UQCF 2026 | Broken Self
A Dance Performance around Gender Norms
As part of Utrecht Queer Culture Festival 2026, Broken Self invites us to explore the ways we perform and experience gender. Inspired by Judith Butler and Plato’s Androgyne, two performers use movement, gesture, dance, and outrageous expression to question how bodies are shaped by societal norms. Mixing clowning, drag, and playful exaggeration, they turn rigidity into humour and resistance, pushing embodiment to its extremes. Bold, physically intense, and conceptually sharp, Broken Self is a theatrical playground where gender is performed, challenged, and reimagined, leaving spectators seeing identity in a new light.
Concept / Directed by / Dramaturgy: Jimmy Machai
Music Design / Movement Consultant: Alex Rabbit
Performers: Jimmy Machai, Alex Rabbit
Duration: 60 minutes
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Entrance: 7E
About the maker:
Jimmy Machai (he/him) is a performance maker, acting trainer and DJ working across theatre and dance. He graduated from the School of Theatre at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Thessaloniki, Greece) and from the MA Contemporary Theatre, Dance, and Dramaturgy (Utrecht, Netherlands). His work has been presented in performances and festivals in Greece and the Netherlands, such as the 4th Contemporary Artistic Cabaret Festival and 13th Thessaloniki Pride. His research and artistic interests lie in Physical Theatre, Contemporary Performance and Gender Performativity.
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More info about Utrecht Queer Culture Festival 2026: https://uqcf.nl/
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