Jens Dietrich

Jens Dietrich (* 1976 in Hofgeismar ) is a German dramaturge .

Life

Dietrich studied applied theater studies at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen with Heiner Goebbels . During his studies he assisted Richard Foreman at the Ontological Theater in New York and at the Schauspiel Köln and wrote his thesis on the work of the Finnish video artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila . He worked at the Freiburg Theater and at the theater discounter in Berlin, where he took over the artistic direction of Mustermesse 2 in 2006 . Since 2004 continuous collaboration with the director Angela Richter , with whom he developed numerous productions and in 2006 opened the Fleetstreet Theater in Hamburg. From 2007 to 2013 Dietrich was a core member of the International Institute of Political Murder (IIPM) founded by the author and director Milo Rau , which realized the re- enactment The Last Days of Ceausescus , the reenactment of the trial against the Romanian dictator couple. The project was u. a. nominated for the Berlin Theatertreffen , invited to the Festival d'Avignon and proposed for the Prix de Soleure as best documentary film at the Solothurn Film Festival. He was the producer and dramaturge of the play Hate Radio , which was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen 2012. In 2015 he curated the first retrospective of the Russian action artist Pjotr ​​Pawlenski at Kampnagel in Hamburg as part of the Nordwind Festival .

Jens Dietrich works as a guest dramaturge at Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Schauspiel Köln , Museion in Bozen, FFT Düsseldorf, Garage X Vienna and at the Salzburg Festival .

Work (selection)

• 2005 Magic Afternoon by Wolfgang Bauer at Kampnagel in Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2006 Me against me at Fleet Street Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2006 Conspire against you freely based on John Cassavetes at the Sophiensælen Berlin and the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, directed by Angela Richter
• 2006 sample fair 2 at the theater discounter Berlin
• 2006 It's lonely at the top as part of the event Der Berg at the Volkspalast in Berlin, in collaboration with Angela Richter
• 2006 You know this man on Fleetstreet Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2007 Everything flies open , dance performance, Bolzano Danza, choreography: Veronika Riz
• 2007 The cherry orchard by Anton Chekhov on Kampnagel in Hamburg, director: Angela Richter
• 2008 Jeff Koons by Rainald Goetz at Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, director: Angela Richter
• 2008 We Summer , dance performance, Museion , choreography: Veronika Riz
• 2009 The Esra case , based on the forbidden novel Esra by Maxim Biller on Kampnagel in Hamburg, directed by Angela Richter
• 2009 Jopas , dance performance, transart Bozen, choreography: Veronika Riz
• 2009 The last days of the Ceausescus , re-enactment of the trial against the Romanian dictator couple, Teatrul Odeon Bucharest, Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Gessnerallee Zürich, Südpol Luzern. Text and artistic direction: Milo Rau ; Directed by Milo Rau and Simone Eisenring
• 2010 Vive la Crise at Garage X Vienna, director: Angela Richter
• 2010 Death in Thebes by Jon Fosse at the Salzburg Festival , directed by Angela Richter
• 2011 Berghain Boogie Woogie at Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, director: Angela Richter
• 2011 Leiwand Empire at Garage X Vienna, director: Angela Richter, text: Angela Richter, Jens Dietrich
• 2011 Goldveedelsaga at the Schauspiel Köln , direction and text: Gesine Danckwart
• 2011/12 Hate Radio , Kunsthaus Bregenz / Memorial Center Kigali / Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, direction & text: Milo Rau
• 2012 curation of the scenic congress Power and Dissent , Nationaltheater Weimar , artistic director: Milo Rau
• 2013 Curation and production of the theater project The Moscow Trials , Sakharov Center Moscow and co-producer of the documentary of the same name, director and screenplay: Milo Rau
• 2014/15 dramaturge and producer of the dance project Political Bodies , Kampnagel , Theater im Bauturm , choreography: Yolanda Gutiérrez
• 2017 Art in the interrogation, radio play, first broadcast on WDR , co-director together with Milena Kipfmüller
• 2018 Planet Kigali, Kampnagel , House of World Cultures , artistic direction together with Yolanda Gutiérrez and Dorcy Rugamba
• 2019 Rwandan Records, House of World Cultures , Kampnagel , co-director together with Milena Kipfmüller

literature

• Annett Müller: Elena şi Nicolae Ceauşescu prind viaţă la iarnă In: Cotidianul , June 2, 2009, Arte & Popcult
• Erika Achermann: Fatal shots at Christmas In: Tagblatt , December 22, 2009
• Nora Feist: Application for world improvement . In: Berliner Zeitung , September 13, 2006; about the sample fair 2

Web links

• International Institute of Political Murder - IIPM
• Homepage of the production The last days of the Ceausescus
• Homepage of the sample fair 2
• Julia Encke: Warning! Now comes the intimate sex . Criticism in the FAZ about The Esra case
• Georg Kasch: The Genocide Soundtrack . In: Amnesty Journal , February 2012
• Falk Schreiber: Propaganda Pop . In: uMag , December 2011
• Volker Blech: Pyotr Pawlensky's art ends when the police arrive . In: Berliner Morgenpost , November 2015
• Dagmar Ege: Protest artist Pyotr Pavlensky . In: Arte TV - Metropolis , October 18, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Fleetstreet" - new off stage opened in March: - WELT. In: THE WORLD. Retrieved September 21, 2016 . 
2. ↑ drs.ch
3. ↑ berlinerfestspiele.de ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Artistic freedom and political arbitrariness - concern for the Russian action artist Pyotr Pawlensky | ttt - title, theses, temperaments. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 21, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2016 (German). 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.  
5. ↑ Angela Richter and Jonathan Meese have rediscovered "Jeff Koons" by Rainald Goetz: Sniffed Art . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 13, 2008
6. ↑ nachtkritik.de
7. ↑ "Berghain-Boogie-Woogie": Angela Richter prepares a drug party in Hau 3: What else was there? In: Berliner Zeitung , March 12, 2011
8. ↑ nachtkritik.de
9. ^ Popsongs und Rassenwahn In: taz , December 1, 2011
10. ↑ The Resistant Body In: taz , February 4, 2015
11. ↑ WDR: WDR 5 Radio Play on Sunday - Art in Interrogation - Press Lounge - WDR. March 16, 2017, accessed December 18, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Dagmar Ellen Fischer: World premiere in Hamburg: "Planet Kigali": Moving look into the heart of darkness. December 14, 2018, accessed December 18, 2019 (German). 
13. ↑ Robert Matthies: Departure into the fog . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 15, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 47 Hamburg 63 ePaper ( taz.de [accessed December 18, 2019]).
14. ↑ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): "Rwandan Records": Rwanda's history as music theater in Berlin | DW | March 22, 2019. Accessed December 18, 2019 (German).