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A Reduced Theater Experience
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Internationald
Dance Film Festival 2008
Yokohama, Japan
Venue: Zaim
Feb. 16, 2008
13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30,
17:00
Feb. 17, 2008
13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30, 16:00, 16:30,
17:00, 17:30, 18:00
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The point of departure for the staging is a highly abridged version
of Klaus Fehlingfs drama gLampyridsh. The Interpretation by post
theater simply features exactly the situation that is presented in
the play. This reduction of means and the denial of a clear interpretation
create a frightening complexity and strong emotionality.
The 15-minute performance in English (or Japanese) language is only
open for an audience of two persons per performance, ideally a female
and a male one. They are guided into a completely darkened room and
sit on two chairs at a table, facing each other (which they will only
find out about later). The room is beyond perception. The perfect
darkness communicates the emotion of uncertainty, which the drama
talks about. Independent
from the constraints of time and space, two persons encounter in
complete darkness. Strangers to each other, anxious, yet longing
for recognition and orientation, they touch their way through darkness.
Light conveys intensively the insecurity of an encounter without
social conventions. Nobody knows what he or she has to expect from
the other. What is truth, what is lie? Total darkness reduces the
interpretable data to a minimum. There is an exhausting negotiation
of perception, yet everything stays in a state of fragility. The
quest for truth turns into one for power. Seemingly cemented constellations
of power can be rearranged constantly. Rules emerge only to be revoked
any time. In the end all stays unclear, even the obvious: is it
really dark?
Credits:
Author: Klaus Fehling
"light" project artistic director: Max Schumacher
Music: zeitblom
version 1: Berlin, 2003
Director: Max Schumahcer
Performers: Julie Randall, Alexander Schroeder
version 2: Bonn, 2004
Director: Andreas Horbelt
Performers: Julie Randall, Errol T. Harewood
version 3: Tokyo, 2005
Director: Hiroko Tanahashi
Japanese Dramturgy /Translation: Mika Eglinton
Performers: Kiyomi Tanikawa, AKIRA
version 4: Yokohama, 2008
Director: Hiroko Tanahashi
Japanese Dramturgy /Translation: Mika Eglinton
Performers: Kiyomi Tanikawa, AKIRA
Dancers: Tetsuo Sanari,Sachie Sugahara
History:
02/2003 Ex-Metzgerei, Berlin / Germany
07/2003 Rohkunstbau Festival, Grossleuthen
09/2003 Sconfinart, Trento / Italy
04/2004 Pokus Festival, Belgrade / Serbia
06/2004 Biennale Bonn / Germany
12/2004 Patravadi Theater, Bangkok
11/2005 Tessen / Warabi / Japan
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