Zirkus fürs Ohr
No matter where you are and how old you are: You can listen behind the scenes, hear interviews with artists or impressions from children, learn about the history of contemporary circus or find out what topics are currently on the minds of artists, organisers and audiences. And maybe you'll even find a declaration of love or two?
Zirkus fürs Ohr takes everyone into the world of contemporary circus in Germany and throughout Europe, to the events of Zeit für Zirkus in the various cities and into the history of the last decades. With contributions by Britta Rotsch, Daan Mackel, Dorothea Marcus, Isabelle Stier and Elisabeth Luft. Editorial direction: Serafin Dinges.
Production and moderation: Serafin Dinges
2022
„Zeit für Zirkus is back
Here is the trailer for Zirkus fürs Ohr 2022.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Children's questions to artists
mit Roxanna Küven Arsalan
The Contemporary Circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
NEUSTART – ins Leere?
Author: Elisabeth Luft
In zwei Jahren hat der Zeitgenössische Zirkus durch NEUSTART Kultur einen „massiven Schub“ und „immensen qualitativen Sprung“ erlebt. Aber wie kann es weitergehen, wenn diese Förderung wegbricht? Welche Strategien gibt es schon und was können wir vom traditionellen Zirkus lernen, der sich seit über 200 Jahren selbst am Leben hält? Elisabeth Luft über künstlerische Qualität und Kommerz, über Kooperationen, Crowdfunding und Ticketverkauf.
Also an interview with "Barbarians Barbies - A Wild Women Circus" at the Flottmann-Hallen Herne.
Zirkus ON AIR mit Kolja Huneck 11. Nov 2022
Moderation: Marina Rieger
Production: Daan Mackel
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Children's questions to artists mit Meike Schnapper
The Contemporary Circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
Vulnerability on stage - how contemporary circus touches body and soul
Circus artists often go to their limits on stage and sometimes even beyond. If they are not careful enough, they can quickly injure themselves. Performers not only have to take care of their bodies, but also of themselves as personalities, which can also get hurt on stage. How this can happen and what motivates artists to be vulnerable on stage, you can hear now in a contribution by Isabelle Stier.
Author: Isabelle Stier
Außerdem Infos zu „Leap into the Unknown“ im Thikwa Theater.
Zirkus ON AIR mit Friedemann Ziepert
Moderation: Marina Rieger
Production: Daan Mackel
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Children's questions to artists mit Lily Schlinker und Janick Kremer
The Contemporary Circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
Voices of the festival + „Over My Dead Body“
We hear voices from the festival and ask ourselves what is particularly fascinating this year.
Außerdem ein Interview mit „Over My Dead Body“ in der Circus Schatzinsel.
Zirkus ON AIR mit Cox Ahlers
Moderation: Marina Rieger
Production: Daan Mackel
08. März 2022
Frauen im Zeitgenössischen Zirkus
„Ach, du bist ja ganz gut für eine Frau“ und „Ihr habt ja auch nicht den Körperbau dafür“ – das sind nur zwei von vielen Vorurteilen und Rollenklischees mit denen Zirkusartistinnen im Alltag konfrontiert werden. Wir schauen auf Rollenmodelle im Zeitgenössischen Zirkus und berufliche Möglichkeiten von weiblichen und diversen Artist*innen. Mit welchen Schwierigkeiten haben sie in ihrem beruflichen Alltag zu kämpfen? Wie sieht es mit Sexismus in der Zirkuswelt aus? Und wie gendersensibel ist eigentlich die Zirkuspädagogik?
Authors: Isabelle Stier and Elisabeth Luft
2021
Freitag, 12. Nov 2021
Folge Eins / 12. Nov 2021
Children's questions to artists
The Contemporary Circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
Folge Zwei / 12. Nov 2021
Time travel: fifty years of contemporary circus in Germany
From horses, magic tricks and red clown noses to dance, acrobatics and new media: the history of contemporary circus in Germany is colorful. What appears to be linear, however, is not a clear and straightforward development, but rather a juxtaposition of different art forms to this day. We look at the history of contemporary circus in Germany from the 1970s until today. Who were the pioneers and how has the genre developed? What constitutes contemporary circus forms today, what about training opportunities and what are the expectations for new generations?
Authors: Isabelle Stier and Elisabeth Luft
Festival Voices
"If the circus were a person...what would you want to say to her?"
Production: Daan Mackel
Folge Drei / 12. Nov 2021
Interview: Benjamin Richter
Daan Mackel talks to Benjamin Richter about object manipulation, his career and what it means to him to be an artist. Benjamin Richter has been active for many years as a juggler, dancer, artist and lecturer. As one of the pioneers of contemporary circus, he combines juggling, dance and object manipulation into an art form that blurs the boundaries between contemporary circus and installation.
Production: Daan Mackel
Samstag, 13. Nov 2021
Folge Vier / 13. Nov 2021
Children's questions to artists
Contemporary circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
Folge Fünf / 13. Nov 2021
Women* in contemporary circus
Yolande Sommer and Jana Korb are interviewed by Serafin Dinges about current positions and perceptions of women* in contemporary circus. The female artists talk about their own experiences, thoughts and research topics. Yolande Sommer is represented in the program of Zeit für Zirkus with the production "3xEva", which deals with images of women and the body in circus. The new piece "Swinging Stones and Bodies" by Jana Korb deals with a similar topic: body norms and to what extent the circus reproduces them. Jana Korb has been an aerial artist for many years and is a cultural scientist, artist and performer in search of feminist agency. She is leading a workshop on contemporary aerial acrobatics in Leipzig as part of Zeit für Zirkus
More about Jana Korb and her work: https://luftartistin.de/produktion/research-frauen-in-der-artistik/
More about Yolande Sommer and her work: http://www.yolandesommer.de/, https://dreimaleva.de/
Production: Serafin Dinges
Festival Voices
Impressions from the various Zeit für Zirkus events throughout Germany.
Production: Serafin Dinges
Festival Voices
“What has the circus done for you? What could it do for you?”
Production: Daan Mackel
Folge Sechs / 13. Nov 2021
Interview: Anna-Katharina Andrees
Daan Mackel chats with Anna-Katharina Andrees about her newly formed company 7 Women, about staging productions, and the influences of acting techniques on circus. Anna-Katharina Andrees is a trained actress, certified instructor of the Michael Chekhov acting technique, and staged for many years at Circus Sonnenstich. About a year ago she decided to turn to a different way of artistic work and founded 7 Women.
Production: Daan Mackel
Sonntag, 14. Nov 2021
Folge Sieben / 14. Nov 2021
Children's questions to artists
Contemporary circus viewed, questioned and commented on by children.
Production: Daan Mackel
Folge Acht / 14. Nov 2021
New constraint and technical screw: the term "innovation" in contemporary circus
The term "innovation" has the charm of an instruction manual. After all, must art constantly reinvent itself in order to be valid? It is often used to describe contemporary circus, still relatively unknown as an art form in Germany. But is there no other way to describe the current references and poetic inferences that constitute it? Janina Benduski, Tim Behren, Elena Kreusch and Arne Mannott talk about the aspects of a term that many artists find unfortunate.
Author: Dorothea Marcus
Festival Voices
Impressions from the various Zeit für Zirkus events throughout Germany.
Production: Serafin Dinges
Folge Drei / 12. Nov 2021
Interview: Bernd Belschner und Martha Kaiser
Daan Mackel talks to Bernd Belschner and Martha Kaiser about the Atoll Festival in Karlsruhe and the Perspectives Festival in Saarbrücken, which are among the most important festivals for contemporary circus in Germany. They provide insights about programming in contemporary circus, the specifics of festivals, and their many years of working with companies and circus practitioners. Bernd Belschner and Martha Kaiser experience and accompany the development of contemporary circus in Germany as organizers and talk about their visions and wishes for the growing genre.
Production: Daan Mackel