Dance
Composition in real time – DANCE + MUSIC + AUDIENCE

NAPA International Theatre & Music Festival 2018

21st March 2018, 8 pm sharp
8:00 PM National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)

For the NAPA International Theatre & Music Festival 2018, Goethe-Institut Pakistan brings German Pakistani Music performance!
DOtone
 
Composition in realtime – with: Katrin Schafitel, professional contemporary Dancer/ Choreographer
(DE), Sunil Shankar, professional Actor/ Director (PK), Gergely Lukács, Sascha Lüer, Simon Otto,
three professional Musicians (DE) and the Audience at the International Musik Festival of the
Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in Karachi, Pakistan.
 
Composition in realtime – an Art form that reacts spontaneously to the current circumstances and
works with them. DANCE + MUSIC + AUDIENCE.
The focus is on the artistic discourse, a combination of interaction and communication with the artists and the public. An intuitively, firing interaction, which creates new, unexpected things and thoughts in Dance and in Music and for the public. Improvisation is one of the most honest Art forms, as intuitive action must be taken immediately and this action has a decisive and unforeseen effect on the Performance. What emerges and what remains? Who moves whom or what?
It is a game: It means freedom in the highest concentration, what counts is the perception, attention
and awareness of the moment and always focused on: spontaneous, present, in the moment.
The performance promises a meeting of different people who have to overcome many different
boundaries, demarcations, barriers. Together we will develop a performance that focuses on the
central theme of encounter. We will create Moments of real life contact with another person. Our aim is to transcend borders and to create open situations. We live in times of increasing nationalism, in spaces, where constantly new walls are built. DOtone is a transition point and entrance leading to a place where real encounters can happen in the HERE and NOW.

DOtone – Musicians + Performer
 
Gergely Lukàcs studied trumpet in Budapest (HU) and Karlsruhe (DE).
Since 2006 he works as a freelance musician and has been on stage, performing at Carnegie Hall, New York, the Berlin Philharmonic and others. He is member of the Express Brass Band, Kisr, Top Siegfried, BRock, the Kammerakademie Neuss, La Dolcezza, Concerto Munich in
Brass and Umze. He won a series of music competitions i.a. the international chamber music competition in Chiere, Italy. Gergely is teaching Trompet at various universities in the USA, South Africa and Germany.
 
Sascha Lüer studied saxophone, bass and piano at the Jazzhochschule in Munich (DE). Since then, he has been active as a session musician in studios, in various jazz, rock, reaggae bands i.a. Express Brass Band, Embryo, Top Siegfried and the Whiskey Foundation with whom he has been travelling all over the world.

Simon Otto is a freelance musician for trumpet and tuba based in Munich (DE). He plays in various bands/ ensembles i.a. Express Brass Band, Tuna Trio and the duo Tyam. In addition to the regular appearances with the bands in Europe, Africa and America, he accompanied in 2017 various performances, i.a. OVERxCOME at the Karachi Biennale 2017 in Pakistan.
 
Sunil Shankar is one of the leading Actor/ Director in Karachi. He graduated from the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) in 2009. Since then he has successfully carved a niche for himself, being voted ‘Best Director 2013’ in the Express Tribune awards. He gained recognition after his first play ‘Equus’ in 2012 at the NAPA theatre festival, critically acclaimed for his experimental approach. In 2013, Sunil’s play ‘Mantorama’ was selected in the National School of Drama (NSD) festival in New Delhi, India. In 2017 he was also nominated for 2 most prestigious “NIGAAR” awards for “ RAHM”.
 
Since 1999, Katrin Schafitel has been the most prominent actor in the independent dance scene of Munich (DE). With her rich personality, her strong character, she has worked and collaborated with different choreographers/ directors like Rosemary Butcher, Romeo Castellucci, Achim Freyer, Amir Hosseinpour, Anna Konjetzky, Andreas Kriegenburg,
Katja Wachter. She performs at the Bavarian State Opera, and has been seen at national theaters and international festivals. She brings charisma and expressive power to the stage, and at the same time shows aesthetic agility and sensible intelligence.