Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm

The humorous and yet highly touching choreography Balthazar explores the fascination of humankind with everything animalistic as well as their contextualisation in art and culture.  The piece revolves around a real-life donkey. As a symbol of animal obstinacy, he shares the stage with a group of human performers. Step by step, their mutual investigations continually create new constellations, scenes, images and stories, triggered by the passionate power of human projection. David Weber-Krebs developed the idea behind Balthazar in 2011 together with students from the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. The piece has since toured throughout Europe with its own ensemble. At every venue, the group encounters a new, local donkey, whose individual character makes every performance unpredictable. With great charm and much self-reflection, Balthazar thus tells the story of the fascinating relationship between humans and animals, who will always remain mysterious at heart.

Concept and direction: David Weber-Krebs * Concept and dramaturgy: Maximilian Haas * Performance: Julien Bruneau, Alondra Castellanos, Philipp Enders, Sid Van Oerle, Noha Ramadan * Costumes: Ebba Fransén Waldhör * Assistant: Marie Urban * Production: Elisabeth Hirner * An INFINITE ENDINGS production in coproduction with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, NEXT Arts Festival and Inteatro Festival Polverigi in cooperation with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Alte Oper Frankfurt in the frame of Music festival 2016
“L’après-midi d’un faune” * This is a contribution to the official programme for Guest of Honour Flanders & The Netherlands at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016.