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Reading, Dance, Theatre: Isolation mit Wartezeit

Reading with dance and drama based on the Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig

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Lern- und Gedenkort Kaßberg-Gefängnis e.V., Kaßbergstraße 16c, 09116 Chemnitz
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The Schachnovelle by Stefan Zweig, published in Brazil in 1942, is a classic of exile literature during the National Socialism era. Freiberg choreographer Martina Morasso and her team take up the material. Text and dance come together in the staged reading in the new learning centre in the former prison wing B of the former Kaßberg prison. An examination of powerlessness in isolation and the desire for (survival).

Project initiative, choreography/dance: Martina Morasso, actor/reader: Maximilian Sterba, dramaturgical support: Ellen Henning

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Lern- und Gedenkort Kaßberg-Gefängnis e.V.

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Travelling to the venue is barrier-free using public transport.

Microprojects

The micro-projects are intended to provide stimuli for new cultural formats or encounters in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture Region. The broad urban and regional society is called upon to create forms of communication and social interaction. The funding programme has been in place for several years and is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.