Battleground (2007)

A dance piece for 3 teenage breakdancers, as part of KULTUR DER BARMHERZIGKEIT (THE CULTURE OF MERCY), a project of the City Theater of Münster, under the artistic direction of Barbara Wachendorff

Direction: Hanna Hegenscheidt
Choreography and Dance: Enes Habibovic, Robbi Sabanovic, Naso Sabanovic
Video: Hanna Hegenscheidt
Assistance: Edda Klepp

Premiere: January 2007

Length: 17 minutes

About seven years ago Enes, Robbi and Naso founded the company Battle Sonics together with four other breakdancers. Since then they train extensively and perform on different occasions and parties. In the Münstler Battle of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) the Battle Sonics claimed first place. In the Cactus Youth Theater Enes, Robbie and Naso dance in different dance theater projects under the direction of Barbara Kemmler, for example "Ich tanze so schnell ich kann" ("I dance as fast as I can") (2005).

Many Thanks to Barbara Kemmler from the Cactus Youth Theater and Mr Demirel from the Radio Kaktus Münster e.V. for their support in realising this project.


The seven works of mercy are the basis of this theater project with the title "The Culture of Mercy". The idea of living together mercifully connects all religions of the world and builds an ethic base for all people. What conflicts come out of this idea, on a personal level and on the level of society? Does the thought of mercy and solidarity still play a role in our thinking and acting today?
These questions arise for an inividual in the search for orientation in the vast net of local and global contexts we are confronted with daily, again and again.
Actors, directors, musicians and a choreographer collaborated with homeless, refugees, ex-prisioners and teenagers from Münster to develop different projects around this big topic.
Under the artistic direction of Barbara Wachendorff the project "The Culture of Mercy" was put together of 15 single projects, all of which were developed in small independent teams.