Coppercity 1001

dance and acting, created in Alexandria/Egypt and Salzburg 2007

Full-length (01:05:11): {link}https://vimeo.com/355918580{/link} Trailer (05:37 min): {link}https://vimeo.com/335964607{/link} The new interpretation of a tale from “The Arabian Nights” by the Egyptian writer Mahmoud Aboudoma, in which the inhabitants of a city are freezing to copper, („Letters from the Coppercity“), gives the base for a gloomy poetical parable on a civilisation gotten blameworthy by its silence and by looking away. A co-production of Brucknerhaus Linz, Alternative Theater Group Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and editta braun company. Premiere 24 April 2007 at Arts Center Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt Premiere of the second version 10 October 2008 at Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater, Cairo Opera House Small Hall Touring: Brucknerhaus Linz, Szene Salzburg republic, World Performing Arts Festival Lahore/Pakistan, Amman International Theater Festival/Jordan, tanz_house Festival Salzburg, Festival Österreich tanzt, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, 24 heures de spéctacle de Kef, Tunisia, MomenTTum Festival Portoroz/Slovenia

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