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2017

Excavations

27th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre and Dance 07 Nov – 12 Nov 2017

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 in cooperation with the artistic advisory board

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Programme 2017

Das Triadische Ballett (The triadic ballet)

This piece by Oskar Schlemmer, a former artist from the famous Bauhaus in Dessau, has written dance history. Since its world première in 1922, the work along with its legendary costumes have been inspiring entire generations up until the present day. In 1977, Gerhard Bohner created a new choreography that was reconstructed by Ivan Liška and Colleen Scott with nine dancers in 2014.

Von Serenata zum Totentanz (From Serenade to the Dance of death)

The evening shows short choreographies by Gret Palucca, Marianne Vogelsang and Mary Wigman. Casts: Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden, Nils Freyer, Berlin, and Dance Company Theater Osnabrück.

It’s Schiller! – Die Maltheser. Tragödie. (It’s Schiller! – The Knights of Malta. Tragedy.)

The dance theatre piece based on drama fragments by Friedrich Schiller deals with the Christian Order of Malta and their victory over the Ottoman fleet in the 16th century. The choreographer Irina Pauls, together with Leipzig’s vocal ensemble amarcord and four dancers, created a piece about questions of faith and power.

Cosas que se olvidan fácilmente (Things easily forgotten)

Little pieces of memorabilia, found at a flea market, enliven memories. Xavier Bobés conjures up moments of Spanish history under Franco in a sympathetically unpretentious way. He manipulates ghosts from the past to direct the gaze into the future.

Bombyx mori (Silkworm)

In the 1920s, the American dancer Loïe Fuller raised a furore with her »Serpentine dance«. The spectacular costume, which imitates the flying motions of the »silk moth«, serves Ola Maciejewska as an inspiration for this performance with three dancers.

Pakman (Postman)

This happy game between a juggler and drummer is a little jewel. The audience is invited into a truck for the performance. Here, a postal worker stamps packages to the rhythm of time.

Vangelo (Gospel)

This theatre piece by the Italian director Pippo Delbono is passionate, uncompromising, full of pathos and highly emotional. It tells of the sustained hope for beauty and love, despite all fanaticism, misuse of power and terror. Professional performers participate here, as do those who are different …

Zwei Giraffen tanzen Tango – Bremer Schritte (Two giraffes are dancing tango – Bremen steps)

Bizarre figures and elements of the absurd characterize this dance piece, which Gerhard Bohner, a pioneer of German dance history, created with ten dancers in Bremen in 1980. 36 years later, the choreographer Helge Letonja examines this historic model and opens up new associative spaces.

The wanderer’s peace

Beatrice Cordua, born in Hamburg in 1941, performs and dances her own history. She was a dancer with John Neumeier in Hamburg and Johann Kresnik in Berlin. With wit and humour, the Swiss choreographer Nicole Seiler sketches this career by including language and videos.

Five easy pieces

Seven children can choose their roles. In a theatre piece, the life of the Belgian child murderer Marc Dutroux is re-enacted. With the aesthetics of documentary theatre, the material is strongly altered. The Swiss director Milo Rau created one of the most unusual and most invited productions in recent times; in 2017, it received the »Staging of the year« award.

Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo (Best German dance solo)

20 five-minute solos on the legendary round table. All barriers between professionals and amateurs, styles as well as artists and the audience have been lifted. Three jury prizes and an audience prize are awarded.

Goldkugeln der Tanzgeschichte (Golden spheres of the dance history)

»Das Triadische Ballett« (»The triadic ballet«) by Oskar Schlemmer (1922) wrote dance history. Now it has been revived – in the choreography by Gerhard Bohner – thanks to the production by Ivan Liška.

Affectos humanos (Human passions) / Der Grüne Tisch (The Green table)

Recording of the two choreographies »Affectos humanos« by Dore Hoyer and »Der Grüne Tisch« by Kurt Jooss.

Mary Wigman – Die Seele des Tanzes (Mary Wigman – The soul of dance)

Mary Wigman (1886-1973) was the most important dancer and choreographer in German Ausdruckstanz. Between 1920 and 1935, she made the new dance direction not only famous in Germany, but also in Europe and the USA. Up until today, her influence has remained relevant for modern dance.

Evangelium (Gospel)

The Italian director Pippo Delbono shot this film in the refugee camp in which he developed the idea for his theatre piece »Vangelo« (»Gospel«).

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. The performance lasts two hours; the technical set-up from unloading the set until the beginning of the performance often takes two complete days.

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