Sharing: Dodzi Dougban

Fatherhood

Dodzi's artistic work builds bridges between the deaf and hearing worlds. As a choreographer, he poetically integrates elements of sign language into dance, creating a unique physical language on stage. The residency at Skånes Dansteater is part of the creation of the solo dance performance ‘Fatherhood’. With this performance, Dodzi wants to give a voice to deaf fathers who, after a separation, are often subjected to systematic discrimination and lose contact with their children. Through a powerful mix of sign language, hip hop, crumping and contemporary dance, he explores themes such as exclusion, longing and resilience.

See some of what Dodzi has been working on and hear him talk about his artistry. A unique opportunity to see a work in the creative process. Dodzi is also interested in meet the audience, exchanging ideas, and talk about the piece together.

The sharing and the conversation is interpreted to spoken English and Swedish sign language.

Sign-up

Sign-up by emailing dialog@skanesdansteater.se

It’s free of charge.

The residency is a part of the trans-national project Europe Beyond Access, funded by Creative Europe – EU, supporting disabled and Deaf artists to break the glass ceilings of contemporary dance and theatre.

About Dodzi Dougban

Dodzi Dougban, born in 1979, grew up in Recklinghausen, Germany. He is Deaf from birth. As a professional dancer, choreographer, model, and actor, he has performed in numerous stage productions and performance projects. Influenced by these experiences, he found his artistic focus in hip-hop dance, and became five-time German champion and three-time European champion. His work as a dancer, choreographer, and actor has been featured in various video, tv and dance theatre productions. 

Most recently, he appeared in Time to Shine (directed and choreographed by Takao Baba) at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and in Hell and Swanfate (choreographed by Ursina Tossi), co-produced by Kampnagel Hamburg and TanzFaktur Cologne. Since 2013, he has been closely collaborating with Un-Label Performing Arts, with which he most recently developed the production Gravity, that guest perfrmed at Skånes Dansteater during DansFunk Festival 2022.