20th Festival 2010 / Programme

Complete programme

20 years

euro-scene Leipzig

20th Festival of contemporary European theatre

02 – 07 November 2010

»Spurensuche«

(»Searching for traces«)

Theatre and dance from the old and new Europe

Under the patronage of Stanislaw Tillich,
Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony

Festival Director and programme: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff
Carte blanche: Klemens Wannenmacher, Kreativ Coaching Berlin
and member of the artistic advisory council of the euro-scene Leipzig

Festival programme

Tuesday, 02. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr (Opening night)
Wednesday, 03. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr
Centraltheater
les ballets C de la B / Alain Platel, Gent
»Out of context – for Pina«
Dance play
Direction and choreography: Alain Platel

Wednesday, 03. November // 19.30 – 20.30 Uhr
Thursday, 04. November // 22.00 – 23.00 Uhr
Kellertheater
Ivo Dimchev, Sofia
»Som faves«
(»Some favorites«)
Solo-Performance
Conception and play: Ivo Dimchev
(In English language with German subtitles)

Wednesday, 03. November // 22.00 – ca. 23.30 Uhr (World première)
Thursday, 04. November // 19.30 – ca. 21.00 Uhr
Friday, 05. November // 17.00 – ca. 18.30 Uhr
Schaubühne Lindenfels
Philipp J. Neumann, Leipzig
»Prophezeiung 20/11«
(»Prophecy 20/11«)
Instinct theatre
Conception and staging: Philipp J. Neumann
Choreography: Steffi Sembdner, Moving objects: Hagen Tilp
In-house production of euro-scene Leipzig in co-production with:
Festspielhaus Hellerau – European centre for the arts, Dresden & Thalia Theater Halle

Thursday, 04. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr
Friday, 05. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr
Theater der Jungen Welt
Jaunais Rīgas teātris (New theatre Riga)
»Sonja«
Play by Tatjana Tolstaja
Staging: Alvis Hermanis
(In Russian language with German simultaneous translation)

Friday, 05. November // 16.00 Uhr / 17.00 Uhr / 18.00 Uhr (Length about 17 minutes)
Saturday, 06. November // 16.00 Uhr / 17.00 Uhr / 18.00 Uhr (Length about 17 minuten)
Sunday, 07. November // 16.00 Uhr / 17.00 Uhr / 18.00 Uhr (Length about 17 minuten)
Alte Hauptpost
Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio / Romeo Castellucci, Cesena
»Storia contemporanea dell’Africa. Vol. III«
(»Contemporary history of Africa. Vol. III«)
Performance
Conception and staging: Romeo Castellucci
German première

Friday, 05. November // 19.30 – 21.15 Uhr
Saturday, 06. November // 19.30 – 21.15 Uhr
Peterskirche
Compagnie Pippo Delbono, Modena
»La menzogna«
(»The lie«)
Theatre play
Conception, text and staging: Pippo Delbono
German première
(In Italian language with German subtitles)

Friday, 05. November // 22.00 – 23.00 Uhr
Saturday, 06. November // 22.00 – 23.00 Uhr
LOFFT
Teatri Kombëtar i Kosovës (National Theatre Kosovo), Prishtina
»Çifti Martin«
(»The couple Martin«)
Play after motives by Eugène Ionesco
Staging: Bekim Lumi
German première
(In Albanian language with German subtitles)

Friday, 05. November // 22.00 – 01.30 Uhr
Saturday, 06. November // 22.00 – 01.30 Uhr
Werk II
»Lange Nacht des Tanzes«
(»Long night of dance«)
Choreographies former laureates of the competition
»Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo« (»Best German dance solo«):
Hermann Heisig, Leipzig-Berlin / Cynthia Gonzales, Bern / Maren Strack, Köln / Claudio Stellato, Brüssel / Daniela Lehmann, Berlin / Catharina Gadelha, Köln / Martin Ihle, Berlin

Saturday, 06. November // 14.30 – 15.30 Uhr and 17.00 – 18.00 Uhr
Kellertheater
Divadlo Líšeň, Brno
»Sávitrí«
Shadow theatre
Conception and staging: Pavla Dombrovská
(For children from 5 years and adults)
(In German language)

Sunday, 07. November // 11.00 – 12.00 Uhr and 14.30 – 15.30 Uhr
Kellertheater
Divadlo Líšeň, Brno
»Žabáci – Sny starého dědka«
(»Froggs – The dreams of the old«)
Theatre play with puppets
Conception and staging: Pavla Dombrovská
German première
(For children from 5 years and adults)
(In German language)

Saturday, 06. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr
Sunday, 07. November // 17.00 – 18.30 Uhr
Schaubühne Lindenfels
NTGent / Johan Simons with Jeroen Willems, Amsterdam
»Twee stemmen«
(»Two voices«)
Play after texts by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Cor Herkströter
Staging: Johan Simons
Actor: Jeroen Willems
(In German language)

Sunday, 07. November // 19.30 – 21.00 Uhr (Final night)
Peterskirche
Ballet Preljocaj, Aix-en-Provence
»Empty moves« (Parts I & II)
Dance play
Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj
Music: John Cage
German première

Fringe programme

Free entry for all events (exept workshop)

Wednesday, 03. November // 16.30 – 18.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos
Film
»pitié! – Endstation Kinshasa«
(»pitié! – final destination Kinshasa«)
by Alain Platel, Ghent
with les ballets C de la B, Ghent
Discussion with Alain Platel
Presentation: Klemens Wannenmacher, Berlin

Tuesday, 04. November and Friday, 05. November // 10.00 – 14.00 Uhr
Die Villa – Soziokulturelles Zentrum
Workshop
Catharina Gadelha, Cologne
»Mein Bild ist dein Bild«
(»My picture is your picture«)
A Dance-theatre-laboratory

Tuesday, 04. November // 14.30 – 18.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos
Film
»Inferno«, »Purgatorio« and »Paradiso«
by Romeo Castellucci, Cesena
with Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio
Discussion with Romeo Castellucci
Presentation: Dr. Martina Bako, Leipzig

Tuesday, 04. November // 17.00 – 18.00 Uhr
Peterskirche
Technical guidance
»Die Räder im Getriebe«
(»Cogs in the wheel«)
Bernd E. Gengelbach, Co-director and technical direction euro-scene Leipzig
Look into the processes of technical stage

Friday, 05. November // 14.00 – 18.15 Uhr
Saturday, 06. November // 10.00 – 16.00 Uhr
Alte Börse
Symposium
»Ost-West-Passagen«
(»East-West-Passages«)
Dance and theatre from the East. New impetus from the East.
Leadership: Michael Freundt, Co-Director of the ITI
In co-operation with the International Theatre Institute (ITI), Berlin

Friday, 05. November // 16.30 – 18.00 Uhr
Saturday, 06. November // 16.30 – 18.00 Uhr
Passage Kinos
Die euro-scene Leipzig im 20. Jahr
(The euro-scene Leipzig in the 20th year)
/ Discussion: Ein musikalisches Festivalsignal (A musical Festival signal)
with Friederike Bernhardt, composer, and Ipke Starke, Professor for composition,
Hochschule für Musik und Theater »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy«, Leipzig
/ Film: »Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen« (»A look behind the scenes«)
by Bernd E. Gengelbach and Tilman König, Leipzig

Sunday, 07. November // 11.30 – 13.30 Uhr
Passage Kinos
Film
»Blanche neige« (»Snow White«)
A Dance-fairytale
Choreographie: Angelin Preljocaj, Aix-en-Provence
Music: Gustav Mahler
Introduction and discussion: Thomas Hahn, Paris
(For children from 8 years and adults)
In co-operation with the Institut francais, Leipzig, and the Passage Kinos

Sunday, 07. November // 14.30 – 16.00 Uhr
Passage Kinos
Film
»La Paura«
by Pippo Delbono, Modena
German première
Discussion with Pippo Delbono
Presentation: Dr. Martina Bako, Leipzig

Sunday, 07. November // 22.00 Uhr – 03.00 Uhr
Schaubühne Lindenfels
Abschlussball
(Closing ball)
with the musik band Black Coffee, Leipzig

Informations

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