The 30th anniversary festival was supposed to take place from 03. – 08. Nov. 2020 under the motto »Alles nicht wahr« (»It simly ain’t so«). Unfortunately, the festival had to be cancelled completely just before its planned opening. This was due to a decree by the federal government to prohibit all events from 02. Nov. 2020 because of the rapidly increasing number of Covid-19 infections.
Trailer with clips of all guest performances 2020
Downloadable Festival booklet, flyer and evening programmes 2020 (PDF)
Music in theatre and dance from the old and new Europe
Under the patronage of Burkhard Jung,
Mayor of the City of Leipzig
Festival Director: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff
Programme: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff
in collaboration with the Artistic Advisory Council
1.
Tuesday, 03. November 2020 // 7.30 – ca. 9.00 p.m. (Opening night)
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig / Mendelssohn-Saal
Musicbanda Franui & Nikolaus Habjan, Vienna / Innsbruck
»Alles nicht wahr«
(»It simply ain’t so«)
VIDEO CLIP
Music theatre based on songs by Georg Kreisler
Conception: Nikolaus Habjan, Markus Kraler, Andreas Schett
Musical adaption and musicians: Musicbanda Franui
Song, recitation, puppet building and puppetry: Nikolaus Habjan
German première
This humorously current music theatre piece with the ten-person Musicbanda Franui and Nikolaus Habjan as a director, singer, reciter and puppeteer is based on songs by Georg Kreisler. An evening full of thrilling energy.
2.
Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.00 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne
Schauspielhaus Graz
»The hills are alive«
VIDEO CLIP
Theatre play with puppets
Text and puppet building: Neville Tranter
Staging, actors and puppetry: Neville Tranter, Nikolaus Habjan
German première
(In English language with German subtitles)
Neville Tranter, the legendary puppet builder and puppeteer, shares the stage for the first time with his former student Nikolaus Habjan. It is a funny, absurd and political piece that is based on motifs from the musical and film »The sound of music«.
The performance will be followed by a public discussion with Nikolaus Habjan and Neville Tranter. Moderation: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff, euro-scene Leipzig
On 06. Nov. the film »The sound of music« by Robert Wise will be shown.
3.
Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Diskothek
Paolo Nani, Vordingborg
»Brevet«
(»The letter«)
VIDEO CLIP
Comedy
Staging: Nullo Facchini
Actor: Paolo Nani
A man sits down and starts to write a letter, 15 times, without words, always in a different style. The solo by Paolo Nani from 1992 advanced to become a classic of modern comedy.
4.
Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.30 p.m.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.30 p.m.
Schaubühne Lindenfels
Nils Freyer, Berlin
Vogelsang meets Hoyer
VIDEO CLIP
Two dance pieces
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Ralf Stabel, Berlin
»Fünf Präludien aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von J. S. Bach«
(»Five preludes from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier«)
Choreography: Marianne Vogelsang
»Affectos humanos« (»Human passions«)
Choreography: Dore Hoyer
Reconstruction and dance: Nils Freyer
Piano: Ulrike Buschendorf
Drums: Marco Philipp
Nils Freyer dances reconstructions of the two choreographies »Fünf Präludien aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von J. S. Bach« (»Five preludes from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier«) by Marianne Vogelsang and »Affectos humanos« by Dore Hoyer.
Shuttle bus: from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.30 p.m. to Schaubühne Lindenfels / afterwards backwards
5.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne
Compagnie Alias, Geneva
»Sideways rain«
VIDEO CLIP
Dance piece
Conception and choreography: Guilherme Botelho
Composition: Murcof (Fernando Corona)
14 dancers show the constant flow of life and the inexplicability of fate. Guilherme Botelho created this exceptional piece full of enrapturing energy.
After the performance the City of Leipzig International Caroline Neuber Scholarship will be awarded.
6.
Friday, 06. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne
Schubert Theater, Vienna
»F. Zawrel – erbbiologisch und sozial minderwertig«
(»F. Zawrel – genetically and socially inferior«)
VIDEO CLIP
Theatre play with puppets
Conception and text: Simon Meusburger, Nikolaus Habjan
based on narrations by Friedrich Zawrel
Staging: Simon Meusburger
Puppet building, actor and puppetry: Nikolaus Habjan
This disturbing piece is based on the true fate of Friedrich Zawrel, who as a child survived the euthanasia crimes of the German occupation of Austria during World War II. This play by Nikolaus Habjan and his puppets has an enormous emotional power.
The performance will be followed by a public discussion with Nikolaus Habjan and Simon Meusburger.
7.
Friday, 06. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 7.30 – 8.30 p.m.
Theater der Jungen Welt / Großer Saal
Pierre Rigal / Compagnie dernière minute, Toulouse
»Press«
VIDEO CLIP
Dance piece
Conception, choreography and dance: Pierre Rigal
Music: Nihil Bordures
A man in a room, a kind of box, that gets smaller and smaller: the Kafkaesque solo by and with Pierre Rigal stands for adaptation, the struggle for survival and loneliness. It has enjoyed a cult status for years now.
8.
Friday, 06. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.45 p.m.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.45 p.m.
LOFFT – Das Theater
Dance from Budapest
VIDEO CLIP
Góbi Dance Company
»Ne hisztizz!«
(»Don’t fuss!«)
Choreography and dance: Rita Góbi
Musician: Dávid Szegő
German première
Ferenc Fehér
»Imago«
Choreography, music and dance: Ferenc Fehér
The evening shows two very different dance pieces from Hungary: the temperamental and humorous duet »Ne hisztizz!« (»Don’t fuss!«) by and with Rita Góbi and Dávid Szegő on drums as well as »Imago«, a darkly impressive solo by and with Ferenc Fehér.
Shuttle bus: from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.45 p.m. to LOFFT / afterwards backwards
9.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 2.30 – 3.15 p.m. and 5.00 – 5.45 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 11.30 a.m. – 12.15 p.m. and 3.00 – 3.45 p.m.
Theater der Jungen Welt / Kleiner Saal
Compagnie Philippe Saire, Lausanne
»Hocus Pocus«
VIDEO CLIP
Children’s piece
Conception: Philippe Saire
Choreography: Philippe Saire in collaboration with the dancers
Music: Edvard Grieg, Stéphane Vecchione
(For children aged 7 years and older as well as adults)
A top-drawer children’s piece: two friends go on a journey into the world of illusions. Together with the dancers Philippe Chosson and Mickaël Henrotay-Delaunay, Philippe Saire created divine adventures.
10.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.30 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.30 p.m.
Schauspielhaus / Diskothek
Schubert Theater, Vienna
»Was geschah mit Baby Jane?«
(»What happened to Baby Jane?«)
VIDEO CLIP
Theatre play with puppets
based on the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell
Conception, staging and puppets: Nikolaus Habjan
Text version, actress and puppetry: Manuela Linshalm
The puppet magician Nikolaus Habjan staged this crime piece with Manuela Linshalm. The sisters Jane and Blanche Hudson have been living together in a villa in Hollywood for years, withdrawn. A car crash chains Blanche to a wheelchair …
11.
Saturday, 07. November 2020 // 10.00 – 11.15 p.m.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 5.00 – 6.15 p.m.
Schaubühne Lindenfels
Compagnie Berlin, Antwerp
»True copy«
VIDEO CLIP
Theatre play
Text and Staging: Bart Baele, Yves Degryse
Actors: Bart Baele, Geert Jan Jansen
(In Dutch language with German subtitles)
In 1994, the police found over 1,600 works of art that Geert Jan Jansen had forged. He signed them with the names Picasso, Appel, Matisse, Chagall and others. The company Berlin from Belgium, directed by Bart Baele and Yves Degryse, poses questions about truth.
Shuttle bus: on 07. Nov. from Schauspielhaus
departure 9.45 p.m. to Schaubühne Lindenfels / afterwards backwards
12.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 7.30 – 9.00 p.m. (Final night)
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne
Compagnie Maguy Marin, Lyon
»May B«
VIDEO CLIP
Dance piece
Conception and choreography: Maguy Marin
Music: Franz Schubert, Gilles de Binche, Gavin Bryars
This piece by Maguy Marin from 1981 is France’s most performed dance piece and has written dance history. Inspired by Samuel Beckett, it captivates with its representation of waiting, emptiness, hesitation and hope.
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Free entry except for “School of weather: snow” (“Schule des Wetters: Schnee”)
1.
Wednesday, 04. November 2020 // 5.00 – ca. 6.00 p.m. (World première)
15,00 € (red. 9,00 €)
Theater der Jungen Welt / Kleiner Saal
Dance piece
»Schule des Wetters: Schnee«
(»School of weather: snow«)
Piece selected by Theater der Jungen Welt
Choreography: Lisa Freudenthal
Dramaturgy: Winnie Karnofka, Anna Weyrosta
with Sofiia Stasiv, Denis Cvetkovic
Tickets only at the festival box office or at Theater der Jungen Welt
2.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 4.00 – ca. 6.15 p.m.
(Free entry)
Passage Kinos
Film recording (from Theater an der Wien, 2020)
»Salome«
Opera by Richard Strauss
Libretto based on the drama of the same name by Oscar Wilde: Richard Strauss
Reduced orchestral version: Eberhard Kloke
Musical conduction: Leo Hussain / ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Staging and puppet design: Nikolaus Habjan
with Marlis Petersen (Salome), Johan Reuter (Jochanaan), John Daszak (Herod),
Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Martin Mitterrutzner (Narraboth), among others
Introduction and discussion: Nikolaus Habjan, Vienna, and Ann-Elisabeth Wolff, Leipzig
3.
Thursday, 05. November 2020 // 8.45 – ca. 9.30 p.m.
(only with ticket “Sideways rain”)
Schauspielhaus / Große Bühne
Award ceremony
Internationales Caroline-Neuber-Stipendium der Stadt Leipzig
(City of Leipzig International Caroline Neuber Scholarship)
The nominated artists:
Marie Gourdain, Prague / Elisabeth Kindler-Abali, Berlin / Lulu Obermayer, Munich /
Renana Raz, Tel Aviv / Doris Uhlich, Vienna / Inbal Yomtovian, Nice/Jerusalem
4.
Friday, 06. November 2020 // 3.30 – ca. 6.45 p.m. (including one break)
(Free entry)
Passage Kinos
Feature film based on the musical of the same name
»The sound of music«
Direction: Robert Wise
Music: Richard Rodgers / Song lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
with Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher Plummer (Captain von Trapp),
Eleanor Parker (Baroness Elsa Schrader), among others
In German language
Introduction: Ann-Elisabeth Wolff, Leipzig
5.
Sunday, 08. November 2020 // 4.00 – ca. 6.15 p.m.
(Free entry)
Passage Kinos
Film recording (from Teatro Real, Madrid, 2012)
»C(h)œurs«
Music and dance theatre by Alain Platel, Ghent
Music: Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner
Musical conduction: Marc Piollet / Choir and orchestra: Teatro Real, Madrid
Dancers: les ballets C de la B, Gent
Introduction: Arnd Wesemann, journalist, editor tanz, Berlin
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