Gautama in luck

Siddhartha, a young man from a respectable household, cuts his hair and eats almost nothing any more – this is his first attempt to find his pure, inner core and the true nature of human happiness. To be totally himself in purity, to be himself completely, this is what young Siddhartha wants and he tries to achieve it through absolute abstinence. It doesn’t work. Then he meets the Buddha Gotama, who has succeeded in exposing his pure, inner core and who passes his wisdom on, surrounded by a retinue of Buddhist monks.

But Siddhartha does not follow him. He does not believe that one can learn merely through listening. He wants and must gain experience for himself. On his journey to himself he almost loses himself completely – in passionate love, in striving for riches and success, in the delights and distractions of this world. He comes to his senses beside a river and realizes he must start again from the beginning. Siddhartha is accompanied by his friend Govinda and the ferryman Vasudeva. The story of Siddhartha will be danced and narrated in a series of powerful images. The installation accompanying the performance can be explored and discovered all day.

A Ruhrtriennale commission in collaboration with Theater Total.

Sponsored by the Association of Friends and Supporters of the Ruhrtriennale.

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