Julia Kratz

Julia Kratz (*1965) is a German-French actress and grew up as a diplomat's daughter in various West African countries - sheltered, in a wealthy structure of consular schools and villas with swimming pools, including African servants.

Together with Dessa Ganda she studied in Berlin in 2018, Ganda for a BA in Dance, Context and Choreography at HZT and Julia for a MA in Religion and Culture at Humboldt University of Berlin. They meet at Haus der Kulturen der Welt at a concert by the Tambours de Brazza. They talk - of course - about Africa. And decide to create a play about their shared and very different childhoods in Togo: The play became Ganda's final project and the subject Kratz's master's thesis.