Programme of the Archa Theatre for November 2000
Thursday, November 2
8:00 p.m.
Mexican All Saints Day
An event dedicated to the Mexican ceremonies and rituals surrounding the worship of the dead souls. Music, theatre, installation, film, and discussions.
Helsinki in Archa
This festival is a part of the project Prague 2000 - European City of Culture.
Saturday, November 4
8:00 p.m.
Mieskuoro Huutajat / Kimmo Pohjonen
Mieskuoro Huutajat - "shouting men's chorus", a thirty member ensemble, presents their own distinctive interpretation in the Archa Theatre - "yelling" traditional songs and marches.
Accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen is one of the most sought after musicians and performers of Finland. His concerts are a combination of original compositions and impressional stage pictures - created by various light and sound effects.
Sunday, November 5
8:00 p.m.
Ima-C / Angelit
The music of the group IMA-C is a unique mix of minimalism, drum'n'bass, dance rhythms, ethnic influences of Finland, improvisation and avant-garde. The experimental vocalisations of Outi Pulkkinen, the "shrieks" of Jouko Kyhälä's harmonica are joined together by the keyboard and computer of Tommi Lindell.
The Girls of Angeli or Angelin Tytöt or Angelit, are originally from Angeli, a village in the Laplands, where electric power lines first appeared only ten years ago. The repertoire of Angelit is made up of their own compositions and traditional songs, using the "yoik" - the Sámi way of talking and purifying oneself. Icelandic diva Björk has worked with this group in the past.
Tuesday, November 7
8:00 p.m
Badener Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tim Staffel: Werther in New York
German author and wright Tim Staffel gives the hero of his play the name of Goethe's character, but lets him speak the today's language of a teenager from the Big City. Understandably, he addresses the reality of today, through his characters' discussions and lives, as well as the decay of Staffels' protagonist.
Presented in the framework of the Prague Theatre Festival of German Language.
Wednesday, November 8
4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Badener Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tim Staffel: Werther in New York
Friday, November 10
8:00 p.m
Unforgettable World of Dreamers
Gulliver's Travels II.
The second in a series of improvised performances featuring actors and an orchestra, as well as through the use of projections.
Presented in the framework of the Studio of the Archa Theatre.
Saturday, November 11
8:00 p.m.
The Dirty Three
Concert. Support: The Conway Savage
Presented in collaboration with 10:15 Promotion.
Wednesday, November 15
7:30 p.m.
Eva Dřízgová, The S.E.M. Ensemble (New York), soloists from the Ostravského centra nové hudby (Centre of New Music in Ostrava)
An evening from the works of Morton Feldman: Vertical Thoughts III For Franz Kline, Rabbi Akiba, Why Patterns?
Presented in the framework of the Musica Iudaica Festival.
New Music Marathon 2000
International preview of the current contemporary music trends.
Presented in the framework of Společností pro novou hudbu (Society for New Music).
Friday, November 17
8:00 p.m.
The Prague Philharmonia (CZ)
Conductor: Petr Kofroň
Programme: John Adams, Heiner Goebbels, Miroslav Pudlák, Terry Riley, Marek Kopelent
Saturday, November 18
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Workshops, discussions, videos
Discussions with composers, including presentations of their works.
Satuday, November 18
8:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cracow - Praha - Reykjavík
Agon Orchestra (CZ), Caput Ensemble (IS), Cracow Percussion Group (PL), Silesian String Quartet (PL)
Programme: Henryk M. Górecki, Atli Ingólfsson, Krzysztof Penderecki, Martin Smolka, Haukur Tómasson, Zbyněk Vostřák
Sunday, November 19
3:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Agon Orchestra (CZ), Art of Brass Wien (A), Icebreaker London (UK), Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin (D), Tibor Szemzö & The Gordian Knot (HU), Veni Ensemble (SK)
Programme: Martin Burlas, Michael Gordon, Gordon McPerson, Helmut Oehring, Tibor Szemzö, Frank Zappa
3 x Vizita Theatre
Fun with the pun with Czech impressario of improvisation, Jaroslav Duek.
Monday, November 20
8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 21
8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 22
8:00 p.m.
Brussels in Archa
This festival is a part of the project Prague 2000 - European City of Culture.
Thursday, November 23
5:00 p.m.
Presentation of Les Halles de Schaerbeek
In 1973, the artistic centre Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels emerged from what was once an old marketplace. The programming scheme of Les Halles is above all genres. There, they presented Peter Brook's King Ubu, as well as hundreds of dance performances and concerts of ethnic music. Les Halles is a European cultural centre of the French Community in Belgium. In our programme, they are partners of the Archa Theatre for the artistic Wallonese portion of the Belgian culture.
Friday, November 24
8:00 p.m.
Couleur Café
Mousta Largo / Foofango
Musical evening in the spirit of the annual "Couleur Café" Festival in Brussels, which begin in 1990 in the Les Halles de Schaerbeek.
Mousta Largo is an Arabian-Andalusian-Belgian group, whose energetic music, inspirations of flamenco and reggae is known as "marock'n'roll'.
Musical group Foofango comes from Burkina Faso. Influences of modern jazz and original rhythms of East Africa pour through their music.
Sunday, November 26
8:00 p.m.
Arno
"Belgian Tom Waits" - concert of one of the Belgian stars in the realms of rock & blues. In his own creations, Arno combines the basic American blues, funk, French chanson and cabaret.
Wednesday, November 29
8:00 p.m.
Victor B., Namur Break Sensation
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Break-dance, theatre, DJ's, texts of screenwriter Tim Burton, visual installations and live music in a perfect combination.
Thursday, November 30
8:00 p.m.
Victor B., Namur Break Sensation
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Saturday, November 25
7:30 p.m.
Mondschein Ensemble / Dama Dama hrají Steva Reicha
Conductor: Gregory Rose (GB).
Concert of two famous ensembles of contemporary music. In the programme: Vermont Counterpoint, New York Counterpoint, Electric Counterpoint, Violin Phase, Tehillim (Czech premiere).
Presented in the framework of the Musica Iudaica Festival.
Monday, November 27
8:00 p.m.
John Zorn and Masada
One of the most popular groups in the alternative music scene. The frontman is the musical maximalist and :enfant terrible" John Zorn who will perform his own creations of klezmer music which was influenced by Ornett Coleman.
In the framework of the Alternativa International Musical Festival. Presented in cooperation with Unijazz.
In the foyer of the Archa Theatre, the exhibition Mexican All Saints Day (2. - 22. 11.) and Presentation of Les Halles de Schaerbeek (23. - 30. 11.)