Festival Transformation Forever: A look back at 30 years of change!

Festival Transformation Forever: A look back at 30 years of change!

Dresden, Deutschland - The “Transformation Forever” Festival starts in the heart of Dresden and looks at the far-reaching transformation processes that have shaped Central and Eastern Europe and East Germany since 1989/1990. With its subtitle "Searching of Trips", the Festival House Hellerau relies on a diverse performance, which includes short stage pieces, captivating lectures and an exhibition on the history of the Festspielhaus in the 1990s. MDR reports that… The directorate Carena Schlewitt emphasizes the central role of funding and cooperation for an extensive playing time, especially in one of the circles, where could lead to cancellations or shifts of individual projects.

The productions during the festival reflect the diversity of the topics. Richard Wagner's grandiose “Ring der Nibelungen” is presented in the form of “Ring without words” by Lorin Maazel as an immersive picture space with an invisible orchestra. Even international groups are not neglected: the Indian "Sandbox Collective" and the Berlin dance group "She She Pop" show her feminist and postcolonial piece "Wait to Be Seated". The Polish director Marta Górnicka addresses the current war in Ukraine in her play "Mother" and gives women from Ukraine, Belarus and Poland a platform to tell their stories.

a look into the past

The cultural -historical view is stimulated by the festival by taking up the challenges and developments of the transformation in East Germany. It should be noted that, despite ethnic-cultural homogeneity, the GDR had a population that was often seen as "less than one nation". From the 1950s, the West German economic miracle began to move countless people from the GDR to the West, which led to a serious emigration. BPB explains that… Ultimately, these migration movements increased the longing for the west, an emotion that was essentially the turn of 1989.

The case of the Berlin Wall represents a turning point, not only for Germany, but for all of Central and Eastern Europe. The call "We are a people" symbolized a new reality and the striving for unity. The subsequent German-German unification process was in a dynamic that could not be found in many other Eastern European countries. Docupedia emphasizes that… The definitions in the context of the transformation are diverse and the transformations are not clear - a fact that is discussed in a variety of ways in contemporary research.

cultural meanings

The festival not only offers an entertainment value, but also the opportunity to gain deeper insights into social and cultural changes. The associated research on East Germany has increased significantly in recent years. It turns out that the challenges of the transformation are not only more economical, but also cultural in nature. The term “transformation” itself is often vague and includes a variety of historical and social changes.

Overall, the “Transformation Forever” festival illustrates the relevance of history in the present and offers a platform for dialogue on the continuous effects of the turn on society. It is a room in which the past and the present meet and new perspectives on what was once and what else can come.