MOMENTO MOCHE
A scenic ritual that brings the ancient Peruvian Moche culture to life through psychedelic sounds and scenes. An immersive ritual that awakens all senses. Funded by IMPACT-Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. → Momento Moche
LA DAMA DE NAZCA (Maria fegt die Wüste)
Two worlds collide as a young mathematician follows her intuition and escapes looming disaster and societal constraints just before the Nazi rise to power. LA DAMA DE NAZCA is a contemporary theatre play that follows the footsteps of Maria Reiche and her encounter with the Nazca culture. The Nazca lines are giant drawings in the Peruvian desert, whose magnitude can only be appreciated from the air. Instead of conforming to a role of a housewife and wife, Maria follows the call of her heart and travels to Peru. In the desert, she dedicates herself fully to her solitary passion: the investigation of the lines. But when she encounters the mummy of a Nazca priestess, she has to fulfill a great promise. The play is accompanied live by Emilio Urbay with pre-Hispanic instruments from the Nazca culture, which are exact replicas of those found in the excavations. It also features choreographies by Luz Zenaida Hualpa García. The play has won numerous grants in Germany and Peru and can be booked in German and Spanish. →Maria fegt die Wüste | La Dama de Nazca . An interactive adaptation for young audiences has been available since 2023 → Maria fegt die Wüste |La Dama de Nazca
TARUKA SUCHT DEN REGEN
When the rain stops falling in Taruka’s community, the little deer child embarks on an adventurous journey with her friend, the musician Quechcan. Will they succeed in bringing the rain back?
Inspired by the iconography of the ancient Peruvian Moche culture, this children’s play combines spoken theatre, elements of traditional dances such as Tondero and Marinera, and music played on pre-Hispanic instruments. In a playful and accessible way, we bring global themes like friendship and respect for nature to life on stage for young audiences. → Taruka sucht den Regen
MACHA! is an interdisciplinary performance using the Marinera, a traditional dance from northern Peru, which emerged in colonial times from Hispanic, indigenous, and African roots, as a starting point to reflect on migration experiences, in order to question binary gender roles and the concept of „masculinity“. It is an authentic and exceptional approach to the reality of intersectional discrimination related to migration. The performance won UDK Interflugs Kulturförderung grant for its premiere in 2021. → Making Of
Fotos: Martin Rebaza
DIRECTOR: Sonja Ortiz
PERFORMERS: Diego Urbina & Luz Zenaida Hualpa García
CHOREOGRAPY: Luz Zenaida Hualpa García
PRODUCERS: Sonja Ortiz & Diego Urbina
PHOTOGRAPY: Martin Rebaza
GIRLS TO POWER! – KARNE KUNST 2020
Interdisciplinary workshop for bilingual girls in Berlin funded by Deutsche Telekom Stiftung. The objective is to reinforce the concepts of female leadership and empowerment through technology and art. → Karne Kunst
THEATER STRAHL 2017-2018
The piece and programming developed by STRAHL are intended for audiences ages 12 and up and provide an access point to theatre for first-timers. Young people are included in the play selection and development. The realities of their lives are explored on stage in a wide variety of aesthetic forms. As an invited teacher I participated in interdisciplinary encounters with refugee and non-refugee teenagers. → Theater Strahl
THEATERGRUPPE PLAYBACK BERLIN 2013-2018
Grimme-Award-winning PlayBack Berlin e.V. did interactive theater for young people of all educational levels. With our ideas, we offered young people a secure platform to talk about current topics related to mobbing and cyber-mobbing that were difficult for them to communicate. → Grimme Preis
SONJA ORTIZ - Actress/Director 