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2022 Theater an der Ruhr

Anatomie eines Wortes / Der Ritt über den Bodensee

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In 1972, Peter Handke wrote "Ritt über den Bodensee" (Ride across Lake Constance), in which he lets linguistic metaphors and communication conventions run into the void, dismantles them and exposes the relationship between language and the exercise of power. Simone Thoma transposes this text, which belongs to Handke's "language pieces", into the world of advertisers. The WWDL agency, pressed for time and looking for inspiration and a catchy slogan for a new car model, discovers the long-lost, censored advertising film "Anatomy of a Word". The advertisers watch it and plunge into a crisis. Times of crisis are times of clowns. With acumen and humour, language and with it the balance of power are shaken.

In her new project, the director brings together acting, film (directed by Peter Wedel) and a modern fairy-tale opera composed by Matthias Flake (text by Roberto Ciulli) and in the process advertises a cause of its very own.

Cast Film: Laura van Meurs, Carl Grübel, Joshua Hupfauer, Susanne Blodt, Luise von Stein, Bernhard Glose, Matthias Flake

Kinderchor: Philine Beck, Josefine Brüggemann, Martha Flake, Therese Flake, Romi Rettenmeier, Helena Schimunek, Anton Stegbauer

A cooperation with the Folkwang University of the Arts.

Realized with Theaterpreis des Bundes.

Web
www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/en/programm/stuecke/2834-anatomie-eines-wortes-der-ritt-uber-den-bodensee http://www.theater-an-der-ruhr.de/en/programm/stuecke/2834-anatomie-eines-wortes-der-ritt-uber-den-bodensee
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Cast

With
Roberto Ciulli
Fabio Menéndez
Maria Neumann
Dagmar Geppert
Albert Bork
Berit Vander

Staff

Simone Thoma
Adriana Kocijan
Elisabeth Strauß
Franz Dumcius
Suzana Schönwald
Kemal Kilicli
Lilly Kock
Julian Fock
Peter Wedel

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