"a multilayered experiment that subverts stereotypes around Deafness, voice and pop culture. The piece treats participation as a sensory event and challenges the audience to question their own hearing. "
Jette Büchsenschütz
Berlin
Microphone Controller
Where gesture becomes music and listening becomes physical—Microphone Controller reimagines the rock concert for Deaf and hearing audiences through choreography, embodiment and language. In this 55 minute work, voice is displaced from sound and thrown into the body.
Rooted in CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) identity, the work draws on cultural immersion, responsibility, and translation between worlds. Refracted through the mythology of fame—this work asks what the power of voice costs, and who pays the price. As spectacle fractures into intimacy, Microphone Controller reveals a performer navigating pressure, expectation, and the unstable terrain between communication and expression.
Content Advisory: Strobe lighting and loud noises
Credits
- Choreographed, written and performed by: Lukas Malkowski
- Dramaturg: Antonia Gersch
- Lighting Designer Christopher Malkowski
- Sound Design & Music Coaching: Roland Meyer de Voltaire, Stephen Joffe
- Costume Design: Moussi Bang
- Projection & Caption Design: Laura Warren, Julia Cremers,
- Videography: Drew Berry
- ASL Coaching: Dawn Jani Birley, Gaitrie Persaud
- Lighting, Technical Director & Stage Manager: Emerson Karafowski
- Audio & Projection Technician: Adam Achacon
- Outside Eyes: Rita Mazza, Woosang Jeon, Rocio Parraga, Annalise Van Even, Breeanne Saxton
- French Caption Translation: Florence Cardinal
Made possible by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur Europa Berlin TanzPraxis 2022/3 Scholarship Fund, Tanzhaus Zurich, NBOC CreativAction’s Open Space Programme, and the Canada Council for the Arts