Schedule of Programming of the Berlin Performing Arts Festival @home
May 19, 2020
7:00 pm
Kick-Off ceremony and digital get-together with Florian Bücking (LAFT Berlin) as well as Sarah Israel and Tessa Hartig (Berlin Performing Arts Festival)
The opening speeches will be followed by discussions. If you would like to participate, we kindly ask for your registration in advance.
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May 20, 2020
10:00 am
Opening of the Digital Showroom: Here, the artists, groups as well as a multitude of the theaters and performance venues that make up the Berlin Performing Arts Festival each year will present themselves.
4:00 pm
Berlin Performing Arts Program: Networking meeting Bridging the Scenes with the four partner festivals Malá inventura (Prague), Selected Works (Copenhagen), ACT Festival (Sofia) and the Berlin Performing Arts Festival (Berlin).
5:00 pm
Meet & Greet for visiting industry professionals from throughout Germany and abroad
7:00 pm
Award ceremony for the Tabori Prize of Fonds Darstellende Künste e. V.
7:30 pm
World premiere: The first episode of the PAF documentary miniseries examining the question: Why do we need the performing arts in times of crisis? Followed by opening remarks by Sarah Israel and a more in-depth analysis of the question with Olympia Bukkakis and Siegmar Zacharias, followed by a live stream musical performance by Hans Unstern. Moderated by Yael Sherill.
May 21, 2020
All-day
Digital Showroom
10:00 am
Presentation: Introducing… - artistic newcomers to the Berlin Performing Arts Festival present Instructions for Those at Home
11:00 am
We're Not Here To Talk About Trees! Sustainability, Cultural Policy and Independent Artistic Production – discussion format of the Berlin Performing Arts Program about sustainability in the independent performing arts with guests from the fields of arts and politics, with Daniel Wesener (Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) and others.
5:00 pm
From Venue to Venue: Representatives of the Berlin performance venues Theater o.N., Theater im Delphi, TATWERK | PERFORMATIVE FORSCHUNG, Berliner Ringtheater and Ballhaus Ost present their institutions.
7:00 pm
World premiere: Second episode of the PAF documentary miniseries examining the question: What can the internet and the performing arts learn from each other? This will be followed by a panel discussion with Anke Schiemann and Marcel Karnapke on the topic: Extended Reality Narratives - A Conversation (in VR!). Curated and moderated by Fernanda Parente.
May 22, 2020
All-day
Digital Showroom & Instructions for Those at Home by the artists of the newcomer's platform Introducing...
11:00 am
Producing Sustainably! The Role of Associations, Initiatives and Funding Institutions. – Discussion format of the Berlin Performing Arts Program about sustainability in the independent performing arts with, amongst others Prof. Susanne Keuchel (Deutscher Kulturrat, the German Cultural Council), representatives from Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste and Dachverband Tanz, moderated by Andreas Kohn (environmental expert and theater maker).
5:00 pm
From Venue to Venue: Representatives from the Berlin performance venues Theater Expedition Metropolis, Centre Français de Berlin, SOX Berlin, Polymedialer Ponyhof and Sophiensæle present their institutions.
7:00 pm
World premiere: Third episode of the PAF documentary miniseries examining the question: How can we use the performing arts to help us envision a hopeful future? Followed by Tessa Hartig in conversation with Noa Winter, Dr. Azadeh Sharifi and Lara-Sophie Milagro on the topic: (Re)-imagined – intersectional perspectives for the future from the independent performing arts.
May 23, 2020
All-day
Digital Showroom & Instructions for Those at Home by the artists of the newcomer's platform Introducing...
10:00 am
Opening: Library of Voices – Artistic contributions to the PAF documentary miniseries: raw & uncut
5:00 pm
PAF Show & Tell: Berlin-based artists present their works in video chat.
May 24, 2020
All-day
Digital Showroom, Instructions for Those at Home by the artists of the newcomer’s platform Introducing… & Library of Voices – artistic contributions to the PAF documentary miniseries: raw & uncut
12:00 pm
Keynote speech on opportunities for action in times of extreme openness. Closing discussion with guests: Sarah Israel in conversation with Raul Zelik (political scientist, journalist and translator), Melanie Jame Wolf (artist and performer) and Tina Pfurr (co-artistic director, Ballhaus Ost).
2:00 pm
Corona Update # 1001 - The independent performing arts and the cultural landscape following the coronavirus pandemic – Janina Benduski (LAFT Berlin) in conversation with Berlin's State Secretary for Culture Dr. Torsten Wöhlert, Franziska Werner (Rat für die Künste Berlin, Berlin’s artistic advisory council) and Stephan Behrmann (Allianz der freien Künste, the German National Alliance of the Independent Arts).