Ruhrtriennale 2010

“Paths are created by walking along them.“
Willy Decker enters the second round

 

After his opening season in 2009 guided by the notion “Awakening – Searching for the Word“ Willy Decker, artistic director of the Ruhrtriennale 2009 – 2011, continues his investigation of the relationship between the primal moments of religious and creative experience in his second programme for 2010. 

Just as the previous season paid particular attention to the primary artistic and spiritual concerns of Jewish culture, the coming season will focus on Islamic culture.  Under the heading “Migration – Searching for the Path“ an important aspect of the Ruhrtriennale 2010 programme will be to trace a line from the roots of ancient Islamic mysticism, myth and culture to pressing topics in the examination of a body of thinking which is on the one hand familiar to us and yet often very foreign on the other.  

As one of Europe’s largest producing festivals, the Ruhrtriennale will once again in 2010 consist of a series of world premieres and its own specially created productions.  International artists from different cultural areas will set out to look for common features and fruitful distinctions between diverse cultural backgrounds.  Productions will emerge by and with the Ruhrtriennale which permit apparently old and distant cultural knowledge to be brought to life and expereinced from a contemporary perspective.

Alongside world premieres of music theatre, theatre, dance and concerts, the Ruhrtriennale also opens its programme to invite national and international productions of the highest quality relevant to our theme.  This lies perfectly in the spirit of Sufi mysticism: daring world premieres next to rediscovered wisdom, retold by collectors of worlds following the paths of creative ecstasy.

The festival programme will take place from 20th August until 10th October 2010 with over 120 performances in the remarkable venues of the Ruhrgebiet’s industrial heritage.

The complete Ruhrtriennale programme will be presented to the public on 29th April 2010 in a press conference in the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum.  Advance ticket sales will begin the same day through all usual outlets.

The Ruhrtriennaleis supported by the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Union’s Structural Funds. Company partners: Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Regionalverband Ruhr and pro Ruhrgebiet.