZ, College of Art, in Arnheim/Niederlande ihr Bachelorstudium in Tanz (Spezialisierung: Choreografin) abgeschlossen. Heute lebt sie in Berlin und arbeitet international als Choreografin, Performerin, Forscherin, Lehrerin und Intimitätskoordinatorin. Ihre Arbeiten und Kollaborationen werden weltweit gezeigt.
Justin F. Kennedy ist Tanzkünstler*in und erwarb Abschlüsse in Tanz und Ethnic Studies an der Wesleyan University sowie in Choreografie an der HZT Berlin. Kennedy performt und leitet Workshops zu Trance-Tanz und Science-Fiction-Oper und hat eng mit zahlreichen Künstler*innen zusammengearbeitet, darunter Dani Brown, Liz Kinoshita, Ethan Braun, Emma Howes, Mark Fell, Tino Sehgal, Ligia Lewis, Jeremy Shaw, Adam Linder, Peaches, Faustin Linyekula und Wu Tsang.
Biographies
Dani Brown (1980) ist in Rochester, New York (USA), geboren und aufgewachsen. Nach diversen Kulturaustauschen hat Dani Brown am ArtEZ, College of Art, in Arnheim/Niederlande ihr Bachelorstudium in Tanz (Spezialisierung: Choreografin) abgeschlossen. Heute lebt sie in Berlin und arbeitet international als Choreografin, Performerin, Forscherin, Lehrerin und Intimitätskoordinatorin. Ihre Arbeiten und Kollaborationen werden weltweit gezeigt.
Justin F. Kennedy ist Tanzkünstler*in und erwarb Abschlüsse in Tanz und Ethnic Studies an der Wesleyan University sowie in Choreografie an der HZT Berlin. Kennedy performt und leitet Workshops zu Trance-Tanz und Science-Fiction-Oper und hat eng mit zahlreichen Künstler*innen zusammengearbeitet, darunter Dani Brown, Liz Kinoshita, Ethan Braun, Emma Howes, Mark Fell, Tino Sehgal, Ligia Lewis, Jeremy Shaw, Adam Linder, Peaches, Faustin Linyekula und Wu Tsang.
Visitor Information
Duration
Approx. 80 minutes
Language
In spoken English without surtitles
Content note
The performance contains nudity. Recommended for ages 16 and up.
Programme
A post-show audience discussion will take place following the performance on August 8.
Credits
“THE PRESSING” is a production by Dani Brown in co-production with Radialsystem, funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with resources from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Radial Foundation. Supported by Arsenic Lausanne, ImpulsTanz, O Espaço do Tempo, Tanzhaus Zürich, New Fears Gallery for Dance and Performance, Trauma Bar und Kino, and Pharos Arts Foundation.
The 2026 revival is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, in cooperation with BLUME & RAUM.
Radialsystem media partners: The Berliner, tip Berlin, and taz – die tageszeitung.
Credits
“THE PRESSING” is a production by Dani Brown in co-production with Radialsystem, funded by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with resources from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as the Radial Foundation. Supported by Arsenic Lausanne, ImpulsTanz, O Espaço do Tempo, Tanzhaus Zürich, New Fears Gallery for Dance and Performance, Trauma Bar und Kino, and Pharos Arts Foundation.
The 2026 revival is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, in cooperation with BLUME & RAUM.
Radialsystem media partners: The Berliner, tip Berlin, and taz – die tageszeitung.
“THE PRESSING” is a solo performance by choreographer and performer Dani Brown that reclaims the word CUNT from vulgarity and transforms it into a speculative artistic entity. Surrendering body, voice, and choreographic practice to this imagined interlocutor, Brown creates a queer performance universe that is intimate, grotesque, humorous, and transcendent.
Movement, monologue, and song intertwine as CUNT appears as diva, oracle, director, and performer. Accompanied by the immersive soundscape of Justin F. Kennedy and framed by a Vanitas-inspired stage environment, Brown’s body morphs through human and nonhuman states – animal, vegetal, mythic, cinematic.
“THE PRESSING” explores the invisible forces of hormones, nerves, memory, and desire that shape embodied experience. The result is a visceral, sensual, and darkly humorous work about gendered flesh, agency, and transformation.
Cast
Artistic direction and performance
Dani Brown
Sound design and performance
Justin F. Kennedy
Dramaturgy
Maja Zimmermann
Lighting design and technical direction
Catalina Fernandez
Flower design
BLUME & RAUM
Stage design
Jan Fack
Production
Tammo Walter
Photo and video
Daniel K. B. Schmidt
Graphic design
Peyman Pouryekta
Sound mastering
Florian von Keyserlingk
Biographies
Dani Brown (1980) ist in Rochester, New York (USA), geboren und aufgewachsen. Nach diversen Kulturaustauschen hat Dani Brown am ArtEZ, College of Art, in Arnheim/Niederlande ihr Bachelorstudium in Tanz (Spezialisierung: Choreografin) abgeschlossen. Heute lebt sie in Berlin und arbeitet international als Choreografin, Performerin, Forscherin, Lehrerin und Intimitätskoordinatorin. Ihre Arbeiten und Kollaborationen werden weltweit gezeigt.
Justin F. Kennedy ist Tanzkünstler*in und erwarb Abschlüsse in Tanz und Ethnic Studies an der Wesleyan University sowie in Choreografie an der HZT Berlin. Kennedy performt und leitet Workshops zu Trance-Tanz und Science-Fiction-Oper und hat eng mit zahlreichen Künstler*innen zusammengearbeitet, darunter Dani Brown, Liz Kinoshita, Ethan Braun, Emma Howes, Mark Fell, Tino Sehgal, Ligia Lewis, Jeremy Shaw, Adam Linder, Peaches, Faustin Linyekula und Wu Tsang.
