2003

Love = Chance of Impossibility

13th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre 04 – 09 November 2003 (Prologue: 01 – 03 November 2003)

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

Programme 2003

Tagwerk – Werkstatt – Tanz (Version II) (Daily work – Workshop – Dance« (Version II))

An evening of dance in Leipzig. Following a first version of 2002, the choreographers Martina La Bonté and Takashi Iwaoka show their completed pieces under the subject »Tagwerk« (»Daily work«). (on 2. Nov. followed by audience discussion)

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Hinter der Dornenhecke (Behind the thorn hedge)

An adventure trip to »Dornröschen« (»Sleeping Beauty«), probably the nicest fairy tale in the world. The new children's programme by Werner Stiefel with text, music, dance and play. For children (from the age of 6) and adults

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Fett Frei und Fast Free (Fat Free and Fast Free)

A dance-theatre project by Vivienne Newport based on the short story »Gespräche mit einem Schrankmenschen« (»Conversations with a Cabinet Man«) by Ian McEwan about freedom. For adolescents (from the age of 16) and adults

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ANNA BLUME von hinten & von vorne (mund + knie 5) (ANNA BLUME from behind & in front (mouth + knee))

An erotic oratorio by Thomas Hertel based on texts by Kurt Schwitters – a new sequel of the sound experiment series »mund + knie« (»mouth + knee«) specifically to the festival theme.

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The Intelligence of the Heart

Love calls for all or nothing. A stirring choreography by the English Nigel Charnock for ten marvellous dancers between musical, drama, dance piece and show.

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Tanzgeschichten (Dance stories)

Stories about dance, stories about dancers, created by Raimund Hoghe, one of the most exceptional persons of contemporary dance in Germany.

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Alcesti

Alcestis and Admetus – a classical couple. The deadly sacrifice for love in an exceptional dance piece from Italy by Michele Abbondanza and Antonella Bertoni.

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Jardinería Humana (Human gardening)

Love in the midst of consumption, violence and pornography – the stage as a battlefield of human desires. A passionate theatre piece by the Argentine Rodrigo García. (followed by audience discussion)

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Osiris Coverage

The Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris as lovers, and the principle of disintegration. A poetic picture theatre by Gábor Goda between epochs and cultures. (followed by audience discussion)

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Sex in the Warzone

Tourism and sex in a region where the scars of war have left their mark – Sarajevo, Bosnia, Kosovo. Kate Pendry in a fascinating monologue from Norway.

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Maria Dolores (Wayn Wash I)

Religious delusion as a consequence of sexual frustration. Explosive questions in an expressive theatre piece in a triad with film and music by the young director Wayn Traub.

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Orpheus ohne Echo (Orpheus without echo)

Orpheus descends into the underworld to search for Eurydice. A myth as lively theatre by Gisela Höhne, full of humour and humanity. Most of the 17 performers have Down's syndrome, but one would never think of using the term handicapped theatre group.

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Torrance & Grady

Two men collect love scenes on tape – between everyday life and infiniteness. Philippe Nauer and Dominique Rust in a wonderful play by Lukas Bangerter.

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Wall dancin’ – wall fuckin’

A man and a woman – separated and longing for each other forever. Alain Buffard and Régine Chopinot in one of the most radical French dance pieces of late.

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Wings at Tea

An enchanting dance piece full of melancholy by Tatiana Baganova, who generates, together with ten dancers, a world between stereotype and yearning in the Russian vastness.

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Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo 2003 (Best German dance solo)

Competition within the 13th euro-scene 2003

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Workshop: Performance

In her productive process Kate Pendry combines traditional and disciplined theatre training with the individual search for more powerful forms of expression in the performance.

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Workshop: Dance

Tatiana Baganova has extensive theatrical as well as teaching experience. She combines relaxed and intensive muscle stretching.

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International Theatre Work

Annual conference and public events of the German Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), Berlin, in cooperation with the euro-scene Leipzig

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Marilyn Peepshow

Marilyn Monroe, Diana and the others – they were invariably blonde and more an object than subject of desires. A hotel room as a place to stay and a refuge, but also a vanishing point and a room that symbolises anonymity.

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Love is all you need? Das unheimlich Fremde. (Love is all you need? Uncanny Foreignness)

Panel discussion organised by BMW Group, Munich, in cooperation with the euro-scene Leipzig with Roberto Ciulli, Mülheim / Richard Gaul, München / Anetta Kahane, Berlin / SAID, München Presentation: Thomas Bille, Leipzig Introduction: Film »asylum« by Julian Rosefeldt, Berlin (free entry)

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