A post-antique 30 hours theatre feast by kainkollektiv
THESMOPHORIA, the audience attends a 30-hour, secret, international gathering of artists in the name of the goddesses Demeter & Persephone. In performances, rituals and songs, she conjures up the dead, mourns her lost daughters and celebrates the mysteries of life.
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THESMOPHORIA. THE NEW ANCIENT THEATRE & The Return of the Kings Daughters
With the audience, she re-explores the ancient art of care and gathering as a post-antique theater festival.
The music theater performance RETURN OF THE KING’S DAUGHTERS opens up a sound and echo space in which the ghosts of our post-colonial history haunt the gathering. Where is the exit from the Hades of the present?
(PLAY IN GERMAN)
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1st 10 HOURS: ARRIVAL OF THE DEAD. DEMETER & THE LOST DAUGHTERS // ANKUNFT DER TOTEN. DEMETER & DIE VERLORENEN TÖCHTER
17-18:30h ARRIVAL & WORLD BUILDING
18:30-19:30h THE INVISIBLE CHILD Eine Performance zum Demeter-Persephone-Mythos (Teil I)
19:30 – 20:00 MAP & HISTORY OF ELEUSIS. Ein Lecture Perform(D)ance Puzzle
20:00 – 20:15 Selfcare-Pause (Trinken etc.)
20:15-20:30h CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE
TANZRITUAL “Pussy, Belly, Heart”: PROCESSION
20.30 – 21:00h TRIO OF CATHERINE, VANESSA & SILVIA: CYCLES OF TIME. A SELF ENCOUNTER (Tanz, Musik, Visuals)
21:00 – 21:30 h SOLO SARA: ON LOST DAUGHTERS & NIGHT SONGS. PERSEPHONE’S CHANTS / HADES’ PHANTASIES (Konzert/Performance)
21: 30 - 21:45h Selfcare-Pause (Trinken etc.)
21.45- 23.15h CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE
FILMPREMIERE: NEW ANCIENT THEATRE. Willkommen im postantiken Kino (inklusive selbstgemachtem Popcorn)
23:15-23.45h Selfcare-Pause (Trinken, Rauchen, Klo & Pita essen)
23.45- 00 h CHANT DE VILLAGE / CALL OF THE VILLAGE
MOURNING RITUAL 1
00 – 00:30 THE MYSTERIES OF ELEUSIS. Building the Camp of Sleep(lessness), reading feminist texts & singing lullabies // Einrichtung eines Schlaf(losigkeits-)Camps; Geschichten + Lieder zur Nacht
0:30 – 1:30 h SONGS & SOUNDS FROM THE UNDERWORLD: DJ Set mit Sara
2nd 10 HOURS: REMEMBERING THE LOST WORLD/DAUGHTERS // ERINNERN DER VERLORENEN WELT/TÖCHTER
Until 9h SLEEP OVER ELEUSIS/BERLIN: The Ancient Sleep/Dream produces Monsters! (Nachtruhe & Schlafenszeit)
9 – 11 h GOOD MO(U)RNING PRACTICES. Self-Care Session von Ensemble & Publikum (Yoga, Waking the Voice, Tee/Kaffee-Zeremonie, Breakfast etc)
11-16:00h SORGESCHULEN / SCHOOLS OF CARE
I GRENZENLOSE KÖRPER (inklusive Sorgeschule)
II DIE LETZTE KÖNIGIN (postkoloniale Sorgeschule)
III EIN LIEBESLIED WIRD KOMMEN (feministische Sorgeschule)
3rd 10 HOURS: REBIRTH: THE ANCIENT WORLD WAS NEVER WHITE! // DIE ANTIKE WELT WAR NIE WEISS!
16:00 – 16:45 h MOURNING RITUAL 2 & SHARING SECRETS. Eine geheime Raum-(Mit-)Teilung (1:1-Mini-Performances Ensemble / Publikum)
16:45-17:15h SOLO ANNALYZER: DURBAN DAUGHTERS. SOUTH AFRICAN SONGS & STORIES (Konzert)
17:15-17-45h Selfcare-Pause (Trinken etc.)
17:45-18h WHITEWASHING. Eine antike Theaterszene nach den Troerinnen von Euripides mit Kristina & Bianca (Theater/Performance/Ritual)
18 – 18:30 TRIO NANCY / ALIMA / ANNALYZER: OUBLIEZ D’ÊTRE NOIRE, MADAME…! / FORGET THAT YOU’RE BLACK, MADAM…! (Tanz, Text, Gesang)
18:30-19:00h SOLO LYDIA: IT’S STILL BURNING, SISTER HECUBA! (postantike Theater-Performance)
19-19:30h ONE, TWO, THREE
Eine Performance zum Demeter-Persephone-Mythos (Teil II) (Theater/Performance)
19:30-20.00h SOLO KRISTINA: THE CURSED CHILD (Performance-Monolog)
20-21h DINNER
21.00-22.15h RETURN OF THE KING’S DAUGHTERS. Eine Live-Hörspiel-Performance von kainkollektiv & den cosmic sisters [Gastspiel/Wiederaufnahme. Gefördert durch den Fonds Darstellende Künste]
22.15-23h FINALE: KING’S DAUGHTERS’ PARTY – EIN THESMOPHORIA COUNTDOWN / FESTAKT!
By and with: Anelisa Stuurman, Sara Bigdeli Shamloo, Alima, Lydia Polyzoi, Amal Omran, Kristina Peters, Nancy Nko, Catherine Jodoin, Silvia Dierkes, Meret Mundwiler, Bianca Künzel, Edith Nana Voges, Vanessa Chartrand Rodrigue, Richard Behrens. Mirjam Schmuck, Fabian Lettow, Immanuel Bartz u.a.
Dates
November 2024
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