The THEATER DER KLÄNGE
Contemporary music and dance theatre
Since its foundation in Düsseldorf in 1987, THE THEATER DER KLÄNGE has offered a free, contemporary cultural programme that is developed with passion for an interested audience and aims to provide aesthetic, intellectual and sensual pleasure. As a professional artists' theatre, the ensemble has dedicated itself to the development of innovative, multi-media stage forms.
The ensemble's way of working is characterised by the interdisciplinary, collective creative process: dancers, actors and musicians work together with the director, choreographer, composer and media artists on a daily basis over a period of at least two to three months. This integrative, intermedia approach creates unique theatre experiences with a clear focus on music theatre.
In its artistic work, THE THEATER DER KLÄNGE deals intensively with cultural heritage. Numerous productions have been dedicated to the Bauhaus heritage, but theatre forms from the Baroque period, medieval mystery plays and ancient comedy have also been reinterpreted. In the modern era, the Piscator Theatre, the 1920s revue and the theories of the architect Le Corbusier inspired the ensemble's experimental productions.
Since 1987, THE THEATER DER KLÄNGE has developed 30 different plays, which have been seen by over 100,000 spectators in more than 650 performances. Guest performances have taken the theatre company to 70 cities worldwide, including Berlin, Munich, Rotterdam, Paris, Avignon, Salonika, Tel Aviv, Moscow and New Delhi.
Since 1997, the theatre has expanded its work into other media and has published three books, thirty video documentaries, one feature film, four documentaries, six dance films, three music CDs and three audio books. Major solo exhibitions at the Theatermuseum Düsseldorf (2012) and the ACC-Galerie Weimar (2019) honoured this diverse artistic work.
THE THEATER DER KLÄNGE has been continuously supported by the Cultural Office of the state capital Düsseldorf since 1987 and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1991. Since 2014, the "Klangtheater e.V." association has also supported the productions financially. The artistic office, workshops and rehearsal studio have been located in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort since 1991. |
