Youth circus theater RatzFatz
The youth circus theater RatzFatz is an "open working group" of the Goethe School Bochum and the variety show "etCetera". It was founded in 1994 by Thorsten Krawinkel, Holger Ehrich and Jochen Kaymer. Today only Jochen Kaymer is the director of the circus. The artists are young people between 10 and 18 years of age who practice in various working groups and perform together regularly.
history
The RatzFatz circus theater was founded in 1994 as an open working group at the Goethe School in Bochum. The founders were Thorsten Krawinkel (graduate chemist, freelance juggler and former Goethe student), Holger Ehrich (freelance comedian and juggler) and Jochen Kaymer (teacher for social sciences and sport and ball artist). Jochen Kaymer was the head of this open working group until 2018.
The circus developed rapidly and had its first major appearance in 1995 at Circus Roncalli in front of around 2000 spectators. In the years to come, the number of appearances increased and some had a lasting impact on the popularity of the circus, especially a television appearance in 1998 on the series "Logo" on ZDF. The year 2000 is outstanding, in which the Varieté "etCetera" was established in Bochum and has maintained an intensive cooperation with the RatzFatz circus to this day.
The circus theater has been on tour in a European country once a year since 2003. This is made possible by sponsors.
The circus grew significantly up to 2011 and broke away from a typical “children's circus cliché”.
Tours
The RatzFatz youth circus theater has been on tour once a year since 2003.
- 2003: England
- 2004: Spain
- 2005: Italy, Denmark
- 2006: Berlin, Switzerland
- 2007: Spain
- 2008: Turkey
- 2009: Denmark
- 2010: Turkey
- 2011: Spain
- 2012: Denmark
- 2013: Spain
- 2014: Spain
- 2015: Denmark
- 2016: Italy
- 2017: Italy
- 2018: Spain
- 2019: Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
Prizes and awards
During the existence of RatzFatz, the circus or especially an artist has won various awards.
- 1999: Bochum Kleinkunstpreis 1999, which was won by Franziska
- 2000: Winner of the audience rating of the Bochum Cabaret Prize
- 2003: Diabolo artist Daniel Hermes won the Bochum Cabaret Prize for the fourth time
- 2009: 2nd place at the Bochumer Kleinkunstpreis by the diabolo duo Adrian and Jannis
- 2004: Youth Culture Prize NRW
- 2005: Second place at the International Youth Circus Festival in Cologne, winning the “silver cylinder” and the audience award.
- October 2007: first place at the Cologne circus festival with the program "RatzFatz is looking for the superstar of hearts"
- 2009: For the third time award at the Cologne circus festival
- 2013: Third place at the Cologne circus festival
- 2015: Third place at the Cologne circus festival
- 2017: Gala finalists at the Hückelhoven circus festival
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet AG - Goethe School: Jürgen Schroeder (jinjava [at] freenet.de), Felix Schmidt: RatzFatz student circus 2012 | Goethe School. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Internet AG - Goethe School: Jürgen Schroeder (jinjava [at] freenet.de), Felix Schmidt: Ratz Fatz 2014 | Goethe School. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Internet AG - Goethe School: Jürgen Schroeder (jinjava [at] freenet.de), Felix Schmidt: Ratz Fatz Unterwegs | Goethe School. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ RatzFatz Tour 2016 | Goethe School. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Liv: RatzFatz - Tour 2017. Accessed October 1, 2018 (German).
- ↑ RatzFatz tour through Spain. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .
- ^ Ratz Fatz on the Baltic Sea. Retrieved August 30, 2019 .
- ↑ RatzFatz in Hückelhoven. Retrieved August 5, 2019 .