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,Bruch‘-

Belgian premiere

Wed 25 Nov 20:30

25 Nov

20:30

CAMPO nieuwpoort

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Discover the work of ,Bruch‘-, one of the most promising German theatre collectives

In the summer of 1927, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven – dadaist poet, nude model, and proto-punk – writes a letter to patron Peggy Guggenheim. With apocalyptic urgency, she outlines her latest project: a studio for experimental modelling in Paris, which she hopes will mark her artistic comeback and provide an escape route out of her existential misery. Peggy Guggenheim expresses interest, but does not pay. Shortly afterwards, the artist takes her own life.

Now, almost a century later, ,Bruch‘- is taking up this forgotten episode in the history of performance art and re-stages it as a space of resonance for contemporary dilemmas of artistic labour. Together with dancers Frances Chiaverini (Trajal Harrell/ Zürich Dance Ensemble) and Snorre Elvin, composer Stanislav Iordanov, author and cult figure Théo Casciani and others, they explore the act of calling oneself an “artist” in an economically, politically and spiritually precarious present.

Duration: 90 minutes
Language: In English

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,Bruch‘- is a collaborative framework for research and production across the fields of theatre, dance and visual art. They develop plays, performances, installations and publications drawing on material collected from the margins of cultural history. Since 2020, their work has been shown at venues such as Münchner Kammerspiele, the National Theatre of Albania, Thalia Theater Hamburg and Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Lennart Boyd Schürmann’s INTIMACIES was recently presented as part of Wiener Festwochen 2025.

Credits

concept Lennart Boyd Schürmann & Moritz Nebenführ direction Lennart Boyd Schürmann dramaturgy & scenography Moritz Nebenführ production & dramaturgical consultancy Friederike Kötter performance & co-choreography Frances Chiaverini & Snorre Elvin composition Stanislav Iordanov lights Leo Kuraite outside eye & special guest Théo Casciani Artistic contributions Klara Lidén, Annina Machaz & Astrid Seme light research Fudetani Ryoya production ,Bruch‘- co-production Kölnischer Kunstverein & Spielart Festival Munich supported by Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München & Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media