Forum Baltic States - Dittchenbühne
The Forum Baltikum - Dittchenbühne is an Elmshorn association that runs its own theater and kindergarten.
history
The Dittchenbühne was founded in 1982 in Elmshorn as a non-profit association Dittchenbühne eV . Since 2006 the association has been called Forum Baltikum - Dittchenbühne eV The name change was due to an expansion of the areas of responsibility.
The name part Dittchen is reminiscent of the dialectic name for the East Prussian groschen . The name was chosen because many members come from the Baltic States , one feels connected to the old homeland , and because today's tour area goes as far as this medieval coin was once valid.
A theater with 135 seats will be built at the Elmshorn site. Guest performances are organized in Flanders , Denmark , Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , Estonia , Königsberg , St. Petersburg and Finland . The number of visitors is around 30,000 annually and the trend is rising (including many young people and over 3000 children ).
The tasks and objectives of the association
- the promotion of intercultural cooperation, especially with the countries bordering the Baltic Sea , within the metropolitan region of Hamburg , in the Pinneberg district and in the city of Elmshorn.
- the maintenance and development of a socio-cultural meeting place for all age groups (e.g. multi-generation house , according to the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth) and cultures in the Pinneberg district.
- the operation of a children's and adult theater ("Dittchenbühne")
- Maintenance and further development of the cultural assets of the formerly German eastern territories .
- the expansion of the urban, regional and supraregional cultural and leisure offerings through an extensive educational , scientific , cultural and artistic program.
- Offer of courses, trips and other activities at home and abroad as part of an educational work .
- Promotion of the integration of repatriates and foreigners .
- Sponsorship of facilities for the care of children, adolescents and young adults ( day care center, etc.) regardless of other association purposes in compliance with the Day Care Center Act for Schleswig-Holstein and other statutory provisions.
Event profile of the theater
- Level: demanding pieces with a focus on East Prussian or general classical backgrounds
- Children's theater: Christmas fairy tales , East Prussian and classic sagas and fairy tales
- Directors: professional German and foreign artists
- Stage design: design by professional artists
- Actors: few professionals (Germans, Poles, Lithuanians), mostly amateurs, the theater has 100 possible actors
- Languages: normal High German, some dialect passages in East Prussia. Flat, Masurian, Lower Silesian, Low German, Berlinerisch, Lithuanian
Theater and cultural exchange
with the Dramatic Theater Klaipėda (Memel) , the Dramatic Theater Kaliningrad (Königsberg) , the Yiddish Ochodlo Ensemble , Gdańsk (Danzig); the Tilsit Theater , Sowjetsk (Tilsit) and the Dramatic Theater , Liepāja / (Libau) in Latvia . The Dittchenbühne also presents Eastern and Central European theater and music groups (from the Baltic states, Poland and Russia) in its theater.
further activities
- Kindergarten : own kindergarten with 60 places (new building 1997)
- various children's courses: painting school and creative children's dance
- Educational trips: Masuria, Northeast Prussia, Memelland, Silesia as well
- Events, meetings, slide shows / lectures too
- Regional studies of East and West Prussia and Schleswig-Holstein
- History / politics, round tables with foreign diplomats
- Elections, environment, health, education
- Literature, poetry readings
- Guest performances by well-known artists
- Traditional game of goose
- East Prussian gray pea food
- Folk festivals (Pentecost and flea market, district festivals)
- Baltic Round Table
- East Prussian Meeting
The association Forum Baltikum - Dittchenbühne eV is supported as MGH ( Mehrgenerationenhaus ) by the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth and a lot of personal contributions from the members and donations. In 2010 the association had almost 1000 members.