Batty Bwoy is a solo which doesn’t start with a question, or a critique, but from a place of play and desire, entangled in violence and charming cruelty. Through a reappropriation of the Jamaican term “Batty Bwoy” (literally, butt boy), slang for a queer person, the work twists and turns the myths of the black queer body unfolding vulnerable possibilities in an interplay of consciousness and naivety.

Scrutinizing the absurdity of a queer monstrosity, Batty Bwoy articulates through the porosity of bodies and languages, their mouths swallowing and regurgitating the corporal fictions projected onto their skins.

Co-production: Dansens Hus, RAS
Supported by: Norwegian Art council, Fond for lyd og bilde, FFUK, Sandnes Kommune, Tou Scene
Producer: Mariana Suikkanen Gomes
Distribution: Damien Valette
Thanks to: Tobias Leira, Ingeborg Staxrud Olerud

Winner of Hedda Award like Best Performance of Dance 2023 and nominated to Norwegian Critics Association Prize 2022.

As part of Fabbrica Europa 2024.
In collaboration with Fondazione Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

ph. Tale Hendnes