[Bilimsel Haber] EVENT- Theatre, Dance, Film and Music Festival, March 8-25, Hamburg,
Germany
Sule Tarakcioglu
suletar@kulturad.org
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:32:59 +0200
From: Kerstin Klenke <kerstin.klenke@web.de>
EVENT- Theatre, Dance, Film and Music Festival, March 8-25, Hamburg, Germany
Polycentral 2006
March 8-25
Jarrestr. 20
Kampnagel Hamburg
22303 Hamburg
Germany
Web: www.kampnagel.de
E-mail: tickets@kampnagel.de
Dance, Theatre, and Music from Central Asia, the Middle East and Turkey from
March 8th to March 25th at Kampnagel
The common feature of Asia Minor, the Middle East and Central Asia is
that their
stage art is a cultural "terra incognita" for Western Europeans.
Twice before the [k] theme "polycentral" successfully presented to us what
others see as contemporary art.
This time we proudly present among others: new and old Dancing Dervishes
from
Istanbul; bewitching overtone singers from Ulaanbaatar and modern dramatic
shamans from Kazakhstan.
We are welcoming artists from:
Iran
Turkey
Iraq/Egypt
Mongolia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Amir Reza Koohestani (Iran)
Amid the Clouds
Play/ German premiere (in Farsi, with German subtitles)
March 8, 8:00 pm, [k1], ca. 70 min.
March 9 and 10, 9:00 pm
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 9th
Price group F. Supported by: Goethe-Institut
Imour and Zina from the Iranian provinces have not yet met, but they are
travelling along the same road. The pair have one thing in common: Imour
does
not know his father, and Zina does not know the father of the child she is
carrying. There's something else: both are on the run, and both are
stuck in a
French refugee camp on the Pas-de-Calais, which day after day swallows
some of
their fellow refugees, those who give up their last crumbs of resistance and
finally, powerlessly, surrender to its heavy waves.
The 27-year-old, internationally acclaimed author and director Amir Reza
Koohestani is interested in the incredible moments of happiness that can
occur
anywhere in the world and yet are bound to be followed by equally deep
mourning
and sadness. He manages to combine the great Persian narrative tradition
with
the reality of a refugee camp. The strength of his words and the almost shy
impressiveness of the actors lead you to the bottom of your soul. An
intensive
theatrical experience!
Emre Koyuncuoglu (Turkey)
Home Sweet Home Hamburg
Dance / Performance (Turkish with German subtitles)
March 9 to 11, 7:30 pm, [k2], ca. 60 min.
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 10.
Price group E
Can Europe be a home for Turkey? Emre Koyuncuoglu forms the portrait of
a young
woman between tradition and modern times using film sequences, dance
scenes and
music. Turkish immigrants from Hamburg augment the Istanbul ensemble
and give
this production, already successful in many European countries, a special
relevance to the present.
The dedicated dramatist manages to combine voices and images, themes and
genres
artistically in her multi-media work as well as building the bridge from the
Bosporus to the Alster.
Naseer Shamma (Iraq/Egypt)
Concert
March 11, 9:00 pm, [k1], ca. 105 min. with intermission
Discussion with the audience after the concert
Admission: 15/10 Euros
Supported by: Goethe-Institut
The coveted award "Best Oud-Player in the Arab World", was given to Naseer
Shamma last October in Oman. Naseer Shamma was born in 1963 in Kut, a
village on
the Tigris River in Iraq. Educated in Baghdad, he took the post of
Director of
the Arab Centre for the Oud in Cairo in 1999. His compositions are
culturally
unique. The oud is called he "Queen of instruments" in the Arab World
and Shamma
can play it best. He performs on the oud in a manner which combines the
ancient
methods of Babylonian prayers with his own modern compositions.
Naseer Shamma expressly dedicates his work to peace in his home country.
Egschiglen (Mongolia)
Sound of Mongolia
Concert
March 14, 8:00 pm, [k2], ca. 80 min.
Discussion with the audience after the concert
Admission: 15/10 Euros
The solo vocalist Amartuwshin Baasandorj sings in khomii style which is
almost
unbelievable for German ears. Khomii is a special throat singing in
which the
overtones are modulated while singing the base melody. It leaves you
speachless.
Can you believe that one voice can produce such low and high sounds at
the same
time? On his journey through the sound dimensions of Central Asia
Amartuwshin
Baasandorj is accompanied by instruments like the horse head violin and
the swan
throat flute.
The band EGSCHIGLEN ("Beautiful melody") was founded in 1991 by master
students
of the conservatory of Ulaanbaatar. The musicians are focusing on
contemporary
music of Mongolia and searching systematically for the sound dimensions
of this
repertory with their traditional instruments and the Central Asian vocal
techniques. The music is formed by its landscape and the way of life of its
people. An extraordinary experience!
5. Sokak Tiyatrosu (Turkey)
(5th Street Theatre)
Ashura
Musical theatre / German premiere (Turkish with English subtitles)
March 17 und 18, 7:30 pm, [k1], ca. 70 min.
Discussion with the audience after the show on March 18
Price group F
"Ashura" is a composition of folk songs and lullabys, mourning and wedding
songs. Sung in Armenish, Turkish, Zaza, Hebrew, Arabic, Kurdish, and
Syrian they
bring to our attention the many ways in which languages, religions and
cultures
have pressured and destroyed each other in the past.
No other Turkish theatre company has achieved such unambiguous recognition
within the last few years as the group around Mustafa and Ovul Avkiran.
Their
brilliant production with outstanding Turkish soloists is an artistic
pleasure
as well as a call for tolerance and reconciliation.
Whirling Dervishes
Galata Mevlivi Music and Sema Ensemble (Turkey)
Contemplating in ecstasy
and
Ziya Azazi (Turkey)
Dervish in Progress
Dance
March 17 and 18, 9:00 pm, [k2], ca. 95 min. with intermission
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 17.
Price group G
From religion to ritual and from ritual to art:
From religion to ritual and from ritual to art: two worlds will meet
tonight
that are inspired by the same source: We will begin with the "Galata Mevlivi
Music and Sema Ensemble" that looks back on a 700-year-old tradition. The
religious brothers of the mystical Sufism show the world famous Whirling
Dervishes in its original form as a religious ritual.
After the break Ziya Azazi an outstanding contemporary dancer presents his
fascinating new interpretation of the spin dance which was celebrated on
Kampnagel last year already. Awara Theatre (Turkmenistan)
King Lear
Theatre (Turkmenish with an introduction and aids for understanding)
March 23 - 25, 7:30 pm, [kmh], ca. 60 min.
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 23.
Price group E. Supported by: Goethe-Institut
Anna Mele is a highly respected and well liked artist in Central Asia.
The only
performance to date of the Turkmen actor in Germany five years ago was
described
as "stirring", "thrilling" and "magnificent" by the German press.
The director and actor from Ashgabat enters the small stage with only a
rolled
up carpet under his arm. That is all he needs to bring Shakespeare's
"King Lear"
to life with the imagination of a great oriental narrator and the
techniques of
the Russian school of theatre. A great parable of the crazy rulers of this
world.
Theatre Eski Masjid (Uzbekistan)
Raksu S'amo
Theatre with music / German premiere (Uzbekish with an introduction and aids
for understanding)
March 24 - 25, 8:00 pm, [k2], ca. 80 min.
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 25.
Price group E. Supported by: Goethe-Institut
The theatre Eski Masjid is working in the deep provinces, it manages
however to
find international recognition. Since the end of the Russian domination the
search for their own theatre language is obvious in Uzbekistan. The current
production Raksu S'amo (Heavenly Dance) is the gentle modernisation of a
well-known epos. Director Ovlyakhuli Khodjakhuli has been devoting a lot
of his
time to the cultures of this region forgotten by the Western critics.
Contemporary themes are melting with mystical legends, dances and
singing into a
strange (for us) and fascinating piece of art within this production.
Kyzyl Traktor (Kasachstan)
The Dream of Chenghiskhan
An evening with the artist collective "Red Tractor" (with an introduction in
German and English. Film and Performance without words.)
March 24 - 25, 9:00 pm, [k1], ca. 90 min.
Discussion with the audience after the performance on March 24.
Price group G
You can hardly ever experience a night like that in a German theatre:
gathered
around a yurte (a nomadic tent) the audience meets the far away world of
Moldakul Narymbetov, Almagul Menlibaeva and their friends. "Kyzyl
Traktor" is a
loose connection of artists of various genres. Their shaman influenced
theatre
rituals and films are dedicated to the conflict between reckless
industrialisation and nature's dignity. After Menlibaeva's impressive short
films, Narymbetov and his assistant will do a shaman impovisation.
As it is custom in Kazakhstan we will serve polv (a rice dish) and vodka for
artists and guests afterwards.
Supporting Programme
Discussion
Witnesses of change
On the situation of contemporary art in Central Asia
March 25, 4:00 pm [k2]
Free admission
With:
- Ovlyakhuli Khodyakhuli (director, Uzbekistan)
- Simon Tordjman (until recently French cultural attache in Uzbekistan)
- Anna Mele (actor and director, Turkmenistan)
- Florent Le Duc (until recently director of the Bactria Cultural
Centre in
Dushanbe/Tadschikistan)
- Almagul Menlibaeva (video artist, Kazakhstan)
Host: Honne Dohrmann
Since the end of the Soviet Union the young national states of Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirghizia, and Turkmenistan have been fighting for
their place in the world. After the euphoria of the new start that was
followed
by a slow process of democratisation the conditions for art have worsened in
many places. But the better exchange with the rest of the world inspires
many
artists with new ideas.
Poly-Party
7 Euros / reduced 5 Euros
Free admission with a theatre ticket of the same day.
March 11, 8:00 pm
Poly-Party with DJ Serdal, a famous radio DJ, firing up the atmosphere with
Persian and Turkish grooves
March 18, 9:00 pm
Poly-Party with DJ Erkan, who has the power to move the Kampnagel dance
floor
with Turkish specialties
March 25, 10:30 pm
Poly-Party with DJ Porto
Worldbeats from the power behind the legendary opening night parties at
Kampnagel
Film
In cooperation with the Alabama Cinema
Tel: +49 40 28 80 30 70
Web: www.alabama-kino.de
Prices:
5.50 Euros / Reduced 5 Euros
A Time for Drunken Horses (Zeit der trunkenen Pferde)
Iran 2000, D: Bahman Ghobadi, 82 min., Farsi with German subtitles
March 12, 4:00 pm
Five orphans are fighting for survival in a Kurdish mountain village.
They are
too poor to afford the operation that the deformed Madi needs. Madi's
siblings
try to find the money for his operation by any means necessary, including
smuggling, marriage, and extremely hard physical labor. Rojin the oldest
sister
wants to get married to an Iraqi who in turn will pay for Madi's
operation. When
this fails Ayub joins a gang that smuggles tyres into Iraq�
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel)
Germany 2003, D: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni, 91 min., PG,
Mongolian with German subtitles
March 15, 6:30 pm
Four generations of a Mongolian nomadic family are living in three yurts. A
camel belonging to the family delivers (and rejects) a rare white calf.
Desperate to save the calf, the herders send their two sons on a journey
through
the desert to find a musician in accordance with an ancient ritual. When a
violinist arrives at the camp, the family hopes the sound of his horse-head
violin will find a way into the mother camel's heart and help her calf to
survive. Beautifully filmed on location in Mongolia.
Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
Germany 2003, D: Fatih Akin, 121 min., PG 12
March 19, 4:00 pm
The strange love story of two Turkish-born people from Hamburg: Sibel
wants to
free herself of her Turkish family and tries to persuade the
self-destructive
alcoholic Cahit to marry her. In a relationship that begins from
convenience,
Sibel and Cahit's fall towards each other happens slowly and inevitably,
while
always managing to surprise. Only when a catastrophe happens do they
start to
think clearly.
"Head-On" won the Golden Bear at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival and Best
European Film of 2004.
Information and Ticket Reservations:
Admission fees Polycentral 2006:
Price groups E, F, G:
Advanced box-office 14 Euros, 16 Euros, 18 Euros
Advanced box-office (reduced): 7.5 Euros, 10 Euros, 10 Euros
Advanced box-office (youth up to 14 years): 5 Euros, 5 Euros, 5 Euros
Box-office, 17 Euros, 20 Euros, 22 Euros
Box-office reduced*, 7.5 Euros, 10 Euros, 10 Euros
Box-office (youth up to 14 years): 6 Euros, 6 Euros , 6 Euros
The card: 9 Euros, 10 Euros, 11 Euros
Students, unemployed, handicapped persons, pensioners, and men doing
military or civil service qualify for the reduced rate if they provide
appropriate ID. These rates are only available at Kampnagel
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office until a few minutes before the start of the show. For our advanced
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Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian
Studies