M. McCrae/ D. Zaitev / M. Schönijahn/ M. Piroschik // The Great Grand Other

In the organizer's words:

How are war memories and traumas passed down through the generations? A team of artists from Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden explore this question in THE GREAT GRAND OTHER. In an unusual form. In an unusual setting. Just as earlier works by co-director Michael McCrae were already out of the ordinary. For example, the ARCHIVE OF THE LIVING DEAD: a collection of last video messages from people whose lives have been threatened by the pandemic. THE GREAT GRAND OTHER now sets in motion a poetic-musical search between scenic concert, installation and performance. While the audience searches for their place, old Ukrainian, Yiddish, German and British folk songs are played on the violin - merging with electronic soundscapes. Between gravel-covered ground and cherry orchard images, the performers begin to search for answers to questions posed by their ancestors. For words that break the silence. Where are the traces of war in ourselves?

Artistic direction Michael McCrae, Dina Zaitev, Matthias Schönijahn Performance Michael McCrae, Dina Zaitev Music, sound art Melanka Piroschik, Matthias Schönijahn Video Matthias Schönijahn Space Dina Zaitev Costume design Nicolas Navarro Rueda Technical direction, lighting design Martin Mulik Outside Eye Constantin von Thun Photo Klaus Gigga Production management Nicole Meier, art.revolution Funding In co-production with HELLERAU - European Center for the Arts. With the kind support of LOFFT - Das Theater. Funded by the State Capital Dresden - Office for Culture and Monument Protection, Fonds Darstellende Künste (#TakeHeart process funding and resumption funding) with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony (production funding and guest performance funding). This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.