Jan Hax Halama

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Jan Hax Halama (born May 23, 1975 in Gießen ) is a contemporary German graphic artist , stage and costume designer and head of equipment for drama , opera , dance and ballet . In the course of his career to date, he has worked in theaters and stages in Germany , Italy and the Netherlands since 1995 and has worked in Linz , Austria since 1998 . From 2012 to 2015 Halama worked as chief stage designer for the Tyrolean Festival Erl .

Life

Halama completed his basic training at the technical college for design in Giessen. He was an assistant at the Folkwang University in Essen, at the State Theater Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in Neustrelitz, at the City Theater in Gießen and at the Münster City Theater. He then worked as a set and costume designer in Münster, Marburg, Gießen, Neustrelitz, Frankfurt am Main, Amsterdam, The Hague and, since 1998, in Linz. From there he moved to the Landestheater Linz , in 2003 to the Children's Theater , where he was head of equipment until 2006. In the years 2007 to 2012 he was responsible for the graphic appearance of the Landestheater Linz division: "u \ hof: theater for young audiences" and contributed a number of stage and costume designs under the director Henry Mason .

In 2012, Halama was brought into permanent engagement by Gustav Kuhn as chief stage designer for the Tyrolean Festival Erl. Until 2015, he was exclusively responsible for the sets for the Summer Festival and the Winter Festival in the new festival hall by architect Delugan Meissl . More than fifteen opera sets were created (including "La Traviata", "Rigoletto", "Il Trovatore", "Nabucco", "Tosca", "Don Giovanni", "Lohengrin", "Der Ring des Nibelungen")

Since 2014, Halama's activities have been expanding and again placing more emphasis on graphics. As head of marketing for the "Ensemble: Porcia" (the former Komödienspiele Porcia ), in 2014 he comprehensively developed the new public image, the CI and CD of the traditional theater in Carinthia. He also continued to work as a set designer for the comedy stage equipment.

With the 2016/17 season, Halama moved to Theater Ansbach. In addition to 5 sets per season in the theater, he is also responsible for the relaunch of the public appearance for the season 17/18 as head of marketing and graphic designer .

Awards

  • 2005: Nomination at the " World Stage Design Award 2005" (category set design), Toronto for the stage and costume design for Robert Poole's ballet for the work of William Blake "Songs of .." created at the Landestheater Linz
  • 2011: Nomination for the Stella Darstellender.Kunst.Prize for young audiences of ASSITEJ for the outstanding equipment of the production "Ente, Tod und Tulpe" of the Landestheater Linz: "u \ hof: theater for young audiences"

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In Linz equipment was created in all branches of theater (drama, opera, dance / ballet) for the Landestheater Linz, the Theater der Jugend Wien, the Musical Weeks Bad Leonfelden, the Komödienspiele Porcia , the u \ hof: theater for young audiences at the Landestheater Linz, the Theater Unser, the theater of the child, for Opera da Camera and the Brucknerhaus Linz, as well as for film productions.

  • His work for the production "How does the earth tear up her throat" for the Thirty Years War was invited to Amsterdam, the Flaams Cultureel Center and The Hague by the Goethe Institute .
  • At the beginning of his activity (2003) in the Children's Theater he was responsible for the project management of the conversion and redesign of the theater building with the development of a multifunctional auditorium solution, conversion of the stage, workshop and office solution. As head of equipment he was also responsible for the public appearance of this theater.
  • For “ Linz 2009 - European Capital of Culture ” in 2007 Halama was responsible as a project developer for the children's and youth culture area.
  • In 2014 Halama designed the stage equipment for Richard Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" for the Tyrolean Festival Erl.

Selection of theater works

2017/18 Theater Ansbach , stage and costume design for:

  • "The first name" by A. de la Patellière and M. Delaporte, directed by Nicolas Dabelstein
  • " The Flying Dutchman " by Friederike Köpf based on Richard Wagner, directed by Susanne Schulz (WP)
  • "Death and the Maiden" by Ariel Dorfmann , directed by Wolfgang Berthold
  • " Kabale und Liebe " by Friedrich Schiller , directed by Susanne Schulz
  • " Frau Luna " by H. Booten-Baeckers and P. Linke, directed by Alvaro Schoeck
  • "Stalin", by Gaston Salvatore , directed by Susanne Schulz (WA)
  • "Luther!", By Friederike Köpf, directed by Susanne Schulz (WA)

2017 Theater Perg, stage and costume design for:

  • "Dinner for Spinners" by Francis Veber, directed by Uwe Lohr

2016 Tyrolean Festival Erl , stage and costume design for:

Direction Maestro Gustav Kuhn , Festspielhaus Erl, Winter

2016 Tyrolean Festival Erl, sets for:

  • "The Ring of the Nibelung" by Richard Wagner - "Das Rheingold", "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", "Die Götterdämmerung"

Direction and direction Maestro Gustav Kuhn , Passionsspielhaus Erl , Summer (WA)

2016 Theater Ansbach , stage and costume design for:

2015 Ensemble Porcia, sets for:

2015 Tyrolean Festival Erl, sets for:

  • "The Ring of the Nibelung" by Richard Wagner - "Das Rheingold", "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", "Die Götterdämmerung"

Direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Passionsspielhaus Erl, Sommer (WA) and Shanghai Symphony Hall, Shanghai (WA)

2014 Landestheater Linz , stage and costume design

2014 Tyrolean Festival Erl, sets for:

  • "The Ring of the Nibelung" by Richard Wagner - "Das Rheingold", "Die Walküre", "Siegfried", "Die Götterdämmerung"

Direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Passionsspielhaus Erl, summer

  • "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" by Béla Bartók (WA), direction and direction Maestro Gustav Kuhn , Festspielhaus Erl, summer
  • "Così fan tutte" by WA Mozart , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, winter

2013 Tyrolean Festival Erl, sets for:

  • "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, summer
  • "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, summer
  • "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, summer
  • "Don Giovanni" by WA Mozart , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, Winter
  • "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini , directed by Angelica Ladurner, musical director Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, winter

2012 Tyrolean Festival Erl, sets for:

  • "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Passionsspielhaus Erl, summer
  • "Duke Bluebeard's Castle" by Béla Bartók , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, winter
  • "Le nozze di Figaro" by WA Mozart , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Festspielhaus Erl, winter
  • "Nabucco" by Giuseppe Verdi , directed by Gustav Kuhn, directed by Andreas Leisner, Festspielhaus Erl, Winter
  • "Le nozze di Figaro" by WA Mozart , direction and direction Gustav Kuhn, Theatro Santa Chiara, Trento

2012 Comedy Games Porcia:

  • “The Testament of the Dog” by Ariano Suassuna , directed by Peter Gruber, set design
  • “The Black Cook or The Wedding of Caspar and Gelsomina” by HC Artmann , directed by Angelica Ladurner, set
  • "Jim Button and Lukas the Engine Driver " by Michael Ende , directed by Marcus Tavakoli, set
  • "The God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza , directed by Werner Schneyder , set design (WA)

2011 productions

  • “Taxi Taxi” by Ray Cooney, directed by Alexander Linse, Theater (off) ensive Salzburg, equipment
  • “Die Insel” based on Armin Greder by Hoger Schober, directed by Holger Schober, Landestheater Linz, u \ hof :, equipment
  • “Death and the Maiden” by Ariel Dorfmann, directed by Alexander Linse, Theater (off) ensive Salzburg, set
  • “Line 1” by Volker Ludwig, Birger Heymann, directed by Kevin E Osenau, Landestheater Linz, Kammerspiele, stage design
  • “Hitler.Jugend” by Kristo Šagor, for SCHÄXPIR 2011, directed by Dana Csapo, Landestheater Linz, Kammerspiele, equipment
  • "The Singing Heart" by Wilhelm Hauff , directed by Angelica Ladurner , Porcia Comedy Festival, equipment
  • "Amphitryon" by Molière , directed by Peter Pikl , Porcia Comedy Festival, equipment
  • “The God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza , directed by Werner Schneyder , Komödienspiele Porcia, set design
  • “On the High Seas” by Sławomir Mrożek , directed by Peter Pikl , comedy games Porcia, set design
  • "At the Ark at eight" by Ulrich Hub, directed by John F. Kutil, Landestheater Linz, u \ hof :, "Equipment"
  • "The Grandma in the Apple Tree" by Elisabeth Naske based on Mira Lobe, directed by Markus Tschubert, Landestheater Linz, Kammerspiele, "stage design

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personal data
SURNAME Halama, Jan Hax
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stage and costume designer, outfitter
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH to water