Monday, July 30, 2012

40th Anniversary: ​​masquerade at the Deutsches Theater in Munich

Mummenschanz im Deutschen Theater München
Masquerade at the Deutsches Theater in Munich
Curtain and the stage for masquerade - Photo: www.deutsches-theater.deFrom 04 08/09/2012 to celebrate the Swiss legändere Thaterformation "masquerade" at the Deutsches Theater in Munich, with a special anniversary program its 40th anniversary. The press is excited about the formation, which makes for a total of six shows in Munich maintenance. So writes the New York Post: "What makes masquerade so extraordinary is its ability to arouse itself through movement and pictures real feelings." And raves about Le Parisien in France in the highest terms: "masquerade know nothing less than all feelings in the world to express. "
Early 70s was Mummenschanz (founded in 1972 in Paris) by the American impresario Arthur Shafman discovered. The first U.S. tour began, the success story of a phenomenon, as it had never seen the world earlier. Since then masquerade around the world is successful, it alone for three years on Broadway. In the past 40 years there has been no public, from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Cape Town and Jerusalem to Tehran, which had not been enthusiastic about masquerade.
In its anniversary program can masquerade happen 40 years of success in review. To be seen to be the most successful of over one hundred masquerade numbers, including some that were never presented in Germany - be it "The Blob", "The Yellow hose", the "toilet paper" or "Lehmmasken".
Masquerade at the Deutsches Theater in Munich
Thumbs up for masquerade - Photo: www.deutsches-theater.deThe art, made famous by the masquerade, and they have honed to perfection, is that of the highest aesthetic effect by reducing the largest funds. Two eyes, two ears, one mouth - more need not masquerade in order to help the imagination to unprecedented heights. In order for the unique ensemble has shaped the world of theater major. Through his ingenuity and effervescent imagination, it has become the epitome of contemporary puppet theater and it has so much can be said without exaggeration, created her own poetic art form.
The secret of masquerade seems to be that they speak a language without words, a language that everyone understood all over the world, and more than that: a language that touches everyone. With their incomparable facial and body masks, their atmospheric, seemingly air-born puppet characters and futuristic shapes masquerade invite you on a journey into the world of fantasy. They tell stories that touch the human heart and take you from everyday life. Thus "the virtuoso of silence" have, as they call themselves, created nothing less than a universal theater of facial expression and gesture that is both mysterious, infinite, and reflective makes a lot of joy.
Come and visit masquerade in the period from 04 until 09.08.2012 at the Deutsches Theater in Munich.

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