Antagon theaterAKTion
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Antagon theaterAKTion, a theatre founded by Bernhard Bub 30 years ago (in 1990).
It is one of the largest and most famous free theatre ensembles in Germany.
The theatre group lives and works in a collective in the east of Frankfurt.
Antagon uses a non-verbal, emotional way of communication that is beyond words. Therefore antagon shows can be understood world-wide. In fact the Ensemble already played in a lot of countries like for instance in Cameroon, Laos, Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico, Iran, Armenia, Kazakstan, Brazil, Singapore, … and in almost all the countries of Europe. From day one, the concept was to bring theatre and dance to the people in public spaces and to transform these locations into cultural places.
A highlight of antagon’s work has been the presentation of the production “Ginkgo – theatre about hope” at the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain. In 2011 antagon was on tour in Mexico, performing at the largest theatre festival in Central America (Cervantino, Guanojuato). Since 1990, over 300 people were in the group and with her on stage. Children were born, more projects and new groups emerged.
Using the means of physical theatre, live music and dance, it creates impressive images which
touch people in an emotional way in their concrete life reality, break blind routines and again and again routines and ask the question again and again: How could things be different, and how can we
act differently together?
At the centre of this is always the claim to detach theatre from its intellectual-elitist
intellectual-elitist contexts and to revive it as a place of encounter and dialogue accessible to all.
dialogue accessible to all. In this way, audience and performers meet face to face.
the theatre becomes a confrontation with a shared reality.
Antagon's work emerges from an intensive collective process based on the question: What happens when people from different backgrounds meet?
happens when people of different backgrounds and nationalities come together for a common idea?
idea?
The unique, multi-faceted visual language of the pieces is preferably without words and can be understood all over the world. understandable all over the world. It often finds its roots in anthropological research
research processes that strive to make voices and points of view visible beyond the dominant
and perspectives beyond the dominant narratives of our culture, and thus also sees itself as decolonial theatre.
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