2020

All not true

30th Festival of Contemporary European Theatre and Dance 03 Nov. – 08 Nov. 2020

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 collaboration with the Artistic Advisory Board

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Programme 2020

The hills are alive

Neville Tranter, legendary puppet maker and performer, joins his former student Nikolaus Habjan on stage for the first time. On display is a funny, absurd and political play based on motifs from the musical and film "The sound of music".

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Brevet (The letter)

A man sits down and starts writing a letter, 15 times, without words, always in a different style. Paolo Nani's 1992 solo became a classic of modern comedy.

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Vogelsang meets Hoyer

Nils Freyer dances reconstructions of the two choreographies "Five Preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier by J. S. Bach" by Marianne Vogelsang and "Affectos humanos" by Dore Hoyer.

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Sideways rain

14 dancers show the constant flow of life and the unfathomability of fate. Guilherme Botelho created this exceptional piece full of suction.

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F. Zawrel - hereditary and socially inferior

The harrowing play is based on the real-life fate of Friedrich Zawrel, who as a child survived the euthanasia crimes committed by the German occupation of Austria during World War 2. The play of Nikolaus Habjan and his puppets has an enormous emotional power.

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Press

A man in a room, a kind of box that gradually becomes smaller and smaller. The Kafkaesque solo by and with Pierre Rigal stands for adaptation, life struggle and loneliness. It has enjoyed cult status for years.

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NE HISZTIZZ! (DON'T WORRY!) / IMAGO

The evening will feature two very different dance pieces from Hungary: the spirited and witty duet "Ne hisztizz! ("Don't worry!") by and with Rita Góbi and Dávid Szegő on percussion, and "Imago," a somberly impressive solo by and with Ferenc Fehér.

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Hocus Pocus

A children's play in a class of its own: two friends embark on a journey into the world of illusions. Philippe Saire created dreamlike adventures with the two dancers Philippe Chosson and Mickaël Henrotay-Delaunay.

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What happened to Baby Jane

Puppet magician Nikolaus Habjan staged the crime play with Manuela Linshalm. Sisters Jane and Blanche Hudson have lived secluded lives in a Hollywood mansion for years. A car accident confines Blanche to a wheelchair ...

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True copy

In 1994, the police discovered over 1,600 works of art forged by Geert Jan Jansen. He signed with Picasso, Appel, Matisse, Chagall and others. Compagnie Berlin from Belgium, directed by Bart Baele and Yves Degryse, asks questions about the truth.

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May B

Maguy Marin's 1981 piece is the most performed dance piece in France and has made dance history. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, it stirringly depicts waiting, emptiness, hesitation and hope.

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School of weather: snow

In the heart of the storm, the world seems blurred. Nothing is clear in the snow and wind. In a constantly changing snowy landscape, opposites suddenly exist side by side - order and chaos, silence and loudness, fullness and emptiness.

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Salome

The beautiful princess Salome, daughter of Herodias, is desired by her stepfather Herod.

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International Caroline Neuber Scholarship of the City of Leipzig

The fellowship honors a contemporary understanding of theater that sees theater as both a place and a medium for social understanding and dialogue at the center of urban societies.

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The sound of music (My songs - my dreams)

A phenomenon: This film, with 1.2 billion (!) viewers one of the most watched films in history, is virtually unknown in Germany.

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C(h)œurs

Alain Platel, born in 1956 in Ghent, is one of the most important choreographers of our time. He founded the Compagnie les ballets C de la B in his hometown in 1984 and has been a guest at euro-scene Leipzig with nine pieces over the years, most recently with "Requiem pour L." in 2018. The concept for the competition "Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo" also comes from him.

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