In the framework of „ Wa Sahla“ Festival, organized by Action for Hope
The Goethe-Institut Libanon is pleased to present
DUMPU DINKI – How Strangers become Friends, a finger-puppet-play for children aged 4 and up, as part of the “Wa Sahla” Festival organized by Action for Hope with the support of the Goethe-Institut.
The performance will be presented in a “fantasy language” suitable for speakers of all languages.
About the play:
Two hands meet. Dumpu meets Dinki for the first time. They both are total strangers to each other. The one hand is grumpy and clenched as a fist, the other is cheeky, playful and curious. Who is the other? Friend or foe? Each one of them wants to claim its position and be the one and only.
But meeting strangers can be fun and so soon they start playing games with hand figures, gestures and sounds. Can there really only be one - or how about going hand in hand?
A theater play about the whole cosmos and humane relationships in which trust and confidence eventually prevail.
Credits:
Idea and realization: Anne-Kathrin Klatt
Music and percussions: Emil Kuyumcuyan
Director: Michael Miensopust
Stage design: Anne-Kathrin Klatt, Claudia Sill
Peep box construction: Heinrich Hesse
Graphic design: Claudia Sill
Special thanks to: Christian Vogt
About Anne-Kathrin Klatt:
Anne-Kathrin Klatt studied puppet theater at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart and trained as a dance teacher at the Remscheid Academy. Since 1989 she has performed her own theater productions for children and adults at home and abroad. The focus of her work lies in the connection of body and figure, animation and movement.
About Michael Miensopust:
Michael Miensopust is a director, actor and author. Among other things, he was employed in Freiburg at the Theater im Marienbad and at the Tübingen State Theater. From 2000-03 he headed the Young Theater Heilbronn. Afterwards he worked as a freelancer, among other things as in-house director at the Junge LTT, of which he was artistic director. He develops independent theater productions, writes plays and screenplays and has already directed two television fiction films. Demanding, lively and exciting theater for children and young people has so far been the focus of his artistic work alongside productions for adults. Developing plays and editing texts for the stage are just as much a part of his practical work as developing narrative theater and working with puppeteers.
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