Yes!! A sponsorship by the Kulturstiftung Sachsen: interviews and research about the topic ‘What has changed in Dresden since 2015, in my personal and work environment, as well as the image of the city?’. Interviewpartners are Eckehard Möller, pastor of the Matin-Luther community in Dresden, Gisela Staupe, director of the museum and exhibitions at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Volker Lange, director of the criminal investigation department Dresden, a teacher for German as a second language, social workers, trainers for students of teaching and historians, among others.
Since September 2019, missigndots is a member of the Villa Wigman für Tanz e.V. and therefor supports the interests of the performing arts in Dresden and Saxony. We are very happy to have found a creative place, where we can rehearse and connect with other artists.
As a free and for more than 10 years established theater, it is not very smart to change our name. Many of our benevolent colleagues advised us not to do it. We did it anyways and with a new name and a new website we are beginning to search for missing dots:
Theater La Lune is now called missingdots.
‘Missing Dots’, a term used in printer language, are missing spots on a print, where ink from the pan of the printing plate cylinders is not put correctly onto paper. Mostly, ‘missing dots’ happen on rough or uneven surfaces or on too fast running gravure printing presses.
We are interested in missing dots on the rough and uneven areas of reality and society. Here, we research and investigate, ask questions and make the obtained material interdisciplinary, performative and scenic experienceable.
From December 2019, missingdots cycles with a mobile bike-office through Dresden. Loaded with different measuring instruments and other stuff, we will stop at different public places, invite for coffee, measure real affectivities and ask questions: What is going on with Dresden? Was upsets me, what do I miss? What should, what must, what would I do, if….? What is overwhelming, what should everybody know, etc.?
At the moment, we are planning, looking for a bike, build, screw and develop the question barometer…
Who is the good soul of Prohlis? What is on their minds? Together with the directors Christiane Wiegand and Harry Fuhrman from Berlin, missingdots developed a table theater with and for citizens from Prohlis. During a phase of research, different citizens, initiatives, schools, youth centers, op-shops, Die Tafel e.V., etc. were interviewed about the situation in the neighborhood Prohlis. Scenes, which show everyday life in the neighborhood, were developed based on this material. The scenes were staged with interaction of acting, puppet show and object theater at the table. The audience was sitting around the table. Every scene ended with an open question to the audience, so that the people could start a conversation with each other. Up to 25 table theater scenes were shown at different places in Prohlis. Based on this project, the following project On the Tracks of the Giant – The Festival was developed.
Idea of concept, development of scenes, direction Christiane Wiegand, Harry Fuhrmann Acting Julia Amme, Ilse Bendin, Philipp Grimm, Sven Hönig Puppet show, object theater Marie Bretschneider, Thomas Herbst, Dennis Katzmann Assistent Judith Emödy
Das Projekt wurde im Rahmen von „ZU HAUSE in Prohlis“ und im Rahmen des Projekts „10 x 2025 für 2025“ durch die Stadt Dresden gefördert. Supporter Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz Cooperation Partner Societeatstheater Dresden, Quartiersmanagement Prohlis
We are beyond excited: our new production face2face just received the confirmation of sponsorship by the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and the Amt für Kultur und Denkmalschutz!!!
We are getting started, the premiere will be in September 2020 at the Societatesthetaer Dresden for the opening go their new season. Be ready to celebrate!
