Berlin Ballroom Community & OPULENCE

THE OPULENCE BALL (Voguing Ball)

Performance
Dance

In celebration of this year’s festival, Berlin Ballroom Community teams up with OPULENCE, a London-based queer multimedia art collective. Together they celebrate voguing, ballroom culture, music, queer, trans*, and nonbinary people of colour. More information on the schedule and the categories via the Facebook-Event here.

From 24:00: Aftershow-Party (Admission 5 €).

Dates

Past

Sat 26.5.2018, 21:00 / HAU2

Credits

Concept and production: Mic Oala. Coproduction: HAU Hebbel am Ufer and OPULENCE.

Location

HAU2

Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.

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