Christoph Bochdansky (A)
Opening of the Christoph Bochdansky exhibition
(Accessible from February 27, 2025)
STADTTHEATER FOYER
Thursday March 13, 2025
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8:00
p.m.
Christoph Bochdansky is a long-standing and welcome guest of the festival. Known far beyond the borders of Austria, he is celebrated not only for his puppetry but also for his unique signature in puppet making.
This is what Bochdansky says about himself and the puppets:
“The puppet is a great seductress; it lures us to come over to its side. Its side is the non-living. Clever as it is, it seeks a connection with the puppeteer to show life, in its wonderfully fantastic way, together with him. A magic I have succumbed to my entire life. What does a puppet’s heart weigh? It is light, for with a light heart it performs all deeds, even the greatest misdeeds.”
Mon, Tue, Thu: 08:00 AM to 01:00 PM and 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Wed: 08:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Fri: 08:00 AM to 12:30 PM
About the Group:
Puppeteer and puppet maker, studied stage design at the Mozarteum Salzburg, Figurentheatercolleg in Bochum;
In addition to solo works, regular collaborations with Figurentheater Wilde&Vogel, Leipzig, the duo "die Strottern" Klemens Lendl, David Müller. Performances at international festivals.
Works as a director, set designer, and puppet maker (Puppentheater der Stadt Halle, Theater Junge Generation Dresden, Oper Zürich, Bialistocki Teatr Lalek, Poland).
Guest lecturer at universities in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Bratislava.
Books: *Anmerkungen zur Umgebung* 2015, *Botendienst ins Jenseits* 2019, Comic: *Lieder vom Horizont* 2021.
