ERNST
by toaspern|moeller
composition and staging Mathias Monrad Møller
dance and staging Alma Toaspern
scenography and staging Christian Friedländer
text Marie-Louise Monrad Møller
outside eye Susanne Grau
special thanks to Kristin Ryg Helgebostad, Hannes Seidl
premiere January 27th 2023 at LOFFT - Das Theater Leipzig (tickets here)
A production of 4fT - Tanzplattform Leipzig e.V. in cooperation with LOFFT – DAS THEATER
Co-produced by Theater Freiburg
Funded by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen. Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert durch Steuermittel auf der Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes.
The work of toaspern|moeller is supported by Bikubenfonden (DK) and Fonds Darstellende Künste (GER).
ERNST invites you to his birthday, the trained monkey turns eighty! Time to look back at a life between the glamor of the circus, and a longing for the jungle.
Dancer Alma Toaspern is ERNST in a stage design by Danish artist Christian Friedländer. What’s it like to have been domesticated for decades? Is the human an animal? Or the animal a human?
Fotos: Simen Dieserud Thornquist