Images learn to walk at Theater Ansbach: Great art in Ansbach
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When images begin to breathe: Volker Gerling's thumb cinema in Ansbach
A quiet stage experience with great magnetic force: Volker Gerling unfolds his thumb cinemas live and translates fleeting encounters into poetic 12-second miniatures. The audience experiences a concentrated theatrical event that combines photography, storytelling, and scenic presence into a special theatrical atmosphere.
The principle: Miniatures with maxi impact
On stage, Gerling flips through his photographic sequences under the camera, projects them onto the screen, and comments on them with precise dramaturgy. From static images, movement arises; from moments, spaces of memory. The art of acting lies in the timing of the page-turning, in the breath control, in the exact placement of pauses.
Stage design, lighting, acoustics: Reduction as art
A table, a camera, a screen – that's all this production needs. The lighting mood remains chamber music-like, the acoustics intimate: Each page-turning gesture becomes a directorial prompt, each sequence a small tableau vivant. Thus, a visual storytelling theater is created that does without effects and precisely for that reason touches the audience.
Dramaturgy of encounter
Gerling wandered thousands of kilometers through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, portraying people in the moment of in-between. The sequence of his thumb cinemas follows a clever dramaturgy: Comedy meets contemplation, gentle irony alternates with resonating melancholy. The audience's reaction: concentrated silence, then hearty laughter – and at the end, long, thoughtful applause.
Internationally celebrated
The stage version has been invited to festivals in over 30 countries and was awarded the Total Theatre Award in Edinburgh – a seal of quality for experimental stage art that breaks formal boundaries.
Service on site
The Theater Ansbach at Promenade 29 is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator, wheelchair spaces, and disabled toilets. It is conveniently reachable on foot from the city center; parking is available around the promenade as well as at Inselwiese. The cloakroom is located in the foyer.
Conclusion: A quiet, deeply human journey through faces and stories. Those who want to know how much theater is packed into twelve seconds should experience this performance live.
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