Confessionals: Writing Through Shame and Fear of Being Seen
Djibril Sall
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Friday
13:00-14:30
Studio 1
This writing workshop is an invitation to work with confession as a practice of release—something that you do for yourself and not under an authority. Together, we’ll use writing to move through shame and the fear of being seen, transforming what has been held tightly or silently into something you can shape, hold, and let go of. This is a space for experimentation, care, and risk, where confession becomes a tool for self-recognition rather than self-erasure.
Djibril Sall
Djibril Sall is a queer Senegalese performer, choreographer, and writer whose work sits at the intersection of racialized migration, belonging, and in-betweenness. Born in Dakar and raised in a working-class family in the Deep South of the United States, his practice is shaped by movement across classed, racialized, and geopolitical borders. Drawing from his own migration history, he asks how trauma might become a departure point for pleasure, disclosure, letting go, and open-hearted connection.
Based in Berlin, Djibril works across dance, performance, and embodied research. His choreographic work has been presented at Sophiensaele, Tanz im August, Tanznacht, SAVVY Contemporary, Ballhaus Ost, ImPulsTanz (Vienna) and he has been invited to perform in works shown at radialsystem (Berlin), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), and DARK MOFO (Australia). His most recent work, DJAM LEELII, premiered at Sophiensaele in November 2025.