GALA
The Saturday evening belongs to the Berlin artists. After the international artists showed their performances, we show that Berlin is
the capital of the mime theater. The hosts themselves and their students show their skills. But mainly we offer the stage to the
stunning mime artists of Berlin.
further information
WELCOME
Berlin has a rich and colorful scene at mime theater and physical theater. Pantomaniacs makes the scene a bit more, more slanting and more diverse. We invite nine international performances of the best artists and ensembles. Furthermore, we host workshops, seminars, and a big final gala. There are performances for children and families and also performances which are certainly not for children.
YOUR HOST
Eric Wilcox, Jan Romberg and Lukasz Szydlik form the core organization team. This is already international, because the members come from the USA, Germany and Poland. The extended team also includes Radim Vizvary from the Czech Republic. Together, we provide program design, organization, technology and the bureaucratic backbone.
Venues
ACUD Theater Veteranenstraße 21 Berlin Mime Centrum Berlin of the International Theater Institute (ITI), German site Mariannenpl. 2 Berlin
PERFORMANCES
CONTACT
Jan Romberg Britzer Damm 123 12347 Berlin, Germany +491621979137 festival@pantomaniacs.de http://www.pantomaniacs.de
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WORKSHOPS
The PANTOMANIACS Festival offers 5 workshops. Teachers are Radim Vizvary (CZ), Brian Latini (IT), Eric Wilcox (USA) and Anna Balcerzak (POL), Ekaterina Varlakova and Antonina Popova (Rus). The workshops take place in the morning from 10-14: 00 and are aimed at advanced and professionals.
Bild: David Konecny
Radim Vizvary (CZ): SOLO
From the classic mime to butoh, from slapstick to the contemporary pantomime
theater - Radim Vizvary, shows mime in a modern, shape, pure and with relevance. And
although he takes the influences of different styles, he always goes his own way.
10.&11.März 2017 20:00
Teatro della Bottega (IT):
Happy times (family performance)
From the most famous Charlie Chaplin’s movies a story of a man looking for happiness. A
tramp with a suitcase starts his journey across different moments of the day and
different moments of life showing that sometimes what seems impossible can be possible if
we are able to follow our dreams.
further information
march 11 4 pm
MMR (USA/DE): Pronk
(family performance)
"Pronk" is a wordless and funny performance which is full of action and fantasy.
It tells the story of a young boy, Pronk, who struggles with his adult antagonist.
The poor boy does not own anything but has made a puppet for his own pleasure
and in his fantasy the puppet has a special power and is able to controll
other people. “Pronk” is joyful to watch for both children and adults. But
our young friends will for sure more identify with the smiling child on stage.
march 12 2017 11am
Undercreative (INT): Human Revolutions
The stages Mimenbühne Dresden, Mime Prag and Bottega from Rome, as well as the Parada
Romania have teamed up in a project to work out a common vision. A classic heroic story is
told, however, in the Zille-Milleu, so that it becomes very grotesque. The concept deals with
special personalities of European history and their importance in modern times. We want to
grasp what, for example, the romance of a Caspar David Friedrich conveys to us today. The
surreal reality from the point of view of the Vaclav Havel is obvious. Leonrado da Vinci holds
the whole story.
march 12. 2017 7pm
SYMPOSIUM
History of mime
Within the frame of the festival, we are organizing a symposium about the history and future
of the mime. Its created together with the Mime Centrum Berlin óf the International Theater
Institute (ITI), German Cemter. We start with a multimedial lecture on the subject with Alexej
Bycek, who is writing his doctoral thesis on this topic. The second presentation will be by
Maya Brosch talking about Decroux. After that, it will be your turn because it should be a
lively and open discussion of all mimes and interested people in this art form.
The event is funded by the German-Czech Future Fund.
13.3.2017 19:00 in the media library of the Mime Centrum Berlin
Hannah Senft (GER): Blueberry Rainbow
The city. All is new, big, and full of hopes and chances.
It is easy to trip, and fall. To squint or to smile? When there is chaos in your mind, When your
instincts awake. When your emotions start a life of their own?
With passion and irony Hannah Senft tells a story of a woman. Hannah Senft is a mime actress
and director from Berlin, Germany.
14.3.2017 19:00
MimeClub (CZ): Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich: the ideal image of an SS leader, cold-hearted manager and callous
executioner. A hatchet man, but also an excellent swordsman and virtuoso violinist. He put
hisexceptional talents at the service of an inhuman ideology and intoxicated himself with
absolute power. The production is a powerful physical study of military sports exercises,
elements of ballroom dance, patterns of movement in ecstatic rhythm and sharp cuts
between the individual sequences. The result is an image of a key figure in the Nazi
movement – of corruption, manipulation and the desire for destruction. Alexej Byček,
director and actor in the production Heydrich, studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in
Prague.
march14 2017 9pm
Mimikry (DE/FR): Visual Short Stories
Welcome to the realm of your own imagination! Where are we? In the theater, which does not
need a stage or words, but alone the body, joy of the game and the art of transformation, in
"Visual Short Stories": What they do not hear, they see and what they do not see, simply
happens in their head!
Duo Mimikry consits of Nicolas Rocher and Elias Elastisch, two modern actors who describe
the setting without any words. For many years internationally on the road with programs,
which understands every language.
march15 2017 7pm
Mimenstudio Dresden (DE):
A respectable wedding (B. Brecht)
director: Ralf Herzog
actors: ensemble of Mimenstudio Dresden
piano and singing: Bürge Terlan and Claudia Gräf
The respectable wedding is a one-act written by Bertolt Brecht. Ralf Herzog has "deleted" all
the texts As soon as the family knew the boyfriend of the bride, a child was born. In a hurry
they must be married. The bridefather tells embarrassing and inappropriate anecdotes, the
aunt provokes a pie battle. It is comedically showcased how the wedding, which was supposed
to be the most beautiful day in the life of a bride, becomes a farce from the idol of the petty
bourgeoisie.
further information
march 16 2017 8pm
MMR (USA / POL/ DE): Under the dark moon
"Mondgestalten" / „Under the dark moon“ is a silent theater that lets you forget the space
and the time and expand your imagination. The performance is kafkaesk, does not hide and
criticizes. The actors show and do right in front of their eyes how all politics have a timeless,
existentialist humanity that is hard. Our reality is made of work and steel, but has its own
aesthetics.
further information
march 17 2017 8pm
PERFORMANCES
Radim Vizvary (CZ): SOLO
From the classic mime to butoh, from slapstick to the
contemporary pantomime theater - Radim Vizvary, shows mime in
a modern, shape, pure and with relevance. And although he takes
the influences of different styles, he always goes his own way.
10.&11.März 2017 20:00
Teatro della Bottega (IT):
Happy times (family performance)
From the most famous Charlie Chaplin’s movies a story of a man
looking for happiness. A tramp with a suitcase starts his journey
across different moments of the day and different moments of life
showing that sometimes what seems impossible can be possible if
we are able to follow our dreams.
further information
march 11 4 pm
Undercreative (INT): Human Revolutions
The stages Mimenbühne Dresden, Mime Prag and Bottega from
Rome, as well as the Parada Romania have teamed up in a project
to work out a common vision. A classic heroic story is told,
however, in the Zille-Milleu, so that it becomes very grotesque. The
concept deals with special personalities of European history and
their importance in modern times. We want to grasp what, for
example, the romance of a Caspar David Friedrich conveys to us
today. The surreal reality from the point of view of the Vaclav
Havel is obvious. Leonrado da Vinci holds the whole story.
march 12. 2017 7pm
GALA
The Saturday evening belongs to the Berlin artists. After the international
artists showed their performances, we show that Berlin is the capital of
the mime theater. The hosts themselves and their students show their
skills. But mainly we offer the stage to the stunning mime artists of Berlin.
further information
FOLLOW US
Please visit our facebook page and follow our posts
DIE WORKSHOPS
Das PANTOMANIACS Festival bietet 8 Workshops. Davon werden 5 von Radim Vizvary (CZ) gegeben. Ein weiterer von Brian Latini (IT) und zwei von Eric Wilcox (USA). Die Workshops finden jeweils Vormittags von 10-13:30 oder Nachmittags 14:30-18:00 statt und richten sich an fortgeschrittene und Profis.
Venues
ACUD Theater Veteranenstraße 21 Berlin Mime Centrum Berlin of the International Theater Institute (ITI), German site Mariannenpl. 2 Berlin
CONTACT
Jan Romberg Britzer Damm 123 12347 Berlin, Germany +491621979137 festival@pantomaniacs.de http://www.pantomaniacs.de
Mimenstudio Dresden (DE):
A respectable wedding (B. Brecht)
director: Ralf Herzog
actors: ensemble of Mimenstudio Dresden
piano and singing: Bürge Terlan and Claudia Gräf
The respectable wedding is a one-act written by Bertolt Brecht.
Ralf Herzog has "deleted" all the texts As soon as the family knew
the boyfriend of the bride, a child was born. In a hurry they must be
married. The bridefather tells embarrassing and inappropriate
anecdotes, the aunt provokes a pie battle. It is comedically
showcased how the wedding, which was supposed to be the most
beautiful day in the life of a bride, becomes a farce from the idol of
the petty bourgeoisie.
further information
march 16 2017 8pm
MMR (USA / POL/ DE): Under the dark moon
"Mondgestalten" / „Under the dark moon“ is a silent theater that
lets you forget the space and the time and expand your
imagination. The performance is kafkaesk, does not hide and
criticizes. The actors show and do right in front of their eyes how
all politics have a timeless, existentialist humanity that is hard. Our
reality is made of work and steel, but has its own aesthetics.
further information
march 17 2017 8pm
WELCOME
Berlin has a rich and colorful scene at mime theater and physical theater. Pantomaniacs makes the scene a bit more, more slanting and more diverse. We invite nine international performances of the best artists and ensembles. Furthermore, we host workshops, seminars, and a big final gala. There are performances for children and families and also performances which are certainly not for children.
Bild: David Konecny
Partner
MMR (USA/DE): Pronk
(family performance)
"Pronk" is a wordless and funny performance which is full of
action and fantasy. It tells the story of a young boy, Pronk,
who struggles with his adult antagonist. The poor boy does not
own anything but has made a puppet for his own pleasure and
in his fantasy the puppet has a special power and is able to
controll other people. “Pronk” is joyful to watch for both
children and adults. But our young friends will for sure
more identify with the smiling child on stage.
march 12 2017 11am
MimeClub (CZ): Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich – Idealbild eines SS-Führers, gefühlskalter
Manager und brutaler Vollstrecker. Ein Mann fürs Grobe, aber
eben auch ein hervorragender Schwertkämpfer und virtuoser
Geiger. Mit seinen außergewöhnlichen Begabungen stellte er sich
in den Dienst einer menschenverachtenden Ideologie, um sich an
der absoluten Macht zu berauschen.
So entsteht das Bild einer Schlüsselfigur der
nationalsozialistischen Bewegung zwischen Korruptheit,
Manipulation und Zerstörungslust.
Alexej Byček, Regisseur und Darsteller der Inszenierung
„Heydrich“, studierte an der Academy of Performing Arts in Prag.
14.3.2017 21:00
Mimikry (DE): Visual Short Stories
Herzlich willkommen im Reich Ihrer eigenen Vorstellungskraft!
Wo befinden wir uns? Im Theater, welches kein Bühnenbild oder
Worte benötigt, sondern allein den Körper, Spielfreude und die
Kunst der Verwandlung, in “Visual Short Stories“: Was sie nicht
hören, sehen sie und was sie nicht sehen, passiert einfach in ihrem
Kopf!
Duo Mimikry, das sind Nicolas Rocher und Elias Elastisch, zwei
moderne Schauspieler, die komplett ohne Worte den Schauplatz
beschreiben. Seit vielen Jahren international unterwegs mit
Programmen, die jede Sprache versteht.
15.3.2017 19:00
SYMPOSIUM
Geschichte der Pantomime
Im Rahmen des Festivals veranstalten wir gemeinsam mit dem
Mime Centrum des Internationalen Theater Instituts ein
Symposium zur Geschichte und Zukunft der Pantomime. Wir
starten mit einem multimedialen Vortrag zu dem Thema mit Alexej
Bycek, der seine Doktorarbeit zu dem Thema verfasst, Danach
kommt Ihr zu Wort, denn es soll eine lebendige und offene
Diskussion aller Pantomimen und an der Kunstform interessierten
sein.
Die Veranstaltung wird gefördert durch den Deutsch-
Tschechischen Zukunftsfonds.
13.3.2017 19:00 in der Mediathek des MimeCentrum
Hannah Senft (GER): Blueberry Rainbow
The city. All is new, big, and full of hopes and chances.
It is easy to trip, and fall. To squint or to smile? When there is chaos
in your mind, When your instincts awake. When your emotions
start a life of their own?
With passion and irony Hannah Senft tells a story of a woman.
Hannah Senft is a mime actress and director from Berlin, Germany.
14.3.2017 19:00