I never knew a thing could do so much. I never thought it was possible, but now I’m getting in touch? What can I do and can the sponge do it too? There are so many things that make me feel yellow and blue.
What things surround us? What can you do with things? And more importantly: what can things do with us? Can things actually think? Do thoughts have a thing? Do they thing?
With THINGS THING, Jan Rozman and Julia Keren Turbahn invite you into an overflowing world of things. Into a world of possibilities, in which they encounter things and things encounter them in different ways. Is that your thing? Then be part of it: in a playful performance, Jan and Julia leave room for interpretation, discovery and encounter, and invite everyone from the age of five to thing together.
The work is produced by Emanat Institute from Slovenia, co-produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and made in cooperation with FELD Theater für junges Publikum from Berlin. Performance is suitable for children of age 5+.
Duration: 50 minutes
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Collaborators
Direction, choreography, performance: Jan Rozman, Julia Keren Turbahn
Performance in German Sign Language: Jan Kress
Set design: Dan Pikalo, Jan Rozman
Light design: Annegret Schalke
Sound design: Andres Bucci/Future Legend
Costume design: Tanja Pađan/Kiss the Future
Outside eye: Sanja Tropp Frühwald
Composition, Text, Vocal ‘Dinge Dingen’: Alexander Patzelt
Translation, Vocal ‘Reči, reči’: Manca Trampuš
Illustration: Matija Medved
Mentoring: Gabi Dan Droste, Benjamin Zajc
Executive production: Sabrina Železnik (Slovenia), Patricia Oldenhave, Alexander Schröder (Germany)
Technical director and sound designer (LGL): Aleš Erjavec
Light directors (LGL): Gregor Kuhar, Maša Avsec
Stage technique (LGL): Kemala Vrabac Kordiš, Slobodan Ilić
Workshop (LGL): Zoran Srdić, Iztok Bobić
Production (LGL): Alja Cerar Mihajlović
Technical director and light design (touring): Janko Oven
Sound design (touring): Damjan Delak
Support
Production: Emanat
Co-production: Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
In cooperation with: FELD Theater für junges Publikum
DINGE DINGEN is made possible by the residency at FELD Theater as part of the pilot project Residency Funding Dance 2020/2021 of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR and by the Wiederaufnahmeförderung of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Supported by the Ministry of Culture RS, City of Ljubljana.
Development of the accompanying poster funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR program, funding program DIS-TANZEN of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
Awards
The performance in an imaginary stage design at the intersection of object theater and contemporary dance establishes a meeting place between a wide variety of objects and the human body. The stage becomes a polygon of playful exploration, where instead of words, stage actions, based on recognizable ideas and open to various connections and emphasis of the audience, speak. Through clearly structured chapters, the artists examine the forms, movement and associations triggered by objects, and examine the similarities, differences and relationships between humans and the things that surround us. Things thing from the everyday environment sparkly draws the creative possibilities of this relationship and supports the imagination regarding the ways in which we look at and perceive the life of the object, and imply consideration of the coexistence of man and the material. - Nika Arhar, Adriana Gaberščik and Martina Peštaj
23.07.2021, Golden Wand Award of quality performances for children and youth (Zlata paličica)
The show playfully encourages us to think about the excessive (non)use of plastic objects around us. Objects that at one moment seem indispensable to us can eventually turn into a gigantic monster that threatens the existence of life on our planet. - Zala Dobovšek, Špela Čadež and Marek Waszkiel
11.09.2021, Special jury award for playful criticism of (un)useful plastic objects at the 11th Biennial of Pupperty Artists of Slovenia
13.4.2022, THINGS THING project poster was selected for the exhibition of Brumen Foundation's 10th Biennial of design.
12.10.2022, THINGS THING was selected among the 15 best children's/youth performances in Germany - Festival AUGENBLICK MAL! 2023!
Rewievs
The play Things thing prompts us to reflect on the relationships between matter, things and people, and is thus placed in the modern and increasingly acute and topical consideration of the roles of people on this planet. Keren Turbahn and Rozman approach this thematic field to the audience in a non-patronizing way, with a good amount of humor and mischievousness. They do not rely on a didactic text, but trust in the power of the visual-kinesthetic moments of this performance.
30.4.2021, Contemporary Puppetry, Toliko reči, da ni več ljudi, Maša Radi Buh
Media reactions
14.04.2021, STA, Predstava za otroke Reči reči o ekologiji prek doživljanja srečanj s predmeti
14.04.2021, Mladina, Predstava za otroke, ki razpira problematiko ekologije
14.04.2021, SIGLEDAL, REČI REČI
14.04.2021, si21, Reči reči
15.04.2021, TV Slovenija, Kultura, Jan Rozman in Julia Keren Turbahn: Reči reči
15.04.2021, Delo, Reči, reči
15.04.2021, Kulturni bazar, Jan Rozman in Julia Keren Turbahn: REČI REČI
16.04.2021, Radio Slovenija, ARS, Predstava za otroke Reči reči, Magda Tušar
08.09.2021, Dnevnik, V Mariboru se je začel Bienale lutkovnih ustvarjalcev Slovenije
04.06.2021, Primorske novice, Lutke, ki se skušajo osvoboditi nadzora
12.09.2021, Večer, 11. bienale lutkovnih ustvarjalcev Slovenije: Najboljša uprizoritev, Biti Don Kihot
02.11.2021, Plesnascena.hr, Festival s kojim rastemo, Nikolina Odobašić
30.11.2022, STA, Izbranih osem predstav za plesni bienale Gibanica prihodnje leto
18.2.2023, RTVSLO, Kultura - oder, "Kaj plesna praksa je? Kam se lahko ples razvije naprej?" Odre bo zasedla enajsta Gibanica.
21.2.2023, Dnevnik, V raziskovanju novih plesnih poti
21.2.2023, Si21, Jan Rozman in Julia Keren Turbahn: REČI REČI
14.5.2023, Kritikaz, Jako rječite predstave, Olga Vujović
Previous events
- , Theaterfestival „Starke Stücke“, Frankfurt am Main, DE
- , Theaterfestival „Starke Stücke“, Frankfurt am Main, DE
- , Theaterfestival „Starke Stücke“, Frankfurt am Main, DE
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
- , Grenzenlos Kultur, Mainz, DE
- , Festival Wildwechsel, Zwickau, DE
- , Festival Wildwechsel, Zwickau, DE
- , AUGENBLICK MAL! 2023, FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , AUGENBLICK MAL! 2023, FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , AUGENBLICK MAL! 2023, FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , Kulturni bazar, Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI
- , Gibanica, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, SI
- , Purple festival, Berlin, DE
- , Purple festival, Berlin, DE
- , Purple festival, Berlin, DE
- , Drugajanje, Amfiteater 2. gimnazije, Maribor, SI - ODPOVEDANO / CANCELLED
- , Drugajanje, Gimnazija Nova Gorica, SI - PRESTAVLJENO / POSTPONED
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI - ODPOVEDANO / CANCELLED
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SI - ODPOVEDANO / CANCELLED
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , Baerum Kulturhus, Oslo, NO
- , Baerum Kulturhus, Oslo, NO
- , Poletni lutkovni pristan, Maribor, SI
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum, Berlin, DE
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, SI
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, SI
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, SI
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, SI
- , KLIKER festival Varaždin, HR
- , Bienale ULU, Maribor, SI
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum - open air screening
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum - open air screening
- , FELD Theater für junges Publikum in Pretok.tv
- , Lutkovno gledališče Ljubljana, SI in Pretok.tv (spletni prenos v živo)
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