Daniel Schuessler
Daniel Schüßler (* 1973 in Düsseldorf ) is a German theater director .
life and career
Daniel Schüßler completed his acting training at the German Center for Drama and Film from 1998 to 2002 , which he completed in 2002 with the stage maturity test.
During his acting training he already took on a number of roles at the Kölner Schauspielhaus under the direction of Günter Krämer .
After his acting training, engagements at various theaters such as the Nationaltheater Mannheim , the Schauspiel Köln , the Oper Bonn , the Schwetzinger Festival , the State Theater Schleswig-Holstein and the Catalan action theater group La Fura dels Baus followed .
In 2004 Daniel Schüßler founded the analog theater in Cologne, where he directs most of the projects. A large part of the productions of the analog theater are world premieres, which he writes in collaboration with changing authors and which have a strong performative character. His work is characterized by an interdisciplinary aesthetic, for which he integrates artists from different disciplines in the creative process.
In addition to his productions, Daniel Schüßler works as a speaker, performer and actor and realizes video works in collaboration with other artists.
Since 2013 he has been teaching various activities as a lecturer in the field of acting and performative forms of representation. He teaches as a lecturer at the Institute for Art and Art Theory at the University of Cologne, at the Theater Academy Cologne and in the training program of the Studiobühne at the University of Cologne in 2016.
Awards
- Cologne Theater Prize 2017 - Best Production
- Jury Prize - Heidelberg Theatertage - 2010
- Nominations for the Cologne Theater Prize 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
- Nominations for the Kurt Hackenberg Prize for Political Theater 2008, 2011
Productions
- 2019: Die Psychonauten: Rausch by Daniel Schüßler and Ensemble - coproduction by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln
- 2018: Die Psychonauten: Asche by Konstantin Küspert - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2018
- 2017: Only utopias are still realistic - A fictional biopic (premiere) by Daniel Schüßler and Ensemble - Co-production by Analog Theater and Studiobühne Köln - Awarded the Cologne Theater Prize 2017
- 2016: German Ängst - Angst essen Angst auf ( WP ) by Daniel Schüßler and Ensemble - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2016
- 2016: Büchner by Falk Richter - Diploma production of the Theater Academy Cologne
- 2015: Paradisus? - A performance piece (world premiere) by Daniel Schüßler and Emanuele Soavi - coproduction by Analogtheater and Emanuele Soavi INcompany, invited to the Tanz.Tausch 2016 festival in Leipzig and Tanz.Tausch 2015 in Cologne
- 2015: Among animals - Ein Menschenversuch (UA) by Daniel Schüßler and Ensemble - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2015, invited to the Festival Favoriten 2016 in Dortmund and Theaterszene Europa 2016 in Cologne
- 2014: Gendertrouble in GerMANy (UA) by Daniel Schüßler and Ensemble - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2014
- 2014: 'The Goddess Gene - A City Heals Itself (WP) by Rolf Baumgart and Daniel Schüßler - coproduction by Analogtheater, the Bonn dance company bodytalk and the Göttingen Young Theater
- 2014: Imitations of Life - An actress plays herself (premiere) by Judith Leiß and Ensemble - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - invited to the Kaltstartfestival Hamburg 2014, the theater festival WEST Off 2014 and the 100 ° -Grad-Festival Berlin 2014
- 2013: Being Philotas - What It Is Worth To Die For (WP) based on GE Lessing by Sandra Röseler and Daniel Schüßler - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln
- 2013: Heroes - workshop and performance - as part of the project days on the subject of heroes at the Lycée Michel Rodange high school, Luxembourg
- 2012: hamlet is dead, no gravity by Ewald Palmetshofer - coproduction by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln
- 2012: Leni Riefenstahl - The Cologne Trials (WP) by Daniel Schüßler and Judith Leiß - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Cologne - nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2012 - invited to the Theaterszene Europa 2012 festival in the Studiobühne Cologne
- 2012: Fast Forward - workshop and performance - as part of the project days on the subject of time at the Lycée Michel Rodange high school in Luxembourg City
- 2011: Lulu - A German Dream (UA) based on Frank Wedekind - co-production by Analogtheater and Studiobühne Köln - nominated for the Kurt Hackenberg Prize for Political Theater 2011 - invited to Festivalat.tension # 4 in Lärz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- 2011: Against Illegal Evictions - Workshop and Performance - Cooperation with the Amnesty-International-AG of the Gymnasium an der Kreuzgasse and "COMENIUS - The European Program for School Education"
- 2010: Wohnen.unter glas by Ewald Palmetshofer - co-production by Analogtheater and Artheater Köln - Performance venues: Artheater Köln, FFT Düsseldorf, Theater im Ballsaal Bonn - Jury Prize at the Heidelberg Theatertage 2010 - invited to the West Off 2010 theater festival
- 2010: The Conspiracy Practitioners (WP) by Yoshiko Waki, Rolf Baumgart, Daniel Schüßler - coproduction by Analogtheater, the Bonn dance company bodytalk, Tanzhaus Köln Interim and Orangerie - Theater im Volksgarten Cologne
- 2009: We are the revolution - Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (WP) by Daniel Schüßler and Judith Leiß - Performance venues: Orangery - Theater im Volksgarten Cologne, Tsunami Club Cologne
- 2008: The fourth generation (premiere) by Daniel Schüßler and Sandra Röseler, according to RW Fassbinder - Nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2008 - Nominated for the Kurt Hackenberg Prize for Political Theater 2008, Orangerie - Theater im Volksgarten, Cologne
- 2007: The perfect person - Woyzeck based on Georg Büchner and Jörgen Leth - in collaboration with the Düsseldorf band Kiesgroup - invited with ten performances to the Theaterstarter Festival in Aachen 2008, Orangery - Theater im Volksgarten, Cologne
- 2007: The Shrine of Pain - Who is now the puppeteer (premiere) by Daniel Schüßler - installation and performance - in coproduction with the Düsseldorf Night of Museums 2007 and the Kunstverein damenundherren e. V.
- 2006: Lulu - Fuck'n'Fiction - The sublime is now ( WP ) based on Frank Wedekind, Orangerie - Theater im Volksgarten, Cologne
- 2005: Fat men in Nicky Silver's skirt , Orangerie - Theater im Volksgarten, Cologne
- 2004: L + L - Wasted Time - Leonce and Lena after Georg Büchner, Orangery - Theater im Volksgarten, Cologne
Video works
- 2013 - Der Pilger , HDV, 20 min, video feed on a screen, cooperation with media artist Anna Baranowski
- 2013 - The Guru , HDV, 5.12 min, video feed on a screen, video work for the theater project Being Philotas - What is worth dying for
- 2011 - Murderer - Hope of Women , opera choir, HDV, 24 min, video installation on 2 screens, cooperation with the Düsseldorf filmmaker Holger Hahn, video work for the theater project Leni Riefenstahl - The Cologne Trials
- 2008 - The Clown , HDV, 4.30 min, video feed on a screen, cooperation with the Düsseldorf filmmaker Holger Hahn, video work for the theater project We are the revolution
- 2008 - Journey to Mars - Departure to New Shores , HDV, 4.53 min, video feed on a screen, cooperation with the Düsseldorf filmmaker Holger Hahn, video work for the theater project We are the revolution
- 2007 - Into Eternity , HDV, 3.46 min, video feed on a screen, cooperation with the Düsseldorf filmmaker Holger Hahn, video work for the theater project The Perfect Person - Woyzeck , music video for the band Kiesgroup
Web links
- Daniel Schuessler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Daniel Schüßler - actor /// speaker . Daniel Schüßler's private homepage with further information
- Employee website of the University of Cologne
- Analog theater Cologne . Homepage of the analog theater
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Schüßler - actor /// speaker . Accessed October 26, 2015.
- ^ Daniel Schüßler - actor /// speaker . Accessed October 26, 2015.
- ↑ Lilli Boheme: Gendertalk - a conversation with Daniel Schüßler and Dorothea Förtsch from ANALOGTHEATER Cologne . Published January 30, 2015 in Feminismus im Pott . Accessed October 26, 2015.
- ↑ [1] . Accessed October 25, 2015.
- ^ Cologne Dance and Theater Awards 2008 The nominations of the second half of the year . Accessed October 25, 2015.
- ↑ 25th Cologne Dance and Theater Awards 2014 - The nominations of the second half of the year ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )., Accessed on October 25, 2015.
- ↑ [2]
- ^ Kurt Hackenberg Prize - Prize Winners 2008 and Nominations ( Memento of March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed October 25, 2015.
- ^ Kurt Hackenberg Prize 2011: Prize winners and nominees ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed October 25, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schuessler, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |