A picture-journey through Europe – Preface
Table of Contents
Welcoming Speeches
Companies of the euro-scene Leipzig 1991 – 2000 with text and pictures
The magic moment / Ann-Elisabeth Wolff about 10 years of festival work – chance between task, success and three unfulfilled wishes
Theatre at the turning-point in history / Antje Oegel
The time when the cake was made … / Michael Kulow, co-founder of the euro-scene Leipzig, interviewed by Michael Freundt
Pictures that stay / Michael Hametner
Journeys and views in all directions / Lines and trends of the European theatre of the 90s / Michael Freundt
… how humans beings look at the world / Alain Platel, choreographer and artistic director of Les Ballets C. de la B., interviewed by Heike Schwarzer
Alain Platel – Productions
Maguy Marin – Positioning and absence of limits / Claudia Jeschke
Maguy Marin – Choreografies
I need the closeness to reality / The French Choreograph Maguy Marin interviewed by Wiebke Hüster
Vomit lamp, on full force / Die Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio / Antje Oegel
Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio – Catchwords to history and productions
Everybody tells his own story – Jo Fabian / Petra Stuber
Jo Fabian – Productions
The Hebbel-Theater Berlin / Eleven years of contemporary theatre – an attempt / Nele Hertling
Some traces should remain / Tom Stromberg, artistic director of Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, interviewed by Michael Freundt
About heart and other juices / Renate Klett
About kindred spirits and good wines / Klemens Wannenmacher, artistic director of FACT and Rotterdam – Cultural Capital of Europe 2001, interviewed by Michael Freundt
Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM) / Members and Activities
Diversity and Internationalisation / Martin Roeder-Zerndt
Tradition and legitimation in the authentic / Dr. Georg Girardet, Councillor for Culture of the city of Leipzig, interviewed by Michael Freundt
Europe dances to Bach / Conversation between Alain Platel, Roel Dieltiens, Carles Santos, Ina Rager, Prof. Georg Christoph Biller, and Irina Pauls, moderated by Michael Hametner
Deepening and Discussion – Fringe programme of the festival
Setting themes, discovering theatre / Bach, »Salomé«, and the nine European cultural capitals of the year 2000 – Topics and main focus determine the festival programme of euro-scene / Michael Freundt
The tip of the iceberg / A glance offstage of the contest "Best German dance solo" / Ann-Elisabeth Wolff (English abstract)
Best German dance solo / The participants of the contests 1997–1999
Finally, euro-scene 2000 / Wolfgang Krause Zwieback
The festival shall be a feeling of exhilaration / Interview between Ann-Elisabeth Wolff and Michael Freundt
Annex
Information about the euro-scene Leipzig
The current team of the euro-scene Leipzig
Statistical summary
Authors and interview partners