Simone Dede Ayivi

Last updated
Simone Dede Ayivi
Born1982
Hanau, Hesse, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Hidesheim
Known for Director, Performer, Dramaturg

Simone Dede Ayivi (born 1982) is a German director, performer, and dramaturg who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her works play with established ways of seeing by breaking down and placing stereotypes into new contexts. [1] Her work is typically read in relation to her own Afro-German biography and through the lenses of decolonization and afro-feminism.

Contents

Life and education

Simone Dede Ayivi was born in 1982 in Hanau am Main, Germany. [2] She studied Cultural Studies and aesthetic practice at the University of Hildesheim. [1] During her time at the university, she also produced numerous theatrical productions and was a member of the management team at the Theaterhaus Hildesheim.

While Simone Dede Ayivi is most known for her theater productions, she has is also a published writer, having written essays for various publications including taz [3] and a contribution to the anthology collection Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (2019) titled "Zusammen" [4] which was translated to English and published in the US in 2020 as "Together." [5]

Major works

Her major works include Queens (2018), [6] First Black Woman in Space (2016), [7] Now I'm Here, Performing Black (2015), [8] Black Hair Politics, We Play., and War of the Squirrels. [9]

Related Research Articles

Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television series based on the concept introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show.

Ideal was one of the more successful German Neue Deutsche Welle music groups. It is best known for the songs "Blaue Augen", "Berlin", and "Monotonie" (Monotony).

Lied für NRW or Hier an Rhein und Ruhr und in Westfalen is, since the 60th anniversary celebrations of North Rhine-Westphalia, a non-official regional anthem of this German Bundesland. There are many local anthems of certain regions of North Rhine-Westphalia, but there had not yet been an anthem for the entire state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brings</span> German rock and carnival band

Brings are a band from Germany which perform most songs in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch. Founded in 1990, they established themselves playing rock music; their lyrics are performed in Kölsch and, since 1995, also in standard German. After the successful single Superjeilezick (2001) they specialized in Cologne party hits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helena Waldmann</span> German choreographer and theater director

Helena Waldmann is a German choreographer and theater director.

Radikal jung – Das Festival junger Regisseure is an annual weeklong German theatre festival at the Münchner Volkstheater, Munich. It began in 2005, as a forum and stage for the next generation of directors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angelika Schrobsdorff</span> German writer

Angelika Schrobsdorff was a German writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frei.Wild</span> German rock band from South Tirol, Italy

Frei.Wild is a German rock band from Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy. Its members belong to the German-speaking population of South Tyrol and their songs are mostly in German.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arzu Toker</span> German writer

Arzu Toker is a German-speaking writer, journalist, publicist and translator of Turkish descent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marianna Salzmann</span>

Sasha Marianna Salzmann is a German playwright, essayist, theatre curator and novelist. She is writer in residence at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin where she was artistic director of the studio theatre, Studio Я, from 2013 to 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mats Staub</span> Swiss artist (b. 1972)

Mats Staub is a Swiss artist. He mainly lives and works in Berlin. His projects have been presented worldwide, including at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Kaserne Basel, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich, Théâtre de Vidy Lausanne, the Berne Museum of Communication, the Theaterformen Festival in Hannover/Braunschweig, the Wiener Festwochen, the Adelaide Festival, the Bienal de Arte Mediales in Santiago de Chile, and the South African International Documentary Festival Encounters in Cape Town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyung-hwa Choi-ahoi</span> South Korean drawer, author and art professor

Kyung-hwa Choi-ahoi is a South Korean graphic artist, author and university teacher living in Germany, with a focus on drawing. From 2015 to 2019 she was a professor for drawing at the University of the Arts Bremen and has been a professor for drawing at the Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin since 2019. She lives in Hamburg and Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ute Scheub</span> German journalist and author

Ute Scheub is a German journalist-commentator, political analyst and author. A woman of robust intellect and powerful convictions, she is also sometimes identified as a campaigner.

Sheri Hagen is a German actor, writer, director, and film producer based in Berlin, owner of the production company Equity Film GmbH, and promoter and advocate for diversity within German film.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mithu Sanyal</span> German cultural studies scholar, journalist, and author

Mithu Melanie Sanyal, also known as Mithu M. Sanyal, is a German academic in cultural studies, a journalist and author. Her main focuses are on feminism, racism, pop culture and postcolonialism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hengameh Yaghoobifarah</span> German-Iranian journalist and author

Hengameh Yaghoobifarah is a German-Iranian non-binary journalist and author.

Britta is an indie rock band, founded in the beginning of 1997 in Berlin, Germany. The band produced four albums, which were all released on the indie label Flittchen Records.

Sigrid Grajek is a German actor and cabaret actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isa Melsheimer</span> German artist

Isa Melsheimer is a German sculptor, object and installation artist, painter and university lecturer.

References

  1. 1 2 Spieß, Martin (2017-01-20). "Interviewreihe "Davon leben": Interview mit Simone Dede Ayivi (Theatermacherin)". Zebrabutter (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. ↑ Spieß, Martin (2017-01-20). "Interviewreihe "Davon leben": Interview mit Simone Dede Ayivi (Theatermacherin)". Zebrabutter (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. ↑ taz. die tageszeitung. "Artikel von Simone Dede Ayivi - taz.de". taz.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. ↑ Ullstein Buchverlage: Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-27.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ S, Michael; berg (28 March 2020). "Together / Simone Dede Ayivi / translated by Michael Sandberg | TRANSIT | TRANSIT" . Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. ↑ "Künstlerhaus Mousonturm - Simone Dede Ayivi (Berlin) QUEENS". www.mousonturm.de. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Künstlerhaus Mousonturm - Simone Dede Ayivi (Berlin) First Black Woman in Space". www.mousonturm.de. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Ballhaus Naunynstraße - Performing Back". www.ballhausnaunynstrasse.de. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  9. ↑ "Ballhaus Naunynstraße - Krieg der Hörnchen". www.ballhausnaunynstrasse.de. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.