Dirk Schäfer: Salto Cannibale

In the organizer's words:

TRAILER SALTO CANNIBALE

Celebrated by the press and audience, the project premiered at the Schauspielhaus in November 2024 in co-production with Theater Kiel.

Jazz, blues, poetry and rap (composition/arrangements - Ferdinand v. Seebach), Heine, Queen, Schubert and Dirk Schäfer's own texts! A music-filled research trip on the traces of colonialism from the imperial era to the present day, a courageous look at colonial logic, from Kiel to Namibia, from Tierra del Fuego to Hamburg, from Hagenbeck to your own family - jointly conceived & staged by Dirk Schäfer and Ellen Dorn.

Like the previous research projects "HINTER DEN WÖLFEN" and "DER TOD UND EIN MÄDCHEN" (both also invited to Duisburger Akzente 2022, among others), "SALTO CANNIBALE" is both a completely independent evening and the final part of this trilogy, which reflects major social structures from Dirk Schäfer's own family contexts and thus spans a very personal bridge from the depths of the 20th century to the present day.

With:
Dirk Schäfer (acting & vocals), Ferdinand von Seebach (piano & trombone), Angela Frontera (drums & percussion), Wolfram Nerlich / Markus Günst (bass)

Production team:
Idea, lyrics: Dirk Schäfer, concept, direction: Dirk Schäfer & Ellen Dorn, musical direction, composition: Ferdinand von Seebach, set: Theresa Dettmann, video: Frank Böttcher, dramaturgy: Felix Arnold & Geneviève Granier-Nerlich, assistant director: Natalia Voskoboynikova, lighting: Joachim Mohr, sound: Jens Koob

Funded by the Ministry of Education and Training, Science, Research and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein and the Office for Culture and Further Education of the City of Kiel (Kieler Kulturfonds)

The two performances take place in cooperation with the State Commissioner for Political Education of Schleswig-Holstein.