Eine Bachelorinszenierung

"On the banks of the Havel, around the middle of the sixteenth century, lived a horse trader named Michael Kohlhaas. - This extraordinary man could have been considered the model of a good citizen until his thirtieth year, if he had not gone astray in one virtue. But his sense of justice turned him into a robber and murderer."

In a few short sentences at the beginning of his novella, Heinrich von Kleist leaves few questions unanswered - except perhaps what this has to do with us today. The type of the lonely hero on horseback may seem slightly outdated, but at the same time it opens up the space for a common search for justice in a corrupt system. For to this day, some people have not been allowed to inscribe their aggrieved claim to justice in the classical canon. If they appear at all, they are reserved for the secondary characters who tragically fail against the heroic figure. Their own rage remains unheard, is not allowed to spread, set fires or demand revenge.
And so the chorus of horse girls* recapture the paddock and swing themselves onto Kohlhaas' horse. They tear the narrative to pieces and stuff the shreds into their saddlebags. They celebrate the conciliatory potential of line dancing and the solidarity of the herd. In search of a common narrative beyond violence, they graze with relish on the green pasture of utopia.


Production
Merle Zurawski

by Merle Zurawski based on motifs by Heinrich von Kleist

followed by a premiere party