24th Festival 2014

Complete programme with summary


euro-scene Leipzig

24. Festival of contemporary European theatre


04. – 09. November 2014


»Transit«

Theatre and dance from the old and new Europe

Under the patronage of Burkhard Jung,
    Lord Mayor of the city of Leipzig

Festival Director and programme: Ann–Elisabeth Wolff



Main programme



1.

Tuesday, 04. November 2014 // 19.30-21.00 Uhr (opening night)
Wednesday, 05. November 2014 // 19.30-21.00 Uhr
Schauspielhaus

les ballets C de la B, Ghent & Münchner Kammerspiele
»tauberbach«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Dance piece

Staging and choreography: Alain Platel
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
(In English with German subtitles)

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.


2.

Wednesday, 05. November 2014 // 19.30-21.15 Uhr
Thursday, 06. November 2014 // 22.00-23.45 Uhr
Schaubühne Lindenfels

Albanian dance theatre company, Tirana
»Extreme makeover – Culture clash II«   (Videoausschnitt  )
& »Without blood«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Two dance pieces

Choreographies: Gjergi Prevazi, Katharina Maschenka Horn
German premières
(In German and Albanian with German subtitles)

Following the performances: audience discussion
    Presentation: Dr. Martina Bako, theatre scholar, Universität Leipzig

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


3.

Wednesday, 05. November 2014 // 22.00-ca. 23.00 Uhr
Thursday, 06. November 2014 // 22.00-ca. 23.00 Uhr
Residenz (in the Baumwollspinnerei)

Anna Natt, Berlin
»Der Dybbuk« or Dolores it’s time to hang up the castanets
(»The Dybbuk« or Dolores it’s time to hang up the castanets)   (Videoausschnitt  )
Flamenco-performance

Conception, staging and choreography: Anna Natt
World première
Schauspiel Leipzig in coproduction with euro-scene Leipzig

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.


4.

Thursday, 06. November 2014 // 19.30-ca. 21.15 Uhr
Schauspielhaus / Hinterbühne

Schauspiel Leipzig
»Wolokolamsker Chaussee I–V«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Theatre play by Heiner Müller

Staging: Philipp Preuss

Before the presentation: introduction 19.00 Uhr in the Rangfoyer

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.


5.

Thursday, 06. November 2014 // 19.30-21.00 Uhr
Friday, 07. November 2014 // 19.30-21.00 Uhr
Theater der Jungen Welt

Familie Flöz, Berlin
»Hotel Paradiso«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Theatre with masks

Staging: Michael Vogel

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.


6.

Friday, 07. November 2014 // 19.30-20.30 Uhr
Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 22.00-23.00 Uhr
Sunday, 09. November 2014 // 17.00-18.00 Uhr
Schauspielhaus / Diskothek

Куклен театър Пловдив (Kuklen theatr Plovdiv)
      (Puppet theatre Plovdiv)
»Вграждане« (»Vgrajdane«)
(»Immured«)   (Videoausschnitt  )
Theatre play

Staging: Veselka Kuncheva
German première
(In Bulgarian with German subtitles)

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.


7.

Friday, 07. November 2014 // 22.00-23.00 Uhr
Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 17.00-18.00 Uhr
LOFFT

Martin Schick, Bern
»Not my piece« Postcapitalism for beginners   (Videoausschnitt  )
Performance

Staging and choreography: Martin Schick
(In German and English with German subtitles)

Following the performances: audience discussion
    Presentation: Dr. Martha Bako, theatre scholar, Universität Leipzig

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.


8.

Friday, 07. November 2014 // 22.00-23.00 Uhr
Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 17.00-18.00 Uhr and 22.00-23.00 Uhr
Stadtbibliothek Leipzig

Björn Säfsten, Stockholm
»Fictional copies«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Performance

Text and staging: Björn Säfsten
German première
(In German and English with german simultaneous translation)

Following the performance: public reception
    Presentation: Birgit Berndt, artistic director dance, NorrlandsOperan, Umeå

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.


9.

Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 15.00-16.15 Uhr
Sunday, 09. November 2014 // 11.00-12.15 Uhr and 15.00-16.15 Uhr
Schauspielhaus / Garderobenfoyer

Berndt Stübner & Werner Stiefel, Leipzig
»Der Fischer und seine Frau«
(»The fisherman and his wife«)   (Videoausschnitt  )
Children’s play

Text and staging: Berndt Stübner
Choreography: Werner Stiefel
(For children from 6 years and adults)

Berndt Stübner and Werner Stiefel created an enchanting play for children with puppets, songs, dance and music. Based on the fairytales of the Grimm brothers, it poses current questions about greed and money, and the young viewers are brought into the performance. Music: Tilo Augsten


10.

Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 19.30-20.30 Uhr
Schauspielhaus

Ballet national de Marseille
»Élégie«   (Videoausschnitt  )
Dance piece

Choreography: Olivier Dubois

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.


11.

Samstag, 08. November 2014 // 22.00-23.00 Uhr
Sonntag, 09. November 2014 // 17.00-18.00 Uhr
Schaubühne Lindenfels

Aerites dance company, Athens
»Πλάνητες« (»Planites«)
(»Planets«)   (Videoausschnitt  )
Dance piece

Choreography: Patricia Apergi

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.


12.

Sunday, 09. November 2014 // 19.30-21.00 Uhr (final night)
Schauspielhaus

Ballet national de Marseille
»Orphée et Eurydice«
(»Orpheus and Eurydice«)   (Videoausschnitt  )
Dance opera

Choreography: Frédéric Flamand
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck (Version: Hector Berlioz)
German première
(In French with German subtitles)

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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Fringe programme

(Free entrance for all presentations)



1.

Wednesday, 05. November 2014 // 16.30-ca.18.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos

Film
»Bevor der letzte Vorhang fällt«
»Before the last curtain falls«
by Thomas Wallner
based on »Gardenia« by Alain Platel

(In English, French and Flemish with German subtitles)

ARTE / ZDF (2014)

Inroduction: Alain Platel, choreographer and director, Gent /
    Michael Freundt, co-director Internationales Theaterinstitut (ITI), Berlin

In cooperation with ARTE


2.

Thursday, 06. November 2014 // 16.30-ca.18.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos

Film
»Transit«
by René Allio
based on the same named novel by Anna Seghers

(In German)

ZDF Classic Productions, Paris (1991)

Introduction: Dr. Martina Bako, theatre scholar, Universität Leipzig

In cooperation with ZDF


3.

Friday, 07. November 2014 // 16.30- ca. 18.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos

Film
»Orpheus und Eurydike«
(»Orpheus and Eurydice«)
Filmrecording of the dance opera by Pina Bausch
after the samenamed opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck

(In German with German subtitles)

Bel Air Media / ARTE France / Opéra national de Paris (2008)

Introduction: Dr. Martina Bako, theatre scholar, Universität Leipzig

In cooperation with ARTE


4.

Saturday, 08. November 2014 // 15.30- ca. 18.30 Uhr
Schauspielhaus / start: Baustelle

Technical tour
»Die Räder im Getriebe«
(»The wheels in motion«)
For the 5th time: Insight into stage technology

Conception and guide: Bernd E. Gengelbach, co-director and technical director euro-scene Leipzig, and Antje Gruber, stage manager Schauspiel Leipzig

 



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