Amateur theater

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The term amateur theater describes two things. On the one hand, amateur theater is understood to be a group (or several groups) of people who do theater non-professionally . On the other hand, amateur theater is a collective term for all forms of expression of theatrical play that have come about in this way.

Those active in amateur theaters like to emphasize the distinction to amateur theater or amateur play , which in this context is understood to mean the acting activities of groups whose main purpose is not theater (e.g. the annual Christmas play of a youth group). In everyday language, both terms are often used synonymously.

The global umbrella organization for amateur theaters is the International Amateur Theater Association (AITA / IATA).

100 years of BDAT

Amateur theater in Germany

In Germany, amateur theaters organized under association law are grouped under the umbrella organizations Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT) and Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Spiel und Theater (BAG). In addition, there is the working group of the German-speaking amateur theater associations as well as dialect-oriented amateur theaters which, for example, maintain the Low German language - i.e. Low German - in the north of the republic.

The Low German amateur stages are grouped into four stage federations: the Amateurtheater Association of Lower Saxony eV, the Low German Stage Federation of Lower Saxony and Bremen (NBB NB), the Low German Stage Federation of Schleswig-Holstein (NBB SH) and the Low German Stage Federation of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (NBB MV). The aim of the Niederdeutscher Bühnenbund is to preserve and cultivate the Low German language through theater. The Niederdeutsche Bühnenbund operates the further development of the Low German theater, as the theater is the largest multiplier for the Low German language. The stages affiliated with the Low German Stage Association are independent and mostly work under professional guidance. They carry out their work on an idealistic and charitable basis.

history

With the establishment of the first professional theater groups in the 16th century, a separation between professional and amateur theater manifested itself in Germany. Amateurs who were engaged in theater play were mainly to be found in the religious games of the Jesuit order , as well as in the courtly theater of the nobility (especially in the 18th and 19th centuries). The first theater groups based on associations emerged at the end of the 18th century. Individual groups, such as the Biberach am Riss Dramatic Association , which was founded in 1655 and is considered the oldest amateur theater association in Germany, are considerably older. The Association of German Amateur Theaters, which was founded in 1892, goes back to the Urania private theater company founded 100 years earlier in Berlin in 1792 .

In other countries

In Austria, amateur theaters are organized in the ÖBV Theater , an umbrella organization with member associations from federal states. The following federal states are represented - as of 2016: Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg Each regional association has theater groups from its region as members.

Web links

Commons : amateur theater  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Niederdeutsche Bühnenbund Niedersachsen & Bremen is the amalgamation of the 15 Low German theaters in Aurich, Braunschweig Brake, Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven, Delmenhorst, Emden, Neuchâtel, Norden, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Varel, Wiesmoor and Wilhelmshaven, which through their membership are obliged to show qualified Low German theater. Source: Homepage NBB NB www.buehnenbund.de ( Memento from September 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://buehnenbund-sh.de/wirueberuns.html straight-line | url = http: //buehnenbund-sh.de/wirueberuns.html | date = 2018-08 | archivebot = 2018-08-25 04: 18:54 InternetArchiveBot}} (Link not available)
  3. ↑ The Niederdeutsche Bühnenbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the amalgamation of the 6 theaters in Stralsund, Grevesmühlen, Neubrandenburg, Rostock, Schönberg and Wismar. Source: Homepage NBB MV www.kulturportal-mv.de ( Memento from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ "The Somewhat Different Theater" - The attempt to determine the location of amateur theater in Germany. Excerpts from the lecture by Norbert Radermacher (President of the BDAT) at the opening of the 54th annual conference of the VdF Nord. In: Freilichtbühne Aktuell, Issue V 2007. P. 17f (Journal of the Association of German Open-Air Theaters)