People of Song. Namibisch-deutsches Musiktheater

In the organizer's words:

Aniros would like to share her music with the whole world, but her father's and grandmother's distrust of strangers blocks her path. When a stranger travels to her village, long-hidden truths are revealed that shake her family and community. The encounter forces her to confront the past and find new paths for the future. The past, loss and forgiveness come together in a gripping story.

People of Song is a joint project by a Namibian-German artists' collective that combines music, drama and choral singing to create a rousing work of art. Based on research with Namibian cultures and in the phonogram archive of the Ethnological Museum Berlin, the music theater tells of an intensive transnational collaboration that overcomes borders and releases creative energies.

At its heart is the shared vision of using art as a powerful means of making socially relevant issues such as memory, identity and change visible. People of Song is much more than a music theater project - it is a polyphonic cultural dialogue that touches, moves and inspires reflection, polyphonic, emotional and highly topical.

A project as part of the Windhoek-Berlin and Windhoek-Bremen city partnerships.

In cooperation with Kulturprojekte Berlin and with the support of the Lotto Foundation Berlin.

Participants

Composition: Erna Chimu, Engelhardt #Unaeb, Eslon Hindundu, Zikizee Hangero, Michael Mutago Doeseb, Osmond !Owoseb, David Haoseb, Marco Heise, Victor Ardelean and traditional music from Namibia

Orchestra arrangement: Marco Heise

Conducted by: Marco Heise and Natasha Kitavi

Directed by Kim Mira Meyer

Dramaturgy: Jason Kooper

Choir direction: Osmond !Owoseb

Choreography: Marchell Linus

Set design: Jonathan Kitavi and Gretl Kautzsch

Costume: YAMWE Windhoek and Marscha Kaffer

Consulting: Vitjitua Ndjiharine

Cast: Natasha Kitavi as Aniros, Chantell Diolini /Uiras as Ouma, Eslon Hindundu as Tsaudago, David Wehr as Hermann

People of Song Ensemble:

Jo-Anna Shapumba as Julia

Lyvodia Ouses as Magano

Angelina Akawa as Meudho

Donovan Welly Seibeb as Simasiku

Nythen Dien as Mitiri Herunga

Tove Jeomba Kangotue as Tate Nyambe

Bremen Youth Symphony Orchestra and Studio Orchestra of the University of the Arts, Berlin

- 20 € / 10 €. Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer.

- Performance with interval

- Languages: English, German, Khoekhoe

- Location: Hall 1, ground floor

- Belongs to: Relationship family