TRÜMMERFRAU
Part of The Home Front
RUIN – German Pavilion
61th VENICE BIENNALE 2026
DATES
03.10.2026
04.10.2026
23.10.2026
24.10.2026
20.11.2026
21.11.2026
22.11.2026
at 1 and 4 pm.
INFO
The performance TRÜMMERFRAU was created by Henrike Naumann in collaboration with the Venetian dance group II Posto, led by Wanda Moretti, who has been developing Danza Verticale since the 1990s – a dance style that moves vertically along walls, thereby treating Venice’s urban space as a stage.
The music includes compositions by Naumann’s longtime musical collaborator Bastian Hagedorn, as well as the song Ninna Nanna 1932 by the Italian singer Milva and the track Ich schau in dein Gesicht (composed by Benedikt Wojtas) by the punk band Telekoma from Frankfurt (Oder), in a cover version by Ben Bloodygrave.
The text of Ninna Nanna 1932 was originally written by Bertolt Brecht as part of his anti-fascist cycle Vier Wiegenlieder einer proletarischen Mutter (Four Lullabies of a Proletarian Mother). It addresses the fear for a child’s future in a hostile world against the backdrop of the rise of National Socialism in Germany.
CREDITS
Choreography: Il Posto Vertical Dance – Wanda Moretti
Dancers: Francesca D’Agostino, Isabel Rossi
Costume Design: Andy Besuch
Sound Design: Bastian Hagedorn
Additional Editing and Mixing: Lennard Poschmann, Alissa Dovgucic
Performance Photos and Video: Max Maria Rüting
The performance is supported by the Stiftung Kunstfonds and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin.
Photo credits:
Performance Photos and Video: Max Maria Rüting
Maison Margiela, Haute Couture, Fall/Winter 2025/2026, July 2025, Photo: Courtesy Maison Margiela, screenshot via Youtube
A woman wearing a “civilian gas mask” outside the Gloria Palace following an air raid, Berlin, 1944. Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin