with: Cornelia Dörr, Franck Edmond Yao

Coproduction with Kampnagel Hamburg and Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste and Hamburgische Kulturstiftung

Duration: 65 min

Shakespeare’s Othello is considered the genuine black theatrical character and moreover, the character reveals how Europeans view the strange. Gintersdorfer/Klaßen contrast this view with an African self-concept and, in the encounter of two cultures on stage, let you experience their common and their distinguishing grounds.

A terrific play on love, theatre, and about what happens, when plays stop being plays.

 

Since 2005, director Monika Gintersdorfer and visual artist Knut Klaßen have been collaborating with Ivorian choreographer Franck Edmond Yao, on projects for productions, videos and exhibitions. In 2009, with their German-Ivorian team, their accomplishments included the four-part dance series “Logobi” and the Festival Abidjan Mouvement on the Ivory Coastwith support from the Goethe Institute. “7% Hamlet” premiered at the Deutsches Theater in Berlinin October. Also they frequently worked with Sophiensaele Berlin and the Kunsthaus Dresden. Knut Klassen lives in Berlin; Monika Gintersdorfer lives in Hamburg