We cordially invite you to the festive opening of FRAGILE - Festival for young changemakers! under construction #4
From September 20 to October 1, 2023, for the first time "FRAGILE - Festival for young changemakers" will take place in Wuppertal, an international festival for young DanceMusicTheater on perspectives of sustainability. Schauspielhaus, Bundesallee 260, Wuppertal, Germany
On September 20th at 6:00 pm, before the festival starts, we will open the installation around the Grunchy Villa in front of the Schauspielhaus Wuppertal together with the artists and architects of raumlaborberlin. It is the result of the construction and textile workshop within the project "Symbioses" with Jan Liesegang, Raul Walch, Antonello Prezioso and 16 international young artists, architects and other enthusiasts. In cooperation with the AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft Wuppertal (Waste Management Company Wuppertal) they are currently building, sewing, inventing, with the question: What counts as a resource? What constitutes waste? The artists' and architects' network raumlaborberlin was recently awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2021 and the Green Bauhaus Award in 2023.
FRAGILE presents exciting productions around the themes of ecological, economic and social sustainability - for young people and for everyone! The festival is aimed at an intergenerational audience from 0 - 99! Because our world is far too divided. With exciting international dance productions, we want to offer a space: For exchange, experience, for encouragement and to get into action. The increasing climate catastrophes make it clear: we need community and - we need global empathy!
Festival kick-off: On 20.9., 19.30 o'clock, the festival starts with the dance-film production l'œil, l'oreille et le lieu by Compagnie Michèle Noiret (Belgium). A few tickets are still available. Speakers at the opening include Dr. Carolin Baedeker from the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy, Head of the Department of Culture Matthias Nocke and curator Tobias Staab for the jury. The festival is funded by the program Zero - Climate Neutral Art and Culture Projects of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The goal is to develop a sustainability strategy for the future Pina Bausch Center, in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute. On 21.9. the first performance of the Dumanlé Companie from Abidjan, exciting dance and acrobatics, free admission on the forecourt. From Saturday, 23.9. follows the circus dance production ORGANISMO, on 24.9. the audio walk :hearing the unknown on forms of communication in nature. From 26.9. follows the Afro-Futurism production PL3MONS by the young Belgian Younes van den Broeck and from 30.09. Kolochi Baw by the Pina Bausch Fellow Aida Colmenero Diaz with the bio-architect Angel Fulla from Cameroon. In the foyer, media artist Michael Sabu will show his VR-installation Dust, a groundbreaking environmental exploration of the unseen world of urban particulate matter. And we would like to point out that from 29.09. the new Young Ensemble of the Wuppertal Children's and Youth Theater will be showing Corpus Delicti by Juli Zeh at die börse (nit in Schauspielhaus!), on the subject of human rights considering sustainability in the production process of stage design and costumes.
FESTIVAL FRAGILE Accompanying Program In addition to the festival program, there will also be activities and workshops to prepare for and follow up on the plays, as well as a general accompanying program. We will present the overview of the accompanying actions on our homepage. What are the themes? How does the festival tie in with experiences? We would like to go on a joint research for possibilities of change for a sustainable society. From the construction of an insect hotel to the Mirker Schrauba, the exchange on culture and mobility with Dinner4Future as part of the Mobility Week to pre- and post-talks, there is a lot to offer. Share space and time with us!
The tickets are valid for public transport in the VRR! 3 min to Schwebebahn Information on all other plays in and around the Schauspielhaus can be found at https://under-construction-wuppertal.de. Advance booking: https://www.kulturkarte-wuppertal.de, Tickethotline: 0202 563 7666
We are looking forward to your visit!
Yours Bettina Milz & Team
Further information: https://under-construction-wuppertal.de/en, https://pinabauschzentrum.de/en
Press contact: Ursula Popp, Ursula.Popp@pina-bausch.de
Festival FRAGILE