BOCCALERO
Laura Stellacci

Artist, nun, social worker, activist — Sister Karen Boccalero (1933-1997, Los Angeles) wore many hats. Or should I say, habits? She always wore pants, never a habit, always spoke her mind, always. She drank, smoked, and cursed. She was not your typical nun.

In “Boccalero”, three dancers summon her contradictory personality.

A tribute, a cover song, an ode to a woman who refused to be easy. In this work, dance becomes commemoration, incantation — an aggressive devotion to a fictionalized figure.

Laura Stellacci (Artistic Director)

Liza Baliasnaja (Dancer)

kemelo nozipho sehlapelo (Dancer)

René Alejandro Huari Mateus (Dancer)

Reiner-André Törner (Costume Design)

take the money and run GbR (Creative Producers)

Laura Salerno (Light Design)

Antonia Beeskow (Sound Design)

Paolo Stellacci (Music Production)

Mousonturm co-production – HMWK – Ottillie-Roederstein-Nachwuchsstipendium