Balkan Express

Interdisciplinary music theater projectPerformance venue: Theater am Domhof

Theater Osnabrück takes a seat on the Balkan Express and embarks on a journey through time to the former Yugoslavia: from the utopias and myths of its founding as a non-aligned state between East and West to its disintegration into individual nation states and the four-year siege of Sarajevo. The arc is spanned with pop songs, Balkan brass bands, rock music, grand opera, symphonic music and, last but not least, poems by Bosnian poet Faruk Šehić.

What remains is a longing remembrance of a shared dream that could not withstand the upheavals of world history and internal contradictions. A musical and literary foray that travels together with dance, opera, orchestra, band and actors to a bygone country that for many still lives on as a myth.

 

Balkan Ballerinas

PLATFORM 13Dance performance from RomaniaLocation: Sharehaus Friedenskirche

The Balkans and ballerinas - we associate both terms with certain images. We think we know what is behind them and generalize for an entire region/professional group. These clichés and Western identity stereotypes inspire the Balkan Ballerinas. They break through geographical, political and cultural boundaries and locate the body as a transition zone between Eastern European identity and the view of it. Pride meets shame, past meets present, folklore meets rave and ballet meets manele. A rhythmic melting pot is created that humorously delves into the depths.

 

Barrack 35

DEMJAN DURANGerman-Serbian research projectPerformance venue: Baracke 35

In Osnabrück's Landwehr district, there is a memorial site that commemorates a relatively unknown group of victims of the Nazi era. In 1941, up to 5,000 officers were interned here in 22 barracks from all over south-eastern Europe, but mainly from Serbia. After their release in 1945, many of them remained in Osnabrück and built up the Serbian community here. In a documentary theater project, director Demjan Duran embarks on a search for clues. How did people live there? What links are there to the present day? The project was created in collaboration with the Barrack 35 Association and the descendants of the prisoners.

 

Get together

Theater courtyard approx. 22.15 hrs

After eventful moments in the theater, we want to end the evening together. In the inner courtyard of the theater, we invite you to share your impressions and talk to the artists - music and food are a must, of course. Maybe we'll all dance together to Balkan beats on a warm summer night.

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