Based on Maurice Ravel’s musical composition Bolero, which is both a permanent crescendo and pure ecstasy, Rykena/Jüngst embarks on a playful and sensual search for choreographic forms of climax in her new production STRIPPING BOLERO.

The piece plays with climaxes, breaks them down, reassembles them, and weaves together set pieces from well-known dramas, dance history, and the staging of climax in striptease. Through dance, sign language, sign language poetry, audio description, and erotic storytelling, a multi-sensory performance emerges in which teasing and sensuality become the aesthetics of access and invitation: the theater space intensifies, tension is maintained, dissolves, climaxes shift, bodies fall to the ground or tell stories backwards.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION

The photo shows two performers from Stripping Bolero sitting on a low, simple platform in a white, empty room.

Raymond (he/him) is sitting on the left. He has white, sun-tanned skin and shoulder-length dark hair. Raymond is wearing burgundy sweatpants, an open jacket with a gray feather boa around his neck, and pointed silver high heels. His posture is elegant and confident. He is looking directly into the camera—one arm is raised as if he is playing with the fluffy fabric.

Emil (he/him) is sitting on the right. He has pale white skin, short blond hair, and wears glasses. His legs are casually crossed, and he wears a black jogging suit with wide-open leg slits and red tulle stripes on the arms, as well as light silver sneakers. His fingernails are painted a striking bright red. Emil looks at Raymond defiantly and with interest.

Artistic Directors Carolin Jüngst & Lisa Rykena
Performance Emil Leske, Raymond Liew Jin Pin, Lisa Rykena
Dramaturgy for Aesthetics of Access Manuela Schemm, Pernille Sonne, Eyk Kauly, Susanne Tod
Outside Eye Matthias Quabbe
Sounddesign, Music Raphaela Andrade Cordova
Soundresearch Carl Hoffmann
Stage Lea Kissing
Costume Catharina Holtgrave
Light Ricarda Schnoor (Hamburg), Ramona Lehnert (Munich)
Overtitles & Access-Assistance Pauline Michel
Creative Producing Rat & Tat Kulturbüro
PR, Audience Development Hark Empen
PR Photography Julian Baumann
Stage Photography Jonas Fischer
Videodocumentation Martin Prinoth
Access-Assistance Alessandra Brugnetti, Gunda Schröder
DGS-Translators Elisabeth Brichta (Munich), Sarah Nester (Munich), Sina Codreanu (Munich), Yvonne Trabert (Munich), Marie Schaper (Hamburg), Christina Müller (Hamburg), Noa Winand (Hamburg), Nicole Ostrycharczyk (Hamburg), Clara Bosse (Hamburg)

Fotocredit: Julian Baumann

Premiere:
Hamburg premiere: 26.11.2025 Kampnagel. Munich premiere: 16.01.2026 HochX.

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