[I-CARE] Roommates – Performed at Arkadaş Theatre Cologne, Oct 19th/20th, 2015

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“Roommates” was created within the project “I-CARE — InterCulture Against Racism in Europe”. The play “Roommates” is the first step of the three-year project “I-CARE - InterCulture Against Racism in Europe”. Under the artistic direction of renowned choreographer and breakdancer Youngung Sebastian Kim aka Jaekwon young artists from three countries have worked together in an international residency to develop and rehearse this performance. In the coming years, they will continue this work in Italy and Lithuania. Dancers, singers, actors, media artists and a live band intertwine their artistic languages. The diversity within the cast provides for colliding perspectives from different corners of Europe. Through the plot they negotiate a part of common way: We are all “Roommates” in a Europe that is increasingly determined by migration and globalisation. Performed and created by: Alessandro Bardi – bass, guitar and songwriting Andrius Šarka – vocals, guitar, spoken word and songwriting Beatrice Croce – dance, acting and vocals Davide Sibilia – vocals, acting and dance Dena Abdulahi – vocals, acting, dance and songwriting Edoardo Groppler – acting, spoken word and dance Eduard Tsybulskyi – drums, percussion and songwriting Emilė Ribokaitė – keyboards, vocals, acting, dance and songwriting Greta Vyšniauskaitė – acting, dance and percussion Ieva Savickaitė – acting, spoken word, dance, vocals and percussion Ingrida Čepanonytė – acting, vocals, percussion and songwriting Jan-Maurice Wolter – dance, acting and percussion Johanna Kronhofer – assistant director Julija Loginovich – vocals, dance, acting, percussion and songwriting Kang Chen – dance and acting Kristina Marija Kulinič – acting, vocals and spoken word Laima Penekaitė – visuals Leonardo Mariotti – keyboards, beat production, backing vocals and songwriting Martina Logi – vocals, acting, dance and songwriting Max Leo Rathmann – dance, acting, trumpet, vocals and percussion Sepehr Baradaran Amini Farshi – acting, soundscapes and percussion Tiffany Kim – violin, acting, dance, percussion and songwriting Tommaso Pedroni – vocals, contact juggling, acting, percussion and songwriting Valentina Ciani – vocals, acting and dance Zenzi Faßbender – dance, acting, poi, vocals and percussion ... with the artistic team. Artistic Director, Dance and Choreography Coach: Youngung Sebastian Kim a.k.a. Jaekwon Vocal, Performance and Songwriting Coach: Kate Nelson Asmanidis Band Coach, Musical Director and Live Sound Engineer: Vasili Asmanidis Art Director, Live Visuals, Media and Stage Design Coach: Ioannis Mihailidis All band arrangements by the Band with Vasili Asmanidis Lights Engineer: Michele Hövelmanns Live Video Camera and Editing: Mario Wülfrath Audio Recording and Mixing for Video: Florian Mimm Additional Live Video Camera Operators: Markus Kauert, Laima Penekaitė, Sascha Düx Photo Documentary, Support, Booklet Layout/Production: Aileen Wessely Cover, Poster and Flyer Design/Layout: Thomas Landes Skyline Artwork: Laima Penekaitė Project Management: Janna Hadler, Sascha Düx Anti-racism Training: Sina Schindler, Ahmet Sinoplu „I-CARE“ is a ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V. project in cooperation with the international ROOTS & ROUTES network, funded by the European Union programme Erasmus+ (youth chapter) and the programme ewoca³ by IBB e. V. that is funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Stiftung Mercator. International partners are Kaunas Cultural Centre of Various Nations (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Associazione Centro di Creazione e Cultura (Florence, Italy). The team thanks the EU programme Erasmus+, the programme ewoca³ by IBB e. V. (funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Stiftung Mercator), Arkadaş Theatre Cologne, Ford Community Involvement, Weltempfänger Hostel, Medienzentrale des Erzbistums Köln, Tascam, Cologne Sound Technologies, SKM Köln/Lucky’s Haus, Landesmusikakademie NRW, KulturKircheKöln, Dainius Babilas, Marina Bistolfi, Horst Hadler, Inge Hilbig, Thomas Jung, Peter Ölhoff, Heiko Walter and Tobias Königsfeld for their valuable support. © 2015 ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V., the international ROOTS & ROUTES network and all artists involved.