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The project is planning to produce in Berlin a stage production that will present a dynamic and moving multi-media experience that tells the story of the Jüdische Kulturbund, beginning with its proposal to the Nazis, then its formation in 1933 until the curtain falls in 1941 before the Nazis enacted the Final Solution. The production will use excerpts from 15 existing filmed interviews of Kulturbund survivors to frame their first-hand accounts, looking back in time. We will play off of these video excerpts with live representations on stage by 15 actors, of the survivors as they tell us of their experiences and perform their music and art while in the Kulturbund theatre. We will present filmed coverage of current day discussions with groups of people, representing diversity in age, culture, race, and religion to convey how the story of the Kulturbund is relevant today. We will also present vignettes of various symphonies and chamber music, opera, and plays from Kulturbund performances. We'll also use recorded music that fade in and out as the live music fades out and in. The stage will fill with movement — video screens moving up and down, performers on stage, the music pit rising and lowering as needed. We also want this to be an experiential program, creating an atmosphere from the Kulturbund time. We want the audience to feel as though they have gone back in time — to Nazi Germany in the 1930s — one among the Jewish-only audience watching the Jewish-only performers. We have an opportunity to tell a little-known story of the Jüdische Kulturbund to the world stage and remind people that history teaches us about who we were then and who we want to be now and in the future. We also can show the impact of the Kulturbund’s legacy on our cultural landscape. What better way to tell a story about musicians and performing artists than in the very world they lived — on stage. The Jüdische Kulturbund is not just a Jewish story. Not just a Nazi story. Not just a Holocaust story. It is a story about all of us — about the power of music, the resiliency of the human spirit, the will to survive. Presentation Events Past events JCC-Northern Virigina |
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Gail Prensky The Jüdische Kulturbund 4000 Cathedral Avenue, NW 202.333.8624 |
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Copyright © 2010 The Jüdische Kulturbund Project |
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