Artists in Residence
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Artists in Residence
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Groups of artists from all over the world can use Birach's premises and atmosphere and work intensively on their new projects. Our »Artists in Residence« programme offers special conditions for groups and ensembles.
The KULA Compagnie, the Papertiger Theater Studio and the Neue Künstlertheater have all been working regularly in Birach over the years. Ideas for new projects originated here and were developed further in rehearsals or even experienced their launch in the protected setting of Birach. Public rehearsals and previews in Birach have long been an integral part of cultural life in the region.
If you are interested in our »Artists in Residence« programme, please apply under Contact.
18. Mai 2024
The KULA Compagnie has been awarded the International Theatre Institute - Centre Germany (ITI) Prize 2024. From their press release: ‘In changing collaborations with artists from different countries, playful and politically controversial laboratory formats are created, often as rewrites of canonical texts from a contemporary perspective.’
Article in »Theater der Zeit 10/24«
by Thomas Irmer
The transnational KULA Compagnie forms an ensemble of differences
‘... With the Birach art centre, a former four-sided farm, Martin Gruber, once a colleague of Schuster's as professor of movement at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, offers a place where artistic practice and physical training are possible in a larger community and in peace and quiet. Practice in community, exchange in rural seclusion, this is an important time for the company, whose members otherwise live scattered across many countries and yet see themselves as an ensemble. ...’
The dancer Wura Oirana Moraes from Portugal was artist in residence in Birach from the end of September to mid-November 2023 and prepared a dance performance for the Porto International Dance Festival in Portugal in April 24. In the dance performance, Oirana explored the influence of her Brazilian father Mario Calixto, who died 30 years ago. Oirana was there as a 2-year-old when her father was preparing for a dance competition at the Impulstanz Festival in Vienna. Her father won the competition in Vienna and died of Aids just a few years later. For Oirana, this work closes a big circle.
ART // 2020 are a growing collective of performers and combine various arts in their experimental and progressive creative laboratory.
Starting in 2025, they are planning several residencies in Birach to create a laboratory for new music theater.
