National Theatre Helsinki. By Joel Texeira Neves & Working Group. 2022
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
Photo by Tuomo Manninen
„GÄNG ‒ a guided city tour“ is a performance and audio walk that looks at young people’s experiences of urban space and their relationship to society. The material of the work has been produced in cooperation with the Youth Research Society by interviewing young people aged 13–25. The performers of Kantti, the youth theater group within the Finnish National Theater, will lead you on a unique trip through the center of Helsinki.
Train Station (excerpt)Kikki HiiriIn The Tunnel (excerpt) – with texts by Kielo Varjola, and Greeta Grönroos“Ajatuksia puutarhassa” – lyrics and vocals by Stella Massa
Credits: Director: Joel Texeira Neves Sound design and music: Johannes Birlinger Stage, lighting design and costumes: Saana Volanen Production assistant, workshops : Satu Linnapuomi Performers: Oona Emilia Enkelsaari, Greta Grönroos, Anni Happonen, Kari Huotari, Valtteri Luukkonen, Mira Martikainen, Stella Massa, Angelika Provalskaja, Roosa Tuutti, Kielo Varjola, Lotta Zitting
Theater Oberhausen. By Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen. 2022.
Photo by Kornelia Kugler
Photo by Kornelia Kugler
Photo by Kornelia Kugler
Hinter jedem Moment von Theatermagie stecken Menschen, die ihn möglich gemacht haben. Die meisten von ihnen kann man in den Programmheften und Theaterwebsites nur im Kleingedruckten finden. Sie arbeiten in so unterschiedlichen Bereichen wie Maske, Videotechnik oder Schlosserei. Was sie tun und wie und welche Fragen sie sich dabei stellen, steht in diesem Stück im Zentrum.
Die Stimmen der Oberhausener Theatermitarbeiter:innen treffen auf eine Choreografie der Bühnenelemente. Per Video geht es hinter die Kulissen, während auf der Bühne Wolken vorüberziehen, ein Donnergrollen kommt und geht und Blitze tonlos aus der Ferne leuchten. So entsteht eine Hommage an das Theater von der Bühne aus und zugleich eine Erzählung über die Arbeitswelt und ihre Veränderung.
Wir lassen uns gehen. Wir sind nicht immer nett. Wir fühlen uns manchmal traurig, manchmal wütend, ohne zu wissen warum. Und auch wenn wir uns oft dafür schämen, ist unser Dämon ein Teil von uns, der uns lebendig macht. Wie sieht dein Dämon aus? Sprichst du mit ihm? Tanzt er mit dir?
Das dokumentarische Tanztheater Dämonen entsteht aus Interviews und als Ergebnis einer intensiven Recherche mit Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen. Dämonen ist düster, dreckig, urig, dabei voller Lebensbejahung, Energie, Tanz und sinnlichen Bildern. Im Theater entsteht ein furchtloser Begegnungsraum, in dem Dämonen tanzen und gefeiert werden.
trailer by Nele Jeromin & Lisa Bülow ChristinadÄmonenAngst TanztUm Zu Leben
Credits:
Concept, research, development: Working Group Director: Hannah Biedermann Choreography and performance: Ives Thuwis & Nora Vonder Mühlll Sound design and music: Johannes Birlinger Stage and costumes: Regina Rösing Collaboration concept, technician : Stefan Colombo Production: Theater Sgaramusch & Cornelia Wolf
Simone Dede Ayivi and her accomplices are firing up their ovens. They’ve come together to cook, having gathered recipes, shopping lists, entire cuisines – and, indeed, kitchens. And all of this along with the accompanying stories about family relationships and processes of separation, culinary assimilation pressure, fake fufu, the hummus paradox and kofta exoticism. They are taking a stand against the German aversion to caraway and garlic, hacking the potato system and opening up a few storage jars. They present hard-to-digest issues as light fare and lift the lids on each other’s lives and histories. Together they are writing the theatrical cookbook of their culinary migration heritage and asking: what will we be cooking tomorrow?
In “Home Cooking”, Simone Dede Ayivi stands as a performer in the kitchens on the stage. People from the most diverse communities, generations and places share their stories and recipes in video and audio plays.
The music and sound design for this piece builds a lot on sampled, edited, and processed cooking- and eating noises. The sound system is a basic 4.1 surround set up. However, there are also 4 transducers directly mounted on various surfaces of the set-kitchen. Those are mainly used as hidden speakers for the voice recordings (to create intimacy and a specific sense of space), but also for sound effects and to make the construction vibrate and resonate.
Co-production: SOPHIENSÆLE, Festival Theaterformen / Funded by a basic subsidy from the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, the HannoverStiftung and by the Fonds Darstellende Künste through funds from the Federal Commission for Culture and Media
“Bodybilder” (transl. “Body Images”) was originally planned as a live performance by the young dancers of the Staatstheater. Due to the Corona Pandemic we decided to instead shoot this short film about bodies, body images, social media.
Von und mit: Milena Breideband, Sara Bursac, Royem Gültekin, Elena Horne, Katrin Kia, Sarah Kia, Nele Wegerle
Künstlerische Leitung:Marina Grün Konzept und Choreografie: Marina Grün, Katelyn Skelley Sound- und Musikkomposition: Johannes Birlinger Video:De-Da Productions Fotos: De-Da Productions Kostüme: Ronja Bendel Text „ich passe hier nicht rein“: Sarah Kia Assistenz und Interviews: Veronika Regler
Weitere Teilnehmer*innen in der Recherchephase: Charlotte Buchner, Christina Dithmar, Lena Faber, Carolin Zheng Grau, Julia Marx, Nora Mitra, Matilda Oelmann, Jonna Öhl, Lilian Öhl, Anna Ryschka
This performance-essay about parks was conceived by Venla Helenius and Milka Luhtaniemi. The sound design consisted of a 8.1 surround arrangement, the base being recordings of spoken word, both in Finnish and English. Additionally, I worked with live loops of Livia Schweizer’s flute playing. The material for the composed parts of the sound design also consists mainly of sampled flute sounds. We were happy to use Tatu Nenonen’s self-built subwoofer (which also served as part of the set design with a summer-meadow growing on top of it).
An edit of the ending of Tyyntyimen. This piece is originally 12 minutes long. During most of it the space is empty of the performers.
In this research-based performance about questions of personal future, professions, identity, I worked with 4 tape recorders on stage. The sound design was the result of a meticulous choreography of playing back different tapes by the performers. On the tapes were pieces of music relevant to themselves but also edits of interviews with children and other experts as well as composed sound design and music by myself.
Deformation (using various text-snippets from youtube videos)Unbrauchbar
“Perfect Family — Eine Glücksforschung von Menschen mit Behinderung.” By Hannah Biedermann und Ensemble. Premiere 2019. Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf. Music and Sounddesign: Johannes Birlinger.
Alberts TangoAllein und freiGröße: 1,49Ronsdorfer Straße
An interactive performance about money, being rich, being poor, injustice and fun. Created by Kompanie Kopfstand, based on extensive research including three workshops with young people.
BilderschleuderKreditfalle
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