Aspiration and reality

Von |2024-02-28T09:33:41+01:0027. Februar, 2024|

Aspiration and reality Circles, circles, circles: The Ludwig Forum Aachen becomes the venue for "Us Swerve" by Alex Baczyński-Jenkins. The result is fatigue. By Harff-Peter Schönherr VIDEO-IMPRESSIONS Rollerblade riders love large, smooth surfaces. The Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen can serve with one, in the centre of its exhibition, a few seat [...]

schrit_tmacher festival 2024 – Until we sleep

Von |2024-02-27T13:48:45+01:0027. Februar, 2024|

schrit_tmacher festival 2024 - second week Until we sleep Far From the Norm and Botis Seva at Kerkrade Theatre By Thomas Linden  When a grenade hits, you can hear the sound of the chunks of earth falling to the ground after the detonation. After the deafening bang, it sounds like a gentle rain. The [...]

The call of the abyss

Von |2024-02-28T12:08:06+01:0026. Februar, 2024|

schrit_tmacher justdance! Festival in Heerlen: The call of the abyss Confidence, despite everything: Niek Wagenaar's "After All" takes place in the open air. A gust of thunderstorm gives the event extra vigour. By: Harff-Peter Schönherr Car parks are usually not surprising. What happens in them is clear: they house cars, floor by floor. This [...]

Ball, ring and club

Von |2024-02-26T16:49:03+01:0025. Februar, 2024|

schrit_tmacher festival 2024 now also open in Belgium Ball, ring and club Whatever you think of juggling: In Sean Gandini's "LIFE. A Love Letter to Merce Cunningham", it almost playfully opens our eyes to one of the most dazzling and exceptional figures in contemporary dance. By Harff-Peter Schönherr Everyone loves receiving love letters. But [...]

A distant, close world

Von |2024-02-24T09:51:28+01:0024. Februar, 2024|

schrit_tmacher festival now has also opened in Aachen A distant, close world In "Whenua", the New Zealand Dance Company confronts us with a hope: that, as different as we are, we are all essentially the same. By: Harff-Peter Schönherr There are places that have two lives. The Stahlbau Strang factory building in Aachen is [...]

Departure into freedom

Von |2024-02-23T07:28:09+01:0023. Februar, 2024|

schrit_tmacher opening in Kerkrade with Scapino Ballet Departure into freedom On the trail of truth: in "Pinocchio Effect", Cecilia Moisio shows us the value of authenticity. With the Maas Theater en Dans and the Scapino Ballet, she encourages kids to be who they are, against all outside influence. By: Harff-Peter Schönherr Advertising with the [...]

Walking and falling, rising and resurrection

Von |2024-03-05T11:09:37+01:0021. Februar, 2024|

...and there was no more light Walking and falling, rising and resurrection Imre and Marne van Opstal's "VODOO WALTZ" at the completely sold-out Parkstad Limburg Theatre in Heerlen is heavy fare at the start of the 29th edition of the Schrit_tmacher Festival - but brilliantly performed! by Melanie Suchy This year's Schrittmacher Festival opens [...]

Who saves whom? From what? And how? With dance?

Von |2023-04-19T07:55:06+01:004. April, 2023|

Who saves whom? From what? And how? With dance? The 2023 Schrittmacher Festival concluded a guest performance by NDT2 with the program "Climb the sky!" at Theater Heerlen by Melanie Suchy translated by Karoline Strys Putting Crystal Pite's well-known piece into NDT2's triple bill, "Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue," which premiered in [...]

Pite’s „Revisor“ is a stroke of genius

Von |2023-04-19T07:54:36+01:0030. März, 2023|

schrit_tmacher justDANCE! 2023 Pite's "Revisor" is a stroke of genius Crystal Pite | Kidd Pivot performs at Theater Heerlen by Thomas Linden  translated by Karoline Strys When it comes to Russia on stage, the connection to the current war inevitably presents itself. Such is the case regarding the guest performance that the Vancouver-based company [...]

Zombies of fear and rage

Von |2023-03-29T14:46:31+01:0024. März, 2023|

Schrit_tmacher Festival Zombies of fear and rage "All I Need" by the Beaver Dam Company at Fabrik Stahlbau Strang. By Nicole Strecker translated by Karoline Strys Actually, we were all glad to have gotten rid of this voice: the barking and blustering of former U.S. President Donald Trump. But now he is back – [...]

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