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New narratives for a world of the many
© Marcus Lieberenz
11 Dec 2024
At the Ratschlag der Vielen (Council of the Many) on November 28, 2024 at the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz in Berlin, many questions were raised, but some momentum was also created. The general consensus: society needs new narratives of diversity, but art must not be appropriated for this without any restrictions. After all, doesn’t its power to unleash new worlds lie precisely in its freedom? In these times, that would perhaps be the most political statement in the negotiation of democratic public spheres.
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DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN 2024
02 Dec 2024
From May to September of this year, the series of nationwide forums “DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN” brought people together at nine different locations in Germany through performances, workshops, discussions, singing performances and much more in order to pose the question of “how” a pluralistic and democratic society can be achieved.
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DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN 2024 (Audio description)
02 Dec 2024
From May to September of this year, the series of nationwide forums “DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN” brought people together at nine different locations in Germany through performances, workshops, discussions, singing performances and much more in order to pose the question of “how” a pluralistic and democratic society can be achieved.
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Theaterpreis des Bundes 2024 (audio description)
06 Nov 2024
On October 2, 2024, the award ceremony of the Theaterpreis des Bundes took place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, where the Tabori Prize 2024 was also awarded.
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Theaterpreis des Bundes 2024
06 Nov 2024
On October 2, 2024, the award ceremony of the Federal Theatre Prize took place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, where the Tabori Prize 2024 was also awarded.
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Casting an anchor into the future
© Sebastian Bolesch
21 Oct 2024
The art of staying many. The art of staying. The art of changing. The right to stay. The right to have a say. A question that an increasing number of people are asking themselves in an increasing number of places: ‘Should we stay or leave?’ - Contribution by Manja Präkels in the program of “THE ART OF STAYING MANY” at Kunstfest Weimar on August 24, 2024.
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Nazi Hits of the 1930s, 1990s and the Ugliest Chants of Today
© Sebastian Bolesch
15 Oct 2024
This isn’t some Nazi fixation. This is reality. The far-right has long become mainstream in many parts, not just yesterday. Travels around East, East, East Germany. - Writer Anne Rabe gave this speech on 24 August in Weimar as part of The Art of Staying Many – Nationwide Forums for Art, Freedom and Democracy at the Kunstfest Weimar.
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Pina Bausch? Kann ich auch!
© Katrin Ribbe
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#introducing: Joana Tischkau
18 Sep 2024
This year's Tabori Award winner introduces herself. What were her first thoughts when she found out she was being honored and what does it mean for her work?
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Award winners have been announced
10 Sep 2024
The 2024 Federal Theater Prize goes to the Schwankhalle in Bremen. The Ernst-Barlach-Theater, FELD Theater für junges Publikum and Hessisches Landestheater Marburg will be honored with the awards.
The Tabori Prize 2024 will be awarded to Joana Tischkau.
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Thuringia? Your problem!
© Joachim Dette
29 Jul 2024
Artistic director Lizzy Timmers, actress Pina Bergemann and dramaturge Hannah Baumann talk to Christine Wahl about the impact of the Theaterpreis des Bundes, which they won last year, their meteoric last season at Theaterhaus Jena and how things will now – hopefully – continue.
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A model project for Saxony
© Tom Dachs
23 Jul 2024
Anne-Cathrin Lessel, director of Leipzig-based LOFFT, and FORWARD DANCE COMPANY artistic project manager Gustavo Fijalkow talk to Christine Wahl about three forms of participation that will be implemented with the money from the 2023 Theaterpreis des Bundes.
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"Neighborliness is democracy’s lowest common denominator"
© Sebastian Bolesch
23 Jul 2024
The Phoenix Theaterfestival is an open-air event that brings five guest performances to the Platz der Völkerfreundschaft in Erfurt which, when it comes to involving different audiences, represent a counter balance to the Domstufen-Festspielen. Because sometimes the theater has to come to the audience.
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"We have tons of great projects"
© Dave Grossmann
16 Jul 2024
Managing Director Hendrik Frobel, in-house dramaturge Geordie Bookman and artist duo Ana Jordao and Vincent Kollar in conversation with Christine Wahl about the residency program that Chamäleon Berlin is implementing with the prize money from the 2023 Theaterpreis.
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Spaces to try things out
© Zé de Paiva
03 Jul 2024
Artistic director Wagner Carvalho, dramaturge Fabian Larsson, set designer Leonie Brüggenwerth and costume designer Mathieu Amadou from Ballhaus Naunynstraße talk to Christine Wahl about a new learning and exchange format that will be launched at the theater in October thanks to the prize money from the Theaterpreis des Bundes.
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No fear of new images of masculinity
© Jörg Baumann
26 Jun 2024
This weekend in Potsdam, THE ART OF STAYING MANY will explore new narrative forms in volatile times. Journalist and writer Nora Burgard-Arp will be exploring feminist perspectives on right-wing extremist narratives. For our magazine, she talks about her work as an author.
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Politics of the independent performing arts. Five short portraits of artistic processes.
© Dorothea Tuch
24 Jun 2024
On May 25, 2024, the documentary "BLICKWECHSEL - Publika und Politiken der Darstellenden Künste" by Janina Möbius celebrated its premiere at HAU Hebbel am Ufer/HAU3 as part of the event series "DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN. Nationwide Forums for Art, Freedom and Democracy" premiere. The documentary was commissioned by the fund and takes a look at the relationship between the public and artists with a special focus on the increasing polarization of society. In his introductory lecture on the occasion of the film premiere, cultural scientist Sebastian Köthe portrayed five aesthetic methods of politicization in the performing arts of the present day.
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Geteilte Geschichte(n)
© Sebastian Bolesch
18 Jun 2024
Das Erinnern an die Vergangenheit ist ein oft strapaziöser Akt. Auch in Deutschland zeigt sich, wie schwer es ist, multiperspektivische Blicke auf die Erfahrungen eines diversen Umfelds zu richten. Die Journalistin Zonya Dengi erinnert sich aus ganz persönlicher Perspektive – und nutzt die emanzipatorische Kraft, die im Erzählen der eigenen Geschichte steckt. Ihr Beitrag ist Teil einer Artikelserie, der das Programm von DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN am 21. + 22. Juni in Berlin begleitet.
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Welcome!
© Falk Wenzel
10 Jun 2024
Our author traveled to Bitterfeld-Wolfen to observe the preparations for the OSTEN theater festival, where the THE ART OF STAYING MANY Theater Truck is also making a stop. She was surprised by many things she found there – a reportage.
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On artistic freedom and intersectionality
© Kathinka Schroeder
05 Jun 2024
The writer, political activist and theater maker Mirrianne Mahn questions the current debates about artistic freedom and finds that they are directly related to intersectional perspectives – which influence, among other things, work in the field of theater.
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