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s t a r t i n g o n J u l y 8 a t 1 0 a m
P E T E R S T A M E R
D r a m a t u r g y S u r p r i s e !
A brand-new workshop by Peter Stamer on history, theory, and practice of that strange thing. Dramaturgy Surprise contains the sweet taste of theory, with quite some practical applications and a biiiiig surprise in every single session. The combination of these three elements creates a world of fun and entertainment that helps artists to develop their imagination while reassuring professionalism at the same time.
Sometimes, the dramaturg is supposed to act like a plumber who is called to fix a leaking water pump before the apartment is flooded. In other words: s/he is summoned to repair a project that otherwise seems to go wrong. Yet, the dramaturg acting like an expert conceals that his/her technique and knowledge reach beyond one’s singular expertise, rather comprises strategies of potential meaning-making within a pre-given horizon of expectation and cultural reference. In other words: everyone can act like his/her own plumber once s/he understands the functioning of a given installation.
In this workshop we will take a close look into theories of dramaturgy as they were developed since Aristotle’s time and will play around with diverse practical approaches to contemporary dramaturgies as they appear in nowaday’s dance pieces. Let’s shake up that thing!
PETER STAMER (DE/A) is a theatre maker in the context of contemporary performing arts. In his projects, he is interested in exploring conditions for discursive and physical empowerment within given performative, social and narrative apparatuses. Beyond his theatre work and teaching activities in all of Europe, his performance and theatre projects have led him to China, the USA, Canada, Egypt or Israel. Among his recent works are to be found the international building/performance project A Future Archeology in Berlin, Vienna and Cairo (2012 – 2013), which provided the initial impulses for the book How to Collaborate? - Questioning Togetherness in the Performing Arts which was published in 2016, his performative installation and film 26 Letters to Deleuze (EMPAC New York) in 2014, The Circus of Life A-Z (together with Yosi Wanunu) in Vienna (2015), or the adaptation of Nietzsche’s essay On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense (2015), for which he also created the set design. Currently, Peter is conceiving a theatrical and installative adaptation of Kafka’s story In the Penal Colony (planned for 2017).
at the festival Peter is also showing his piece
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