kainkollektiv

Thesmophoria. The New Ancient Theatre

Ein postantikes Theaterfest (A post-antiquity theatre festival)

30-hour performance Social/Urban Movements Theatre & Performance

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kainkollektiv has explored the historical and mythical origins of European theatre in ancient Greece through extensive research travels to Athens and the Peloponnese peninsula. Tracing the “art of assembly”, the artists came upon the ancient women’s Thesmophoria theatre festival. In honour of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, a three-day festival was held each autumn for three days and three nights.

Under the title THESMOPHORIA. THE NEW ANCIENT THEATRE, kainkollektiv and an ensemble of international artists issue an invitation to reinvent the ancient art of care and assembly with all those gathered. Their post-antiquity theatre festival is a 30-hour durational performance which allows for the sharing, learning and trying of lost gestures and rituals. They are designed to allow an imagining and testing of visions for a good community, and to celebrate together.

In performances, dance, music, film, ritual, and communal workshops – the so-called care schools –, those visions come to life. The audience is not only invited to watch and listen but rather to participate actively, to experience, and to stay. If one wishes, it is possible to spend the entire 30 hours at the theatre, sharing time and space, to eat, even to sleep at the theatre or to come (or return) to the shared breakfast and the morning yoga session.

Ablauf der Veranstaltung

FR 28.3., 17:00 – 18:30 ARRIVAL & WORLD BUILDING Arrival / Speed-Dating / Dinner

FR 28. 3., 18:30 – 19:30 THE INVISIBLE CHILD Performance

FR 28.3., 19:30 – 20:00 MAP & HISTORY OF ELEUSIS A Lecture Perform(D)ance Puzzle

FR 28.3., 20:00 – 20:15 Selfcare-Break

FR 28.3., 20:15 – 20:30 CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE / TANZRITUAL “Pussy, Belly, Heart” Procession

FR 28.3., 20:30 – 21:00 CYCLES OF TIME. A SELF ENCOUNTER Dance, Music, Visuals

FR 28.3., 21:00 – 21:30 ON LOST DAUGHTERS & NIGHT SONGS. Concert

FR 28.3., 21:30 – 21:45 Selfcare-Break

FR 28.3., 21:45 – 23:15 CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE / FILMPREMIERE: NEW ANCIENT THEATRE. Film & Popcorn

FR 28.3., 23:15 – 23:45 Selfcare-Break

FR 28.3., 23:45 – 00:00 CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE / MOURNING RITUAL Performance

SA 29.3., 00:00 – 00:30 THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS Setting up a sleeping camp together

SA 29.3., 00:30 – 01:00 SONGS & SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERWORLD Electro-Headphone-Party (Silent Disco)

SA 29.3., 01:00 – 09:00 SLEEP OVER ELEUSIS/DÜSSELDORF Nights rest and bedtime

SA 29.3., 09:00 – 11:00 GOOD MO(U)RNING PRACTICES Yoga & Breakfast

SA 29.3., 11:00 – 15:30 EUROPÄISCHE SORGESCHULEN / EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF CARE Workshops

SA 29.3., 15:30 – 16:00 Selfcare-Break

SA 29.3., 16:00 – 16:45 MOURNING RITUAL & SHARING SECRETS. 1:1-Mini-Performances

SA 29.3., 16:45 – 17:15 DURBAN DAUGHTERS. SOUTH AFRICAN SONGS & STORIES Concert

SA 29.3., 17:15 – 17:45 Selfcare-Break

SA 29.3., 17:45 – 18:00 WHITEWASHING. EINE ANTIKE THEATERSZENE NACH DEN TROERINNEN Performance

SA 29.3., 18:00 – 18:30 OUBLIEZ D’ÊTRE NOIRE, MADAME…! / FORGET THAT YOU’RE BLACK, MADAM…! Dance, Text, Singing

SA 29.3., 18:30 – 19:00 IT’S STILL BURNING, SISTER HECUBA! Performance

SA 29.3., 19:00 – 19:30 ONE, TWO, THREE Performance

SA 29.3., 19:30 – 20:00 THE CURSED CHILD Performance

SA 29.3., 20:00 – 21:00 DINNER

SA 29.3.,21:00 – 22:15 RETURN OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS
Live-Audio play [Gefördert durch den Fonds Darstellende Künste]

SA 29.3., 22:15 – 23:00 FINALE: KING’S DAUGHTERSPARTY

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cast

Alexander Steindorf, Amal Omran, Anelisa Stuurman, Bianca Künzel, Catherine Jodoin, Edith Voges Nana Tchuinang, Fabian Lettow, Hannah Busch, Immanuel Bartz, Julie Ilner, Kristina-Maria Peters, Lefteris Papageorgiou, Lydia Polyzoi, Mariette Nancy Nko, Meret Mundwiler, Michael Wolke, Mirjam Schmuck, Nils Voges, Panos Strofalis, Patrick Dollas, Pélagie Alima, Phaedra Pisimisi, Ria Papadopoulou, Richard Behrens, Sara Bigdeli Shamloo, Shams Kassab, Silvia Dierkes, Vanessa Chartrand-Rodrigue und weiteren.

credits

Production: kainkollektiv
Coproduction: Ringlokschuppen Ruhr, FFT Düsseldorf, tak Berlin

Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Arts and the Media, Kunststiftung NRW, the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the City of Bochum.

Funded by the European Union. However, the views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held responsible.