Sonya Lindfors - One Drop Day 2

Different Class members can attend this performance for free, when entering between 19:30 and 20:15.

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'One Drop' is a speculative summoning, a decolonial dream, an autopsy of the Western stage, and an operetta. Slipping in meanings and leaking through different categories, the work dives into the poetics and politics of relations, creating a stage that awakens the ghosts and connections lost or forgotten.

The work's title refers to two frameworks: the "one drop" rhythm, a reggae-style drum beat, and the "one drop rule" of the Race Separation Act in the United States from the early 1900s. According to this rule, a single drop of “Black blood” made a person “Black” despite their appearance. Through these starting points, the work interrogates the ghosts of the Western stage and its entanglements with capitalism, coloniality, and modernity.

'One Drop' continues Sonya Lindfors' series of works dealing with power, representation, and Black body politics. This is the second time Sonya presents at Beursschouwburg, following 'Cosmic Latte' in 2019.