Karin Schäfer

This article is about the artist Karin Schäfer. For the badminton players see Karin aus dem Siepen and Karin Schäfers .

Karin Schäfer with a figure in the style of Picasso

Karin Schäfer (born September 21, 1963 in Mödling ) is an Austrian stage artist, founder and director of the Karin Schäfer Figures Theater - Visual Theater Productions.

Based on the techniques of classical puppetry, Karin Schäfer developed an art form that she calls visual theater . Her work mainly integrates visual arts, music, dance and new media . In collaboration with other artists of these genres, performances are created that are primarily visual. By largely dispensing with words, she reaches audiences regardless of origin, language and often age.

Life

Karin Schäfer was born in Mödling, but grew up in Vienna and Neusiedl am See . In 1987 she went to Spain to study puppetry and puppet theater with Harry V. Tozer at the Instituto del Teatro, Barcelona .

In 1989 she founded the Per Poc puppet theater together with Santi Arnal in Barcelona, ​​Spain . First own production was "Piccolo Forte Pianissimo". By 1993, the two performed in Spain, France, Germany and Belgium. 1991–1993 a further collaboration developed with the Spanish puppeteer Jordi Bertran: in 1992 “Poemas Visuales” was created, which was first performed in France and Spain and in 1994 was awarded the jury prize of the Cannes International Theater Festival .

In 1993 she returned to Vienna, where she created and performed the puppet theater and expressive dance piece “About the Marionette Theater” (based on the essay by Heinrich von Kleist ). The play ran for six weeks in Vienna and drew invitations to internationally important festivals in Austria, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, as well as to the International Festival of Experimental Theater in Cairo .

In cooperation with the children's theater Schneck + Co , Karin Schäfer designed and built the puppets for “ Post für den Tiger ” in 1993 , a play based on Janosch's picture book , which was subsequently seen in more than 100 performances in Austria and also in several ORF Broadcasts was a guest.

In 1997, “Stringtime” was premiered at the dietheater in the Vienna Konzerthaus , with which the artist performed at international festivals a. a. performed successfully in Russia, South Korea, Cuba, Pakistan and Mexico. Also in 1997, based on a text by Max Gad in collaboration with the Kabinetttheater, the play “We three, the only two” (premiere in the Vienna Künstlerhaus ) was created. In 2000 she opened the Kleist Festival in Frankfurt (Oder) with the play for adults "About the Marionette Theater" and created "It was twice" (puppet theater, also for adults). She later made guest appearances at international festivals in 15 countries on four continents.

In 2001 Peter and the Wolf was performed in the Wiener Konzerthaus with the Wiener Kammerphilharmonie under the direction of Claudius Traunfellner . The piece is the result of a co-production with Per Poc (Barcelona) that began in 1998 .

In 2002 “home @ anywhere” was created, a play for young people about the life of young people in Pakistan, inspired by experiences and interviews from two trips to Lahore , Pakistan, and the Thar desert (cooperation with SCHÄXPIR - International Theater Festival Upper Austria ). In the same year Rose Dorn (based on the ballet Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky ) had its premiere at the Vienna Konzerthaus - Ingrid Marsoner at the piano .

In 2003, Karin Schäfer founded PannOpticum , an international festival of visual theater, which has taken place in Neusiedl am See every two years and which she is artistic director. In 2004 he created “There is the worm in there”, which Breughel's famous picture children's games implemented.

In 2005 “Skywalker” was created, a co-production with Cordula Nossek / Dachtheater about the fictional encounter between Valentina Tereschkowa and Sally Ride (these were the first female astronauts in their hemispheres, the first twenty years before the second). It was performed in the Dschungel Wien, theater for young audiences ( Museumsquartier ).

In the same year, Pictures at an Exhibition also premiered: An homage to famous works of the 20th century based on the music of Modest Mussorgsky , played by the Austrian pianist Christopher Hinterhuber . After the premiere at the Wiener Konzerthaus there were performances a. a. in the Museum der Moderne Salzburg and in the Philharmonie Luxemburg .

In 2006, on the occasion of the ISAF World Sailing Games taking place at Lake Neusiedl, the co-production “Wind und weiter” was staged, a non-verbal multimedia performance for a multinational audience. This piece will be re-recorded in October 2008 in a new production together with the musicians Jörg Piringer, Ernst Reitermaier and Cordula Bösze and premiered in the Konzerthaus Vienna.

In 2007 she and her team built the characters for the play "Bradley - last row, last place" by Louise Sachar in the Theater der Jugend in Vienna.

In 2008 she worked with the Neue Bühne Villach on the project “How to grab your wishes by the tail” by Pablo Picasso , responsible for the construction of the figures and the figure coaching.

In 2008, “Wind und weiter” was re-staged and premiered together with the Institute for Transacoustic Research (Jörg Piringer / Ernst Reitermaier) and the musician Cordula Bösze in the Vienna Konzerthaus , Neuer Saal. The piece then went on a tour of Austria on behalf of Jeunesse - Musical Youth Austria.

In 2010 the orchestral version of “Pictures at an Exhibition” premiered together with the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra at the Izmir Festival in Turkey, and in the same year the piece was shown together with the Vorarlberg Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Feldkirch Festival .

In 2010 she was the winner of the Burgenland Foundation Theodor Kery, in October 2010 the premiere of her play “Zheng He - When the Dragon Ships Came” about the famous Chinese explorer Zheng He took place in the Vienna jungle in the Museum Quarter . With this play the Karin Schäfer Figures Theater has had over 100 performances in 20 countries worldwide.

In 2012, the premiere of “Fahrt ins Blaue” based on a text by Richard Berczeller took place as part of the ORF Funksalon in Eisenstadt.

In 2013 she performed guest performances with “Pictures at an Exhibition” at the Bonn Opera, where she and her ensemble performed together with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn . There was also a new production of “Rose Dorn” based on Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, which went on tour in Austria together with the pianist Ardita Statovci on behalf of Jeunesse and had guest performances in Germany.

In 2014 the Poppetpeople ° Art ° Project started with collaborations in Shanghai and Vienna and she performed her piece “Pictures at an Exhibition” together with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in the Auditorio Miguel Delibes in Valladolid (Spain), which in 6 performances more than 5.500 viewers.

2015 World premiere of IBERIA, a visual concert, together with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon in the Auditorio Miguel Delibes in Valladolid (Spain)

2016 Premiere of the piano version of “IBERIA” with Christopher Hinterhuber on the concert grand as part of the international puppet theater festival “PannOpticum” in Neusiedl am See.

2017 Start of GET LOST / SEAMAPS - Collage Art, shifting the focus from the performing to the visual arts as well as the prize of the Burgenland Foundation Theodor Kery for the project PARADE, as well as the first prize at the project casting of the Province of Burgenland in the context of the year of contemporary art also for PARADE.

2018 premiere of PARADE based on Picasso, Cocteau and Satie - visual theater meets urban dance - in collaboration with the choreographer Valentin Alfery.

Karin Schäfer has performed so far (in chronological order) in Spain, France, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Ireland, Andorra, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia / Montenegro, Turkey, Russia, Belarus, Egypt, Korea, Pakistan, Kenya, Mexico, Cuba, Luxembourg, China, Japan, Senegal, Taiwan, Croatia, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Romania, Portugal, Denmark on.

She lives with her partner and manager Peter Hauptmann in Neusiedl am See ( Burgenland ) and Málaga (Spain).

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  Pictures at an exhibition (rehearsal, 2005).

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  Pictures at an exhibition (Museum der Moderne, Salzburg 2005).

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  Pictures at an exhibition (rehearsals, Konzerthaus, Vienna 2008)

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  Circus Polka composed for a young elephant (Philharmonie Luxemburg, 2008).

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  In Vino her i was: Doll “Mizzi Tschida” tastes wine (2006).

Awards

In 1999 the artist received the First Prize at the First International Festival of Solo Puppeteers in Łódź . and was named the best performer of this festival in 2003 . Together with Santi Arnal and Jordi Bertran , she won the jury prize of the Festival International de la Performance d'Acteur ( Cannes ) in 1994 . In 2003 "Stringtime" was awarded the "Premio Villanueva" for the best foreign guest performance at the Festival International de Teatro de La Habana by the Association of Professional Theater Critics in Cuba. In 2009 she was the winner of the Dr. Lorenz Karall Foundation in Burgenland. In 2009 she received the audience jury award at the International Children's and Youth Theater Festival in Amberg (Germany) for “There is the worm in it”. In 2010 she was a prizewinner of the Burgenland Foundation Theodor Kery. In 2011 her play Zheng He - when the dragon ships came with the STELLA, the Austrian children's and youth theater award in the category "Outstanding equipment / visual design", was awarded with this piece at the UNIMA World Congress in Chengdu, China, the main prize for " Exceptional Visual Design ”. In 2014, when she took part in the Shanghai Art Festival, she won 3 prizes for “Zheng He”, including the main prize for “Artistic Innovation”. In 2018 she was nominated at the YAM Awards with IBERIA in the category “Best Large Ensemble” from more than 60 entries from 27 countries.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Burgenland state government, artist database
2. ↑ ^{a b} Biographical details according to Peter Hauptmann, who also checked the other information.
3. ↑ esWP: Institut del Teatre (Spanish)
4. ↑ DaSilva, Ray, The Marionettes of Barcelona: Harry Tozer and His Tricks of the Trade. DaSilva Puppet Books; ISBN 978-0-9513600-2-6
5. ^ Daniel S. Keller, JSTOR , "Historical Notes on Spanish Puppetry" (for a fee).
6. ↑ ^{a b} Detailed biography ( memento of the original from July 6, 2011 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. (www.theaterspielplan.at). 
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2010 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. 
8. ↑ Dr. Elke Krafka  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. about the puppet theater in German-speaking countries and about Kleist's essay.  
9. ^ Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater: Program (excerpt) 1997
10. ↑ The Irish Times  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Review: Twice upon a time (September 16, 2004).  
11. ↑ SCHÄXPIR website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ PannOpticum 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Press release Austria).  
13. ↑ PannOpticum 2007,  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Standard , April 27, 2007.  
14. ↑ PannOpticum 2007,  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Courier , June 16, 2007.  
15. ↑ “Theater: There's the worm in there!” Der Standard (July 18, 2006; archive, paid).
16. ↑ "Skywalker" (www.dachtheater.com).
17. ↑ "Skywalker", PDF (newsletter center Austria, May 2005)
18. ↑ "Pictures at an exhibition"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (www.kulturgericht.at, October 12, 2005).  
19. ↑ “Pictures at an Exhibition” and Christopher Hinterhuber  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Courier, May 14, 2007)  
20. ↑ Theatralia, Madrid 2007 ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2011 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. (official information). 
21. ↑ Diario de Valladolid: The Oscyl acompañará en Valladolid a la compañía austriaca Karin Schäfer en el estreno de 'Iberia'. Retrieved February 24, 2019 (Spanish). 
22. ↑ Puppet theater festival in Neusiedl am See. July 2, 2016, accessed February 24, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Casting for art funding. July 11, 2017, accessed February 24, 2019 . 
24. ↑ PARADE. Retrieved on February 24, 2019 (German). 
25. ↑ Semi-dialectal for I hear something in wine, joking allusion to vino veritas.
26. ↑ Award certificate Festival Łód 1999
27. ↑ Award certificate Festival Łód 2003
28. ↑ Festival International de la Performance d'Acteur (French)
29. ↑ kultur.news \ bmaaV, February 2004 (Premio Villanueva; PDF; 541 kB) ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 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. 
30. ^ Prize winners - Burgenland Foundation Theodor Kery. Retrieved February 24, 2019 . 
31. ↑ STELLA 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2012 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. , /www.figurentheater.at, accessed on October 17, 2011 

Web links

Commons : Karin Schäfer Figures Theater  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Karin Schäfer Figures Theater Website .
• Prize winner of the Burgenland Foundation 2010