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Dede Korkut

2014
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Docufictional music theatre for rchestra, vocals, dance and video installation by Marc Sinan.

 

Premiered in 2014, DEDE KORKUT presents a new take on one of the most important legends in Turkic literary history: The »Book of Dede Korkut« is traditionally regarded as the “founding myth” of the Turkic peoples. Marc Sinan’s reinterpretation draws parallels between this epic story and the most recent global epidemic of hatred and marginalisation.

Told from the perspective of the monster, Sinan presents this heroic tale as a multimedia-based reflection on the role of the outsider in modern society. In collaboration with the Dresdner Sinfoniker, Sinan brings this reinterpretation of the story, which is widely regarded as a veiled homage to nationalism, to the European stage for the very first time.

The German Sunday newspaper »Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung« applauded the show as “a monstrously impressive theatrical composition”, while »taz« was just one of several other media outlets to praise its “magnificent production”. Sponsored by the EU, this international coproduction has already toured to much acclaim throughout Europe and in Turkey. Due to its resounding success with audiences and critics alike, the show had another run at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin in 2015. On stage, the action features a blend of Central Asian folk songs and contemporary compositions, live music and audiovisual recordings from Central Asia – all of which intertwine to create an exciting “musical universal tale” that leaves a lasting impression (»Berliner Zeitung«).

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Marc Sinan
Composition & Artistic Direction & Guitar/E-Guitar

Markus Rindt & Marc Sinan
Production

Fabian Panisello
Conductor

Jelena Kuljic
Voice

Jun Kawasaki
Double Bass

Sascha Friedl
Flute/Subkontrabass Flute

Ulzhan Baibussynova
Zhirau

Mehri Asadullayeva
Kamancheh

Askar Soltangazin
Dombra

Toir Kuziyev
Sato

Dresdner Sinfoniker
Orchestra

Aydin Teker
Choreography

Hans-Peter Eckardt
Camera

Albrecht Leu
Technical Direction und Light Design

Isabel Robson
Video & Stage

Volker Greve, Silvio Naumann
Sound

Holger Kuhla
Dramaturgy & Text

Cornelia Just
Co-Direction

Mizgin Bilmen
Assistant Director

Cleo Niemeyer
Costume

Martina Taubenberger
Project Controlling

Josefine Rucker, Philipp Schoof
Educational Project

Katja Nawa
Orchestra Management Dresdner Sinfoniker

A co-production of
Dresdner Sinfoniker, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin und HELLERAU- European Center of the Arts Dresden



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Project funding

Supportet by funds from the EU Culture Program KULTUR 2007–2013, the Capital Culture Fund in Berlin, the German Foreign Office, the Berlin Fund for Participatory Arts Projects, the City of Dresden, the Dresden Cultural Foundation of Dresdner Bank, the Cultural Foundation of Saxony,the Cultural Foundation of German and Turkish Businesspeople, the Goethe Institute in Istanbul and Tashkent and the show’s rerun was sponsored by the Berlin Senate Office for Cultural Affairs.


Marc Sinan
Composition & Artistic Direction & Guitar/E-Guitar

Markus Rindt & Marc Sinan
Production

Fabian Panisello
Conductor

Jelena Kuljic
Voice

Jun Kawasaki
Double Bass

Sascha Friedl
Flute/Subkontrabass Flute

Ulzhan Baibussynova
Zhirau

Mehri Asadullayeva
Kamancheh

Askar Soltangazin
Dombra

Toir Kuziyev
Sato

Dresdner Sinfoniker
Orchestra

Aydin Teker
Choreography

Hans-Peter Eckardt
Camera

Albrecht Leu
Technical Direction und Light Design

Isabel Robson
Video & Stage

Volker Greve, Silvio Naumann
Sound

Holger Kuhla
Dramaturgy & Text

Cornelia Just
Co-Direction

Mizgin Bilmen
Assistant Director

Cleo Niemeyer
Costume

Martina Taubenberger
Project Controlling

Josefine Rucker, Philipp Schoof
Educational Project

Katja Nawa
Orchestra Management Dresdner Sinfoniker

A co-production of
Dresdner Sinfoniker, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin und HELLERAU- European Center of the Arts Dresden



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