With some delay I have found two reviews in the newspapers two Cologne. writes The Cologne Gazette on 09.01.2007
The cries of the rapper
A play about violence, racism and drug
young people from playing field in honor of Arkadas-Theater/Bühne cultures, what they experience in everyday life.
OF TOBIAS NEUHAUS
Ehrenfeld - At the last moment but then it comes - the fright. The end of October last year, the eight, mostly Ehrenfeld living in young people aged between 13 and 17 years started to prepare with the director Aysun Yintar-Vogel, Arkadas-Theater/Bühne of cultures, the song "Kool and Running with Scissors." Four times a week, the ensemble met for two hours to sample in the Civic Center, and the anticipation of the premiere was huge. But then, shortly before the performance, as more and more visitors come, as slips Rico mighty heart in my mouth. "I am suddenly very excited," admits the 15-year-old, "many of the viewers I know, yes, and there we have also afraid to embarrass yourself really." The theater is for most of the young people who are on this evening as guests, completely uncharted territory. If anything, they know it for trips, they have taken the class or with the Youth Club. stood on a stage before hardly any of them. And many of the young viewers who have come to see their friends playing in the headlights, the terms of such performances are anything but familiar. The artificial peace provoked catcalls. And act as the friend suddenly in white angel costumes and speak in a gentle voice of love and beauty, there is gemauschelt once and laughed. To show it takes a lot of courage and confidence. You can feel, but soon the audience is chuckling softly, silent very soon.
In the scenes there is
violence, racism, prejudice, tolerance and drugs - issues that the youth of the school, the youth center, known by the street are. The performers come from French, Turkish, Italian, German and Russian families. And as different as their cultural background is so diverse are the views, in which they present their daily life on the stage. Time the road is the scenery, sometimes a disco, the classroom or the kitchen of a Turkish family. The story of a romance is prevented in a magnificent costumes as fairy tales staged, herausgeschrien the desire for a better world than rap. That conflict situations adjusted, but no solutions are offered, part of the concept of the theater project "Kool and Krass. "In the play, we address the situation," says the director, "as one finds his way in them and in everyday life-oriented, that comes afterwards."
The workup followed in the next step. In pedagogical instructions advise the students what they saw, perhaps even find themselves in a similar way - and how to handle it best. The approach of the project is to raise awareness among young people in conflict situations and at the same time giving them the opportunity to develop their own solutions. "The project is young people help prevent violence and crime independently, "says Aysun Yontar-bird. help give the youth theater project of" Veedel Management Ehrenfeld, where Ilknur Alkan is maintained with the project management. The association that connects to the Ehrenfeld facilities, such as the Civic Center and the Nonni Club here, which attacked the ensemble in the planning and implementation of the project under the arms.
After the successful premiere of "Kool and Running with Scissors" the theater hopes to further performance opportunities. "The piece can be great at school plays, where it then subsequently in the classroom can be discussed, "said Lale Konuk, Executive Director of the Arkadas Theater. And the prospects are good. Even on opening night, teachers from schools in the neighborhood find out more about the project. Looks that way, would be as up behind the stage-fright soon.
Caption: fashions change, the problems have always been the same. Rococo-style put the young Ehrenfeld ensemble a love scene that takes place on every school yard, after a fairy tale. IMAGE: NEUHAUS
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read in the Cologne Rundschau, 04.01.2007 We:
conflicts "theatrical" solved
students brought over piece Violence prevention at the stage of
ANGELIKA DUST
EHRENFELD. "Violence we know from fairy tales. We need new stories, new role models. They give us!" The call of the nine young actors provided the audience in the Arkadas Theatre for spine-tingling feeling. Obviously the message was in the audience - once - when the representatives of schools and social facilities and parents. "Kool and Running with Scissors" is the theater project, will go with the Aysun Yontar Birds (set of cultures) and Ilknur Alkan (Veedel Management Ehrenfeld) on tour, by bodies of the district. The goal: "to raise awareness among children and young people for wrongdoing, and this term to change positively, "it said in a flyer that was distributed for entering free premiere drama teacher Aysun Yontar Bird said:".. We want to weaknesses to build from and strengths - including theater, music, dance and sports "was a cooperation partner, the two . win initiators of the youth club "Nonni-Club and the Civic Centre BüZ" to
In the end it was clear the ensemble: nine young people aged between 13 and 17 years of diverse cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds - regardless of the diversity of the whole district. diligently studied the team one of the scenes that Yontar-bird had assembled, until the young artists were ready for the premiere. Which took place before the packed stands. A difficult situation, especially head teachers, social workers and district representatives in the audience were critical, as well as classmates and friends. They too were impressed by the violence prevention unit enthusiastic and urged the players afterwards: "When you come to us?"
The message of the play had arrived. Away from drugs, violence, racism and intolerance. Towards more humanity and love. But: "You can not teach what one has experienced before." It had announced the three white-robed angels on swings. In this case, "Kool and Running with Scissors" just right. One school reported their interest already. Whether the juvenile Ensemble or engage their own students will work as an actor, is still unclear. Clearly, however, that the play offers an appropriate introduction to the conflict training.
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