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Lydia Steier takes over at the Ruhrtriennale
Steier takes over the Ruhrtriennale before her first edition begins. Her ambition: bold imagery, open doors and a festival that reaches the region.
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Theatre, opera and dance – premieres, venues and the people behind them.
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What a set design can do to ‘Hamlet’
Ersan Mondtag directs and designs the set at the Berliner Ensemble for a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ with Wilke Weermann. What can a stage space change about a classic — and what must the performance itself achieve?
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Armin Petras brings Böll’s “End of a Mission” to Bonn
Refusal to carry out a routine assignment becomes a court case: Armin Petras brings Heinrich Böll’s satire to Theater Bonn. What does a small act of disobedience mean today?
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‘Hotel Savoy’: Franui brings Joseph Roth to the stage
Returning soldiers, people left adrift and operetta melodies meet in ‘Hotel Savoy’. Franui brings Joseph Roth’s novel to the Burgtheater on 7 November.
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Doris Uhlich: Twenty Years of Dancing with Bodies
Twenty years of Doris Uhlich: a Vienna retrospective traces how bodies, biographies and movement shape her choreography.
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Munich opts for a leadership trio from Basel
A director, a dramaturg, an actor: the Kammerspiele’s incoming leadership team is bringing a Basel model to Munich — with questions still open.
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Balanchine and Bausch: two bodily orders set to Stravinsky
A Greek god and a community engaged in ritual: La Scala brings two very different Stravinsky ballets together in one evening.
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‘Rosa L.’: Luxemburg between film and stage
Anica Tomić brings Rosa Luxemburg’s story to the stage at the Deutsches Theater, following its treatment in film and a graphic novel.
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How three new choreographies shape a company's identity
With “Different Grounds”, three choreographic voices meet a classically trained company. The result is more than an evening of three world premieres: an attempt to make an institution legible in a new way.
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Ewald Palmetshofer: characters searching for something to hold on to
The award-winning playwright places his characters in a world where old certainties are fading. His plays ask what follows.
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How John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet lives on
Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet returns to the stage in Stuttgart. A look at what is preserved when choreography is passed on — and what is allowed to change.
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Mondtag’s ‘Hamlet’ at the Berliner Ensemble
A prince wants to put the world right. At the Berliner Ensemble, Ersan Mondtag and Wilke Weermann examine the violence inherent in that ambition.
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How Cathy Marston’s ballet tells Jane Eyre’s inner story
A novel filled with an inner voice becomes a ballet. Cathy Marston’s ‘Jane Eyre’ explores perspective through bodies, music and memory.
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