Gintersdorfer / Klaßen
Gintersdorfer / Klaßen is a German-French- West African theater / performance group that was founded in 2005. With their art they move on the border between drama and dance, club and theater, Europe and Africa.
founding
The group was founded in 2005 by Monika Gintersdorfer. She is the daughter of Austrian parents (* 1967 in Lima , Peru), studied German and theater, film and television studies in Cologne and directing in Hamburg. She has been working with Knut Klaßen (* 1967, Münster ) since 2005 . Klaßen studied fine arts at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and works in the fields of film, photography and theater. Gintersdorfer / Klaßen have been working with Ivorian artists since 2005 , in particular with Franck Edmond Yao (* Abidjan , Ivory Coast ), who has released an album in the style of Coupé Decalé under the pseudonym Gadoukou La Star . Other musicians Gintersdorfer / Klaßen work with are Ted Gaier , Melisse Logan from Chicks on Speed and Gob Squad .
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“In our artistic work we speak of the blacks and the whites, highly incorrect and imprecise, but therefore often close to the thinking that determines reality, which is incorrect and imprecise. We think in two systems and make performances that are liked and hated by European and African audiences with a thousand misunderstandings. Don't put things into perspective, don't enlighten, don't ironize, but insist until it lives! "
“With performative transcontinental lines of sight between Europe and Africa, which cross far more than culture, let alone just deal with dance, the duo Gintersdorfer / Klaßen has blown the boundaries of dance theater. The director Monika Gintersdorfer, who was awarded the Caroline Neuber Prize of the City of Leipzig in March 2016, and the visual artist Knut Klaßen work discursively with their Ivorian-German ensemble, with clever and subversive wit, subverting stereotypes and asking translation questions. "
Appearances
Performances by Gintersdorfer / Klaßen : Kampnagel in Hamburg, Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin, Theater im Pumpenhaus , Münster, Theater Bremen , Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg in Brussels, Forum Free Theater Düsseldorf, Sophiensæle Berlin, Schauspiel Köln , Ringlokschuppen Mülheim , Deutsches Theater (Berlin) . Gintersdorfer / Klaßen often work together with KVS Brussels in Kinshasa.
In 2010 they organized the “Rue Princesse” festival in Abidjan, Berlin and Hamburg. In 2011 they toured West Africa with their "Logobi" series. In 2017 Gintersdorfer / Klaßen are participants in the Skulptur.Projekte in Münster with the theater project “Kabuki Noir Münster” .
Awards (selection)
- 2009: Winner of the Impulse Festival for "Othello c'est qui"
- 2010: George Tabori sponsorship award
- 2010: Dance Company of the Year
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Deutsches Theater Knut Klaßen , accessed on April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Schauspielhaus Bochum Knut Klassen set designer ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 9, 2017
- ^ Theater Bremen Franck Edmond Yao , accessed on April 9, 2017.
- ↑ uMag, Interview, Falk Schreiber The wow effect ( memento of the original from April 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on April 13, 2017
- ↑ Monika Gintersdorfer, ZEIT No. 53/2009 New Black , accessed on April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Goethe Institut Monika Gintersdorfer, Knut Klaßen , accessed on April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Nachtkritik Gintersdorfer, Monika , accessed on April 13, 2017.
- ^ WN, February 18, 2017, Sculpture Projects 2017 A first list of artists: Ideas between hope and fear , accessed on April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Sophienssæle Gintersdorfer / Klaßen, Othello c'est qui , accessed on April 16, 2017.
- ↑ Monika Gintersdorfer Akademie der Künste der Welt , accessed on April 16, 2017.
