The same day that the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol is bombed out in the Russia-Ukraine war, the festival opening of Tanzplattform Deutschland is happening: It is March 16, 2022. It is an incongruous coincidence, and the reality of the warfare in Europe is palpable throughout the festival days. (I finish writing this … Continue reading Moritz Ostruschnjak: TANZANWEISUNGEN (it won’t be like this forever)
I have the impression that I stumbled into this new year of 2022 because I got infected with Covid-19 during the holidays, and I assume that it was the Omicron variant. The virus somehow struck me down, and even though I showed no life-threatening symptoms, I got extremely tired, lost all sense of concentration, and … Continue reading Corona Dreaming
Let's talk about dreaming. Last year I wrote about ScriptedReality, a group of theatre and performance makers in Frankfurt. In all of their projects, they are interested in how game mechanics, writing methods, and performance tactics can be interlaced with Fine Arts and theatre. In their artistic output, they are, as my colleague Georg Döcker … Continue reading Mark Diaz Truman / Avery Alder: The Deep Forest
November has brought a lot of fog to Frankfurt. On some days, the fog dissolves until noon, giving way to some sun. But this seems to be rare this year. Many times, it stayed foggy and cloudy the whole day, and I could observe how this changes the quality of the light. The different light … Continue reading Pascal Schonlau / Mario Gaetano Brucculeri: Interfusion
In the winter of 2019/20, I was asked to write a portrait of Joana Tischkau, who is a choreographer and theater maker based in Frankfurt on the Main. The institution asking was Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, an independent performance production house in Frankfurt, because they do a special program preview insert twice a year with the Frankfurter … Continue reading Joana Tischkau: Being Pink Ain’t Easy
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