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TEBELLO
 The Night Piece

Projects 2025 | Round 15
 
Coproduction partners: Village Gossip productions cc (South Africa), O-Team e.V. (Germany), Bahale Arts Development Centre (BADC) (Lesotho)
Tebello: A performer fills a participant's vessel in a ritual ceremony.

A performer fills a participant's vessel in a ritual ceremony. | © Justcoleart

Tebello: Two performers attach a Rorschach drawing to a hanging device; two masked performers stand nearby and observe the scene.

Two performers attach a Rorschach drawing to a hanging device; two masked performers stand nearby and observe the scene. | © Justcoleart

Tebello: A performer moves through the space in a dance; a Rorschach drawing is displayed in the background.

A performer moves through the space in a dance; a Rorschach drawing is displayed in the background. | © Justcoleart

Tebello: The participants chop vegetables and prepare a meal together.

The participants chop vegetables and prepare a meal together. | © Justcoleart

Tebello: Performers and participants move through the installation in a dance.

Performers and participants move through the installation in a dance. | © Justcoleart

Spending a night together – consciously suspended between dreaming and waking: Tebello – The Night Piece is an eleven-hour expedition into the cosmos of the night, created by the independent theatre group O-Team (Stuttgart, Germany) and Village Gossip Production (Johannesburg, South Africa). Inspired by the ancient practice of temple sleep and the Sesotho term Tebello (“waiting” or “wake”), the performance creates a transcendent space where art, sleep, and community converge. In a walk-in sleep laboratory, a meditative ritual unfolds – blending object theatre, sound installation, and performance art. Boundaries between reality and imagination dissolve. Audiences and performers move together – singing, dreaming, listening – in a circle throughout the night. The following day begins with a shared breakfast. This piece weaves together cultural rituals and artistic

Nina Malotta – Künstlerische Leitung /Performance
Samuel Hof – Künstlerische Leitung /Performance
Napo Masheane – Künstlerische Leitung/Performance

Projects 2025 | Round 15

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