OFF LIMITS W DORTMUNDZIE

[maciej_florek]

off limits - international symposium and dance- and theatre festival
within the RuhrTriennale - May 23rd - June 7th 2003 in Dortmund

TUMBLE AND TABOO - On the edge of the possible

Dear colleagues,

we have already informed you about our symposium and festival off
limits. This e-mail will inform you about the latest news. Attached you
will find a paper informing about speakers, themes and performances.

As we could change our hotel-options we are able to set a new deadline
for registration. Please make your reservation until April 15th by
either sending us the attached registration form by mail or fax
(0049-231-557521-29) or use the online-form
(www.offlimits-symposium.de). Please consider that the symposium begins
May 23rd in the morning. Check in day is May 22nd.

The complete festival programme you may find on our website. The printed
version you will get by post.

Best wishes

Sincerely yours

Rolf Dennemann
Artistic director



OFF LIMITS
Güntherstr.65
D-44143 Dortmund
Tel: [phone]/12
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.offlimits-symposium.de

[maciej_florek]

A couple of weeks ago we sent you information about our off limits symposium
\"Tumble and Taboo\". Since then there have been some important changes which
we would like to announce to you by this mail. For more information about the
festival and the symposium, please see: www.offlimits-symposium.de Furthermore
we would like to point out that you can still register for the symposium!! A
limited number of places is still available!!! You will find the application
form on our internet site.

Best wishes
Rolf Dennemann
Artistic director



Symposium off limits
Tumble and Taboo � On the Edge of Possibilities
Mai 23rd � May 25th 2003 on the grounds of the Zeche Zollern II/IV in Dortmund-
Bövinghausen


Arrival Day: Thursday, 22. May 2003

>From 12.00 h reception and check-in in the Theatre Fletch Bizzel

20.00 h
Performance in the Theater Fletch Bizzel
Die Zuckermusen (Choir, Hildesheim)
and
Katsura Kan (Butoh Dance/Performance, Japan)
Time-Machine

20.00 h
Performance �RuhrTriennale�, Kraftzentrale, Duisburg
Alain Platel
Wolf Concessionary tickets (about � 20) !. You are requested to apply in good
time!


1. Day, Friday, 23.5

Symposium Opening speeches:
10.00 � 10.20 h Welcoming speech: Rolf Dennemann
(artistic director off limits)
10.30 � 11.00 h Opening speech: Dr. Gerard Mortier
(artistic director RuhrTriennale)

Lecture
The taboo: Phenomenology and intercultural aspects of taboos Prof. Dr. Hartmut
Schröder (professor for linguistics, specialised in research on intercultural
taboos; Germany)

Discussion
Limits of representation/Limits of taste
Stefan Zweifel (publisher, translator [de Sade] and journalist) Olga Neuwirth
(composer, Austria)
Stefan Bachmann (theatre director, Germany, Switzerland) not confirmed
Presenter: Thomas Wördehoff (chief dramaturge of the RuhrTriennale)

Lecture

War as mass culture
The power of pictures
Mark Terkessidis (author and journalist)

Lecture
Religion and Interculturality - Comparing the taboos
Taboos and theatre in the Islamic world
�Driving out the devil�
Prof. Lamice El-Amari (theatre scientist and expert on Islamic theatre; Iraq,
Germany)

COLLOQUIES

Intercultural comparison of taboos
Different countries � different taboos
I. Katsura Kan (choreographer, butoh-dancer; Japan),
II. Rodrigo Mateus (artist, dancer, choreographer; Brazil),
III. Tzveta Sofronieva (author; Germany, Bulgaria),
IV. Lamice el-Amari,
Presenter. H.G. Lützenkirchen and others


20.00 h
1. Performance
TRICKS & TRACKS/ Cie. Pál Frenák (Hungary)

21.30 h
2. Performance
Luk Perceval
AARS! Eine filmische Lesung


2. Day, Saturday, 24. May 2003

Performance
Theo Roos & Band
Taumel und Tuba I

Discussion
Family and Taboo � Privacy and Public
Thomas Jonigk (author and playwright [Täter, Jupiter], Germany)
Luk Perceval (theater director [Aars, Schlachten, Andromac], Belgium
Presenter: Thomas Wördehoff

Lecture
Performances and Dismantlings 1974 - 2001
FLATZ (artist; Germany)

Discussion
Body and Eroticism
To offend the taboos - shame and scandal in the arts
FLATZ
Romuald Karmakar (film director �Warheads�/�Der Totmacher�, �Manila�; Germany)
Claudia Gehrke (author and publisher of erotic literature [Mein Heimliches
Auge])
Presenter: Diana Ebster (art historian, Germany)

Performance
Theo Roos & Band
Taumel und Tuba II

Discussion
Scandal or Taboo?
Talks among artist,
Pál Frenák (choreographer, Cie. Pál Frenák; Hungary)
Otmar Wagner (performance artist, Germany)
Ohad Naharin (choreographer and dancer with Batsheva Dance Company;
Israel) not confirmed
Presenter: Arnd Wesemann (editor in chief of �Ballet International�, Germany)

Discussion
Do we need taboos? Is there a longing for taboos? What are taboos good for?
Dr. Gerard Mortier and Dr. Michael Fischer (head of the Salzburger �Festspiel-
Dialoge, Austria)
Claudio Magris (author, professor for German Literature, Italy) not confirmed

20.00 h
Lecture-performance by
Otmar Wagner.
\"Vom Atompilz zum Fußpilz - nomadisierende Körper, extreme Phänomene\".

20.00 h
1. Performance
Tricks & Tracks/Cie Pál Frenák



Berthold Meyer
OFF LIMITS
Güntherstr.65
D-44143 Dortmund
Tel: [phone]/12
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.offlimits-symposium.de