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june 26nd 2010“Just as Dionysus sees frac-tures in women’s souls caused

by discontent with their position in society – and

uses them as objects for his own goals – so do all of us wander around with internal cracks, vulnerable and often misguided,” Stef-

fen Jaeger says. This 26 year old director of Max

Reinhart Seminar (Austria) came to this year’s ITs with Die Bakchen – his interpreta-tion of Euripides’ legendary Greek tragedy. Jaeger, who has extensive knowledge of art history, philosophy and math-ematics, embraces a new read-ing of the classic. He based his play on the female characters driven into Dionysus’ madness, instead of the exhausted and worn out story of conflict be-tween gods and men. Prompt-ed by his own wish to revive the myth, this play completes the experiment in which he attempted to find out whether or not the play corresponds with current affairs. “For me, Die Bakchen is an everlast-ing work of striking brutality and cruelty,” Jaeger says. “It focuses on the social position of women over the ages, and forces the audience to realise that very little has changed.” Certainly, a must see. (AL)

Die Bakchen, 26 June 5:30pm Theater Bellevue

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cancelled!

Sad but true: BOTH the performances of

doreen Watson by the danish national The-atre School on Satur-day are cancelled...

nl vs slo!“Once more into the breach, dear friends,

once more,” said King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt.

At least, according to Shakespeare. So once

more, there will be football madness at

the Compagnietheater on Monday. 4pm the mayhem will start:

The netherlands ver-sus Slovakia.

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Temperature’s rising! From Saturday’s 24, to Sunday’s 28 degrees!

Programme change Doreen Watson19.30 & 21.30Danish National Theatre SchoolCANCELLED

Programme saterday june 26nd 2010 acting

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its imPression: de mogelijKheid van een afscheid

die BaKchenPreview

Six actors are moving slowly. Live music en-hances the atmosphere. They play with their backs turned. We are slowly getting to know them, as they play with

their backs turned. And in the way they show their body – from behind enormous magnifying glasses. They suddenly turn around and show us their faces, desper-

ately trying to leave, but restrained by constant hesitation. It is not easy to say goodbye. Especially if you did not even say hello. (AK)

compagnietheatergrote Zaal

compagnietheaterkleine Zaal

frascati 1 frascati 2

de coup/e21.0090 min. (page 20)

amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

Krampig / celibaat combined presentation15.15, 45 min. (page 8)toneelacademie maastricHt

las alba20.00,70 min. (page 25)

BiZkaia drama scHool, Basque country

Ze heeft ja gezegd 18.00, 45 min.(page 9)amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

afterparty:taco fettBart fader23.00 - 02.00(page 4)

a celebration / hello detroit combined presentation22.30, 60 min.(page 8)amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

compagnietheatergrote Zaal

compagnietheaterkleine Zaal

frascati 1 frascati 2 frascati 3

dance lecture20.00, (page 4)Foyer

modern dance:Part 121.00, (page 12)Fontys HogescHool voor de kunsten & amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

de schaamteclub 15.15, 60 min. (page 9)

artesis HogescHool antwerpen

Puin17.00 & 21.00, 80 min. (page 21)

erasmus HogescHool Brussel (rits)

grofgebekt maar niet te letterlijk 16.45, 35 min. (page 10)

HogescHool voor de kunsten utrecHt

...en bewonder! / endstation Brecht. ein lustspiel.combined presentation21.00, 95 min. (page 17)

arteZ HogescHool voor de kunsten

Brakke grond rode Zaal

engelenBak theater Bellevue

rozentheatergrote Zaal

locatie cruquiusweg

dansje14.00, 45 min.(page 8)

toneelacademie maastricHt

students’ work amsterdam 116.30 (page 10)amsterdamse toneelscHool& kleinkunstacademie

students’ work amsterdam 119.30 (page 10)amsterdamse toneelscHool& kleinkunstacademie

die Bakchen17.30,90 min. (page 21)

max reinHardt seminar, austria

johnny solo15.00 & 20.00,75 min. (page 21)

toneelacademie maastricHt

Kliché.20.30, 90 min. (page 20)

amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

Pauvre lola / Bos vermist combined presentation21.00, (page 9)toneelacademie maastricHt

Brakke grond rode Zaal

engelenBak theater Bellevue

rozentheatergrote Zaal

students’ work amsterdam 217.45 (page 10)amsterdamse Hoge­scHool voor de kunsten

students’ work amsterdam 222.00 (page 10)amsterdamse Hoge­scHool voor de kunsten

students’ work arnhem14.00 (page 10)arteZ HogescHool voor de kunsten

students’ work arnhem20.30 (page 10)arteZ HogescHool voor de kunsten

gesprekken tussen david 15.00 & 19.00, 60 min. (page 21)

HogescHool voor de kunsten utrecHt

Pulse15.00 & 20.00,30 min. (page 21)

amsterdamse HogescHool voor de kunsten

Programme sunday june 27nd 2010

funded By:

colofon writing staff: Michiel Bulthuis (MB), Mustafa el Faroog (MeF), eveleen Hamers (eH), jasmina Ibrahimovic (jI), Henk de jong (Hdj), Ilona de jong (Idj), Asja Krsmanovic (AK), Adi Lucic (AL), Getoarbe Mulliqi (GM), Anna Peschke (AP), jodean Sumner (jS) editor in chief: daniël Bertina (domein voor Kunstkritiek) coordinator: Ingrid Straathof (ITs Festival) project leader: nynke Oele (domein voor Kunstkritiek) cover photo: Aida Rodri-guez graphic design: Tirza Teule printed by Copy Copy Amsterdam made possible by SnS Reaal Fonds and Stichting nORMA.

this work programme has been funded with support from the european commission. this publication reflects the views only of the author and the commission cannot be held responsible for any use which is made of the information contained therein.

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Technical coordinator for

ITs Festival:

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“A heart felt WOW! I mean, I’m really touched!” Sunil Pal, a huge fan of theatre, cries out. “It was such an emotional performance. I mean, it was so real and so impressive. My brain just needs some time to ‘digest’. It really felt like we, the audience, were part of what was happening on stage. The performance really communicated the tragedy of the story. It was very easy to grasp, like watching a Greek tragedy. It started with the introduction, followed by the tragic storyline and at the end the inevitable catastrophe. Also, I was really impressed with the actor from Prishtina University, who performed in English. I can’t even find the words to describe the whole thing. I enjoyed being a part of this amazing event!” (GM)

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afterParty

saturday is yang, sunday is yingexperience the ying and the yang at the ITs Afterparties. On Saturday the infamous dj team Taco

Fett and Bart Fader will take to the stage, with their “Fresh for ’88 sound collage of forgotten soul,

raw funk and hiphop jams that need to be heard by everyone.” Known for their dj sets at Bitterzoet,

you should check them out today at 11pm in the Compagnietheater, or visit www.struttin.nl. The next

day, experience the “organic, classical jazz” of Crescent double Quartet, headed by sax player Aart

van Bergen at 10:30pm in the Compagnietheater. Check them out at www.aartvanbergen.nl. After-

wards, dj Tim nieburg will play “anything he feels like”. Sunday will provide the ying for Saturday’s

yang.

walK-out

does Frascati 2 have a cyclorama? do you have a dressing room for fifty dancers? Would you mind us pouring eight litres of milk on the dance floor? everything is possible! After seeing a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas, I can no longer say – unfor-tunately – that something is impossible. Yet, whether it’s feasible? every year, ITs proves to be a giant complex jigsaw. And every year one thing or another will be present in abun-dance. Last year we had sand. This year, people swinging from ropes. But at least it’s clear, from the many technical descrip-tions we receive, that students are extremely imaginative. Like this one: “a baby’s diarrhoea will be suggested with a liquid substance made of cof-fee and thickening agent. There should be a giant behind in the making. At the end of the play I will crawl into the anus. Prob-able ass-size: 240 by 240 cm. Will this be a prob-lem?” – Well, now we know … anything is possible.

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harmonie-lehrereview

Uniform and unified formations. This is what we see in the mime performance Harmonielehre by Amsterdamse Hoge-school voor de Kunsten. In line, wearing costumes tailored to military associations (straight cuts and dark grey in colour) they move in unison. Walking backwards and pressing them-selves into the walls, they establish the rules: FOLLOW! and IMITATE! With a light comic touch they begin to vibrate their bodies, and use this vibration to generate a vocal tune. Fol-lowing the apparent rules of ‘cohesion’ they create a humor-ous musicality. When a performer takes the initiative to try something new, the others react like mindless sheep. But before long the rules are broken. These characters are a lot more rebellious than mere sheep. Breaking the unified cho-reography, a female performer starts to grab her body in places that assert her sexuality. Her wails, by association, become hysteric sounds of pleasure. The performance con-sistently follows the same pattern of copy and rebel. Despite the compelling urge for individuality, the group has a unique and charming identity. Playful, and at times comforting. (JS)

the amnesic days of the Polar nightsreview

The closing image: she respectfully places the little nest on the ground and remains standing, curved, face down, with her hands over her toes. A roller skater, dressed complete-ly in white, puts a stuffed eagle on top of the nest which is filled with eggs. Preceding these events is forty minutes of apparently incoherent chaos, in which the stage has been covered in bread sticks, bottle caps, an alarm clock, a plug, flowers, balls and books. In this mime performance, the third year students of the Czech Janacek Academy of Mu-sic and Performing Arts show an intangible, yet absorbing spectacle full of striking images. The roller skater glides by holding eagles and banners, which are reminiscent of mo-mentous events in the American history. The war theme appears, when one of the actors imitates gunfire by rhyth-mically tapping his stick on the ground. One of them shows close resemblance to a suicide terrorist at gunpoint when the red dot of a laser beam appears on his forehead. In his hand: a piece of chord attached to his coat. As if he is about to blow himself up. Beautiful images which, sporadically, create order out of chaos. (MB)

“The spectators won’t be passive recipients, separat-ed from the action on stage by the infamous fourth wall,” Domenika Weinert of ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem says. “I want them to be right in the middle of the event.” Endstation Brecht. Ein Lust-spiel is not a One-Woman-Show, even though Weinert works as stage director, choreographer, writer and performer in this music theatre production – in-spired by Bertold Brecht’s Dreigroschenoper. Weinert offers a modern perspec-tive on Brecht’s material by adding current affairs. Like gender issues, or the economic crisis. During the play, graphic designer Ste-fan Schäfer performs live

scenography is being per-formed by graphic designer Stefan Schäfer. Alongside the scenic performance, an overhead projector displays collages and paintings. End-station Brecht is the sec-ond collaboration between Weinert and Schäfer. It deals with the question whether or not – or rather, how – mu-sic theatre can collaborate

with visual art. “Sensuality is an important element in the performance, because I aim to create a complex the-atrical experience that will tear down the wall between spectator and actor.” Just like Brecht tried to do in his use of language. (AP)

endstation Brecht. ein lust-spiel. 27 june 9pm frascati 3

its intimateendstation Brecht. ein lustsPiel

“Dancing is based on emo-tion, so it has to be emotion-al,” Flem-ish chore-ographer A n n van den

Broeck says. “A dancer has so many things to tell in a per-formance, and everything has to be explained through movement. Like sign lan-guage. Contemporary dance especially. This is so colour-ful and never the same. The main theme in my Dance Lecture at Compagniethe-ater is: BELIEVE IN YOUR-SELF. An artist always has doubts, mostly about see-

its emotionaling things correctly and the ability to express emotions clearly, when all you need is self-esteem ; the rest is disci-pline. So I guess that is what every dancer should have. Performances are meant to communicate something to the audience. As a dancer, you are constantly ‘talking’ through your movements. Most contemporary dancers have a unique way of using their body. Don’t try to copy someone else’s style! So, cre-ating your own vision and your own way of expressing your art are the most impor-tant objectives for an artist.” (GM)

Dance lecture / Ann van den Broeck, 27 June, compag-nietheater 9pm

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