About The Event
Situation with Doppelganger is an essay performance about dancing that deals with the appropriation of ``black`` and other forms of minority dances in the pop culture and minstrel shows of the 19th century. Julian Warner & Oliver Zahn dance a gruelling line-up of black and white dance styles that have been appropriated and commercialised throughout European and American culture. What is the significance of dances? Do they belong to anybody in particular and who then is allowed to perform them? Situation with Doppelganger examines the construction of authenticity, identity and the process of cultural appropriation in its various manifestations.
