The festival opens with a clash of cultures generated from a loving perspective on the local tradition of “Garde” dancing. In between the opening speeches choreographer Reut Shemesh presents a specially adapted version of her work WITNESS, which she devised together with the Garde dancers of the State Capital Düsseldorf.
Do away with nature and bring on politics! Club Real has established a community government in Vienna where all living creatures from snails to chestnut trees are equal members of a single political body. In Düsseldorf they will open the State Archive and present the work of the Parliament of Organisms.
A man, a woman, a living room. In this setting the audience become witnesses to the noxious routines of a relationship in which intimacy invariably leads to brutality. The spiral of violence continues for over five hours: distressing and apparently inescapable.
Suffering can be turned into art and therefore money. ALL INCLUSIVE uses this insight to develop a cutting satire on how easily a Western audience may consume war and violence.
A man, a woman, a living room. In this setting the audience become witnesses to the noxious routines of a relationship in which intimacy invariably leads to brutality. The spiral of violence continues for over five hours: distressing and apparently inescapable.
Aus Leid kann Kunst und damit Geld werden. All Inclusive entwickelt aus dieser Erkenntnis eine böse Satire über die Leichtigkeit, mit der ein westliches Publikum Krieg und Gewalt konsumiert.