BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//TYPO3/NONSGML Calendarize//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendarize-la-grade-ourse-20260703 DTSTAMP:20260317T074429Z DTSTART:20260703T170000Z DTEND:20260703T182000Z SUMMARY:La Grade Ourse | THEATER DER WELT DESCRIPTION:Duration: 1 hour 20 minutesInformation: In French with German and English surtitles. \n\nA woman throws a sweet wrapper on the floor. T hat’s enough: a police check\, an arrest\, a night in custody. The accus ation is trivial\, the consequences are not. Her body is restrained\, ques tioned\, reduced. Order is enforced. La Grande Ourse\, in English ‘The Great Bear’\, begins where state power becomes an everyday occurrence.  The author Penda Diouf has her roots in Senegal and Ivory Coast. Now livin g in France\, she does not write met aphors for violence\; she describes i ts mechanisms – surveillance\, discipline\, shaming\, carried out on a w oman. She is observed and evaluated. The dense text allows no distance\; i t remains close to the body\, to the voice. Diouf’s writing begins where language often fails: with shame\, anger\, loss of control. In the play\, the woman begins to hear what lies beneath the surface. Her body changes. Her anger takes shape. The woman becomes the Great Bear.\n\nFrom 18 June to 5 July 2026\, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany' s largest international theatre festival "Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capital of Culture year 2025. For thr ee weeks\, Chemnitz will be a meeting place for artists\, audiences and th eatre enthusiasts from all over the world. A lively celebration of the per forming arts will take place on stages\, in urban spaces and in unusual lo cations\, overcoming borders and bringing together stories from all parts of the world.\nNine international curators from Australia\, Canada\, Colom bia\, Argentina\, South Africa\, Greece\, Jordan\, India\, Senegal and Chi na are responsible for the festival programme. They will meet in Chemnitz in November to select around 40 outstanding productions - works that they have previously viewed in their regions. The result is an inspiring panora ma of current theatre forms\, languages and perspectives. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Informati on: In French with German and English surtitles. \;

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A woman throws a sweet wrapper on the floor. That’s enough: a police check\, an arrest\, a night in custody. The accusation is trivial\, the consequences are not. Her body is restrained\, ques tioned\, reduced. Order is enforced . La Grande Ourse\, in English ‘The Great Bear’\, begins where state p ower becomes an everyday occurrence. \;
The author Penda Diouf ha s her roots in Senegal and Ivory Coast. Now living in France\, she does no t write met aphors for violence\; she describes its mechanisms – surveil lance\, discipline\, shaming\, carried out on a woman. She is observed and evaluated. The dense text allows no distance\; it remains close to the bo dy\, to the voice. Diouf’s writing begins where language often fails: wi th shame\, anger\, loss of control. In the play\, the woman begins to hear what lies beneath the surface. Her body changes. Her anger takes shape. T he woman becomes the Great Bear.

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From 18 June to 5 July 2026\, C hemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany's largest internatio nal theatre festival "Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capital of Culture year 2025. For three weeks\, C hemnitz will be a meeting place for artists\, audiences and theatre enthus iasts from all over the world. A lively celebration of the performing arts will take place on stages\, in urban spaces and in unusual locations\, ov ercoming borders and bringing together stories from all parts of the world .

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Nine international curators from Australia\, Canada\, Colombia\, Argentina\, South Africa\, Greece\, Jordan\, India\, Senegal and China ar e responsible for the festival programme. They will meet in Chemnitz in No vember to select around 40 outstanding productions - works that they have previously viewed in their regions. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre forms\, languages and perspectives.

LOCATION:Spinnbau\, Große Bühne END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR