2014

Transit

24th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre 04 – 09 November 2014

Theatre and dance from old and new Europe Under the patronage of Burkhard Jung – Mayor of the City of Leipzig

Festival-Director: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff

Programme 2014

tauberbach

In his latest dance piece, Alain Platel, renowned director and choreographer from Flanders, shows six people on the outskirts of a city. Despite poverty they are full of energy and a lust for life. Dance is interwoven with language and the music by Johann Sebastian Bach underlines the very own beauty of deviation and strangeness.

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Extreme makeover – Culture clash II / Without blood

The dance duet »Extreme makeover – Culture clash II« and the dance quintet »Without blood« address cultural conflicts in an emotionally enthralling way.

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The Dybbuk

A young woman is struck by ghostly manifestations and forms of possession. The Dybbuk, a malevolent spirit of the dead according to Jewish folklore, asserts its evil intent. This flamenco performance unites dancer, musicians and the Leipziger Synagogalchor.

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Wolokolamsker Chaussee I–V

Heiner Müller created this five-part apocalypse in verse from 1984-87 based on texts and subjects by Alexander Bek, Anna Seghers, Franz Kafka and Heinrich von Kleist. Countless stories deal with resistance, arbitrariness and happiness.

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Hotel Paradiso

Strange things happen in a small family hotel. The mountain thriller is full of black humour and melancholy. Michael Vogel staged this theatre without words - especially the effect of the masks is phenomenal.

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Вграждане (Immured)

According to legend, a victim is needed for every bridge construction. Master-builder Manol faces a decision between creation process and his beloved. Together with 7 actors, Vaselka Kuncheva mixes theatre, dance and music to a small miracle.

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Not my piece, Postcapitalism for beginners

The end of the capitalist economic system is satirised with fun. Two men attempt to live independently of money and consumption on their piece of land. The performance unites socio-political science fiction and reality.

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Fictional copies

Human communication is based upon copying and imitating in our world. The audience members find themselves on stage together with the performers. The daily floods of images and the reproducibility by media are called into question in an ironical, funny way.

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Élégie

A creature slowly creeps into the space, born from the earth. In archaic landscapes the creature strives for fulfilment and falls back at the end. Olivier Dubois choreographed this unusual piece for 17 dancers.

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Πλάνητες (Planets)

Five human beings move through imaginary landscapes like planets in outer space. In her energetic dance piece, Patricia Apergi shows homeless people making their way through labyrinths and the cultural diversity of the cities.

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Orphée et Eurydice (Orpheus and Eurydice)

Orpheus mourns the death of his beloved wife Eurydice. His attempt to bring her back to Earth from the underworld fails, but Amor once again takes pity. Belgian choreographer Frédéric Flamand created this opulent dance opera based on the opera of the same name by Christoph Willibald Gluck. (Music brought in)

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Orpheus and Eurydice

Die bekannte Choreografin Pina Bausch schuf ihr Tanzstück nach dem legendären Orpheus-Mythos und der gleichnamigen Oper von Christoph Willibald Gluck. Die Aufzeichnung erfolgte mit Tänzern, Sängern, Chor und Orchester der Pariser Oper.

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