Haus für Poesie

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5 pm
Venue: Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei 
With BeatBox Eliot, Yaneq, Arne Rautenberg and Mankind (D.Kimm und Alexis O'Hara)

Whether it is vocal, dance-based, artistic design or play-performance, the poesiefestival berlin is again giving children the chance to find their own poetic form of expression and their own personal way of interpreting poetry. 
For a whole week, pupils from 11 Berlin school classes will be working on a project called “Groß ist die Welt. Die schönsten Gedichte von Josef Guggenmos”. In children’s and youth libraries in nine Berlin districts, the children will be dancing, painting and acting out their versions of the poems under the guidance of staff from LesArt, the Berlin Centre for Children’s and Youth Literature. They will be presenting their results on 29 June 2007 at the poesiefestival berlin, accompanied by BeatBox Eliot, rapper Yaneq, poet Arne Rautenberg in addition to international guests.

The children’s project is taking place in partnership with LesArt, the Berlin Centre for Children’s and Youth Literature, and also with children’s and youth libraries in the city.

Kindly supported by Ritter Sport

8pm
Ballhaus Ost
Pappelallee 15
Tickets in advance €9/5, €12/7 on the door

1. brinnen
Dance and verse in dialogue, German premiere
Dance performance with Anja Utler poet, Vienna, Hans-Werner Klohe choreographer / dancer, Berlin, and Sumi Jang dancer, Freiburg

2. KONJUNKTIVIEN
Premiere
Dance performance with Andreas H. Drescher, author, Saarlouis, and Jenny Atwood dancer, Australia / UK

The main focus of both pieces is the dialogue between dance and verse. In brinnen and in KONJUNKTIVIEN, movement emerges as the poetry is read. It is improvised. The reciprocal influences open up new perspectives in the respective art forms. The movement and musicality of a text is brought to life and made visible through the fusion of language and body.

Kindly supported by the Cultural Committee of German Business within the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the Australian Embassy.
Supported by the German Capital Cultural Fonds

10pm
Maschinenhaus
Tickets in advance €4/2, €5/3 on the door

With Franz-Josef Czernin Austria and Ulrike Draesner Germany

Shakespeare’s sonnets continue to pose new challenges for German-speaking translators. Two of the latest attempts to turn these over 400-year-old texts into modern works have come from the poets Franz-Josef Czernin and Ulrike Draesner. Both authors will be reading from the original versions and their new translated versions.