Von Luftschlössern und U-Bahnschächten - Premiere
An education project with the Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule Eschborn and the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt
“Imagine walking through the streets and it feels as if you're diving into a living dream. The sun sets behind the roofs of the old town, which shine in soft pastel colors. The cobblestone alleys seem to dance beneath your feet, while the echo of distant voices and the laughter of people fills the air.” (Guste / 16Y)
“People can be our home, as they say. But what if a city gives you a home? When both the negative and positive sides give you a sense of home. Yes, at the main train station, one feels uncomfortable. Groups of people surround you, with whom you normally have nothing to do. You feel watched, ignored, vulnerable. What if I end up there? You want to achieve everything in life, but the last thing you want is to end up there too. You can literally see their lives disappearing. But then you're by the river Main in the evening, and it seems as if every door is open. The lights look so beautiful, even if they only illuminate some offices somewhere.”
“People, people, people, people.
They walk, go, sit and stand.
They laugh, cry, talk and shout.
They live or they do not live…
They are alone together and together separated.
Each for themselves, with everyone together.
Each different, each the same.” (Olivia / 16Y)
Social inequality, drugs, weapons, and (missing) nature in the big city are just a few topics that young people connect with the theme “My City in Texts – Images - Sound.” For over six months, the students of the Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule Eschborn and the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt have creatively dealt with their joys and grievances about “their city” and searched for texts, images, and compositions. Together with musicians Uwe Dierksen (Ensemble Modern) and Bertold Breig, filmmaker Pola Sell, author Antigone Akgün, and theater makers Matthias Faltz and Julius Ohlemann, they improvised, collected, texted, and rehearsed. The student band - supported by musicians from Bridges-Musik verbindet - and the choir of the Freie Waldorfschule will bring the sound of the city to the public stage, while the texts of the youth about their observations, problems, and wishes will come alive in scenes on stage against a cinematic backdrop and in film sequences, creating a collage of real and fictional city observations that brings their insecurities and hopes for a livable future to the theater stage.
With students from the Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule Eschborn and the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt
Direction – Matthias Faltz, Julius Ohlemann
Composition, musical direction - Uwe Dierksen, Bertold Breig
Dramaturgy, text work – Antigone Akgün
Video, camera, editing – Pola Sell, Hasan Gazi
Organization – Lucia Primavera
Supported by the program "Kunstvoll" of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft, and the magistrate of the city of Eschborn.
Photo © Sarya Akdeniz, Amir Mjekiqi
Doors open at 6:30 PM
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