2016 - euro-scene Leipzig

2016

But I am nowhere, ah! at home

26th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre and Dance 08 Nov – 13 Nov 2016

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

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Programme 2016

Schlag sie tot (Beat them to death)

Herr Berni just recently moved into the »Immergrün« senior citizens’ home. He doesn’t trust the employees and after a while has a horrible suspicion. This bitterly evil and humorous puppet theatre for adults with Manuela Linshalm and Nikolaus Habjan is based on songs by Georg Kreisler.

Helló, Zombi! (Hello, zombie!)

Three odd characters seem to have risen from the dead and are dancing as living ghosts, as beings without a will, so-called zombies. Ferenc Fehér belongs to the most important choreographers in Hungary; he created a bizarre revue of modern dance theatre.

Bis (Encore) / Ode to the attempt

Two dance pieces by Jan Martens demonstrate this choreographer’s diversity: the expressively dark solo »Bis«, danced by the 65-year-old Truus Bronkhorst, and »Ode to the attempt«, in which Jan Martens gives insight into his life and work with a focus on the imperfect.

I am beautiful

With their bodies’ beauty, nine dancers communicate identities, dreams and seduction. But appearances slowly freeze into an analysis of anatomy. This opulent dance piece by Roberto Zappalà, one of the most important Italian choreographers, was created with the composer Puccio Castrogiovanni and five live musicians, and is based on Auguste Rodin’s sculptures of the same name.

room service®

A hotel is a special place with its own fascination – a provisional home for a limited time. Dancers, actors and musicians present their solo works of approximately 12 minutes. Each audience member purchases a package of three performances.

Kosovo for Dummies

In the tranquil city of Bern, people of different nationalities meet at the Turkish Muslim Salal’s Döner take-out stand. The theatre piece by Jeton Neziraj from Kosovo deals with issues such as migration and religious differences in a serious way, but also with rare humour and self-irony.

Jordjenta (Soil girl)

Three women celebrate a strange party. Exuberant joy mixes with a hint of decay in the barren Norwegian landscape. The three young artists Ingeleiv Berstad, Kristin Helgebostad and Ida Wigdel created their dance piece based on a poem by Maria Tryti Vennerød.

De Kartonbewoners (The cardboard residents)

A four-member family builds a new comfortable home out of cardboard boxes – constructs that waver between reality and fantasy. More and more spaces are created in a diverse and fast way; the people’s expectations rise … A dance piece for children by Jack Timmermans.

Das Missverständnis (The misunderstanding)

Albert Camus’ drama, which premiered in Paris in 1944, has the power of a classical tragedy of fate. Jan had long been lost and returns, unrecognized, to his mother and sister. Nikolaus Habjan stages the piece with three life-sized puppets that meld with three actors over time; it is a kind of crime story à la Alfred Hitchcock.

Hérétiques (Heretics)

Two people live like robots according to the norm. Later, their moment of liberation violates societal rules. Ayelen Parolin’s dance piece abstractly transfers the concept of the “heretic” into the realm of philosophy.

Doch bin ich nirgend, ach! zu Haus (But nowhere am I – alas! – at home)

Together with the masterful puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan, the ten musicians of the famous group Franui created an original, melancholy and up-spirited evening of music theatre based on the character of a wanderer. The piece was developed on the foundation of texts by Robert Walser and Lieder by Brahms, Mahler, Schubert and Schumann.

Lo straniero (The stranger)

The Frenchman Arthur Meursault lives in the French-occupied Algeria of 1935; he is inconspicuous and indifferent, his life without highs or lows.

Weiche Annäherungen (Soft approaches)

Physical endurance in jumping is a contrast to a soft approach to subjects such as intimacy, sensitivity and body consciousness.

Die Räder im Getriebe (the wheels in motion)

Stage technology is usually a mystery and generally invisible for the audience. You usually just pay attention to the stage design, music and lighting.

Crystal – Variationen über Rausch (Crystal – variations on rapture)

The desire for exhilaration, music, dance, love, sports and drugs has existed since the beginning of mankind – delimitation has many faces.

Anima – Marionettenleben (Anima – life of marionettes)

Given Nikolaus Habjan’s presence, the world of puppets plays an important role at this year’s euro-scene Leipzig.

Ich pfeife auf die Oper (double meaning in German: »I whistle an opera« & »To hell with the opera«)

Nikolaus Habjan, who is invited to euro-scene Leipzig with a showcase, will discuss his life and work in an artist portrait.

Festivalparty

A concert by the band Grünfeuer, which was founded in 2004, is integrated into this year’s festival party.

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