2001

Body searches

11th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre 06 – 11 November 2001 (Prologue: 03 – 05 November 2001)

Theatre and dance from old and new Europe Under the patronage of Wolfgang Tiefensee – Mayor of the City of Leipzig

Festival Director: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff Artistic Director and Festival Programme: Michael Freundt

Programme 2001

Hermann Heisigs Hotelzimmer (Hermann Heisig's Hotel Room)

At euro-scene 2000, Hermann Heisig won »Das beste Tanzsolo« (»Best Dance Solo«) competition. His prize was a trip to the 2001 festival staying in the Holiday Inn in Leipzig.

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body/check

The Schauspielhaus is transformed into an experimental area complete with installations, performances, readings and films. euro-scene Leipzig presents the American performer Ron Athey.

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Theater sollte sein wie guter Sport (Theatre should be like good sport)

In the run-up to this year's festival there were several ideas on how to make the subject of body searches come alive outside the context of guest performances as well. One example is the stage as the setting for an exhibition fight. A boxing ring will be erected where the round table for the dancing solo competition had stood in previous years. The registered boxing club Boxring atlas Leipzig e.V. will present a series of boxing matches – kick boxing and women's boxing in addition to traditional boxing.

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Körper, in den Kampf geworfen (Bodies thrust into the fight)

We have named this series of talks after an expression by the choreographer Raimund Hoghe, who in turn quotes Pier Paolo Pasolini. The discussion with the panel and the audience is intended to provide an opportunity to bring together very individual, occasionally extreme standpoints on handling the human body.

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Von der Lust am Risiko (About the craving for risk)

Where dance pushes physical boundaries Lecture: Dr. Janine Schulze, Leipzig

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Endspiel (Endgame)

Theatre with disabled and able-bodied people. The specific physical reality and the direct, existential performance by the actors produces a very special theatre form. Piece by Samuel Beckett.

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reloj de arena y flor (Hourglass and flower)

A head-high suitcase, symbol of the journey between different cultures. The reconciliatory side of physical theatre, a play about the harmony of opposites.

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pigg in hell

Dance solo and original collage of sexual obsessions, eccentric physical images and biographical material. (on 10. Nov. followed by audience discussion)

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Scratching the Inner Fields

A babble of voices, frenzied whirling, dark forebodings. Seven women perform a veritable witches' dance in the labyrinth of scenes. There are no hugs or fighting here! The latest work by Wim Vandekeybus.

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Aktion 398

The London performance artist Franko B meets his audience in a face-to-face encounter, he literally opens himself up to art and the observer. Make a date with him …

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Ernesto

The Chilean breakdancer Ernesto Cortès lives in Toulouse. A dance solo and a film – about him, his life in the suburbs and his love of dancing.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

17 performers, 17 head-high wooden boards make up the wondrous forest. Expressive physical theatre, slapstick, clowning and moving silence. A very special Shakespeare. (followed by audience discussion)

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Rough ride or Of the spirit

A mind-blowing journey through traffic, a trance-like performance. Skin and flesh are constantly in danger of being torn apart by the rotating metal parts.

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flus

Can we implicitly trust our ears? Were we simply in the recording studio or did the crime really happen? Intelligently produced, precisely rhymed deliberate confusion of the senses. Action theatre by Jan Langedijk. (on 7. Nov. followed by audience discussion)

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tristan und isolde. nicht berühren (tristan und isolde. do not touch)

A dance installation about outsized desire, the pain of non-fulfilment and continuous observation by the outside world. Two dancers are enclosed in a glass showcase, the spectator has to use a keyboard to control the dance. Co-production by Europäische Werkstatt für Kunst und Kultur im Festspielhaus Hellerau (European Workshop for Art and Culture in the Festspielhaus Hellerau), the Hebbel-Theater Berlin and euro-scene Leipzig. (followed by audience discussion)

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Dämonen (Demons)

Two couples on the eve of a funeral. Conversations about everyday worries culminate in a pitiless emotional battle. Piece by Lars Norén.

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Helikopter (Helicopter) & MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) (MC 14/22 (This is my body))

Wonderful modern dance – the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj makes his first appearance in Leipzig. A dream about flying – with the lightness of poetry and the hardness of metal. More radical in the second part: 12 men, what they do to each other, how they test each other…

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FCP-training method for (anti)social behaviour

An artistic association that deals with the »fitness centre«. It is not a parody or a judgement about sense/nonsense, but asks the question: »What is the difference between man and machine?« (on 4. Nov. followed by audience discussion)

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Noah Trilogy

A theatre sensation on three different stages with a mix of projections, live music, mime and dance. The road travelled by man from paradise into the modern world.

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