Main AuditoriumLille Opera
Androgynous
26.27 SEASON / Portrait of a Naked Dancer
Saturday, 14 November 2026 - 18:00
Main AuditoriumLille Opera
A century ago, a young woman turned a night club into an avant-garde scene and her body into a symbol of sensual resistance. Anita Berber, who died at just twenty-nine years of age, is a counter-culture icon, and undoubtedly the first woman to perform nude on stage. Her transgressive art, which blends eroticism and gender fluidity, perfectly embodies the creative fever that swept through Berlin in the 1920s. But her works were nearly completely erased by the Nazi regime. All that remains of her magnetic performances are reviews in the press and police reports, which focus exclusively on their scandalous nature.
Stage director Lola Arias collaborated with performer and pole dancer River Roux to create this bold work at the crossroads of documentary theatre and choreography. Alongside former gay porn actor Bishop Black and seventy-year-old drag queen Dieter Rita Scholl, Roux tells Anita’s life story and brings the enchanting beauty of her performances back to life. Alluding to their own personal stories, the three artists also defy taboos with their bodies at a time when the threat of censure and erasure is increasingly present.
In English and German with French and Dutch surtitles
Running time: approx. 1 hr. 45 min. (no interval)
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