After her acting studies at the Berlin University of the Arts in 2009, Janna Horstmann, worked as a freelancer at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Theaterhaus Jena, the Grenzlandtheater Aachen, the Bad Hersfeld Festival and the Lübeck Theater. She has worked on numerous productions with the theater collective copy & waste, including at HAU Berlin and the Ringlokschuppen Mülheim an der Ruhr, until she became a permanent member of the Oberhausen theater in 2016. She worked regularly in film and television and starred in films by Brian de Palma, Anika Decker and Caroline Herfurth. In 2013 she won the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award for Benjamin Teske’s film FLIEHKRAFT. She is part of Orpheus and Eurydike in the NORDWIND Festival in 2021 at Kampnagel Hamburg and in 2022 at Theater Freiburg.
Dez202117(Dez 17)20:00ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles20:00 Theater Freiburg
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World Premiere The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since
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World Premiere
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Dez202118(Dez 18)20:00ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles20:00 Theater Freiburg
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The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Dez202119(Dez 19)17:00ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles17:00 Theater Freiburg
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Jan202227(Jan 27)19:30ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles19:30 Kampnagel – K6
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The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Jan202228(Jan 28)19:30ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles19:30 Kampnagel – K6
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Jan202229(Jan 29)19:30ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles19:30 Kampnagel – K6
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the
Veranstaltungsdetails
The ancient material about the (im)mortal love between Orpheus and Eurydice is present in countless adaptations. This is hardly surprising since it’s the elementary motives of humanity that are discussed here: love, art, and death. The popular myth itself is derived from the even older story about Demeter, who lost her daughter Persephone to Hades and the underworld. In her honor, mystic celebrations of several days were held in ancient Greece, through which dances, making music together, singing, screaming, and lamenting became central elements of the ritualistic search for Persephone.
The multidisciplinary Icelandic artist Erna Ómarsdóttir reinterprets the myth of Orpheus in five cycles of eternal growth and decay, intertwining ancient and Indo-European legends as well as contemporary subjects. With a mixed cast of actors from the Freiburg Theater and dancers from the Iceland Dance Company, she examines the metamorphoses and reproductive forces of culture and art, which over time have made Mother Earth a skilled lyre player and her offspring his tragic bride, who follows her husband silently and on soft soles.
In her new borderline-musical, Erna Ómarsdóttir questions the dualisms of life and death, understanding and feeling, artistic creation and silence, man and woman … – Who has the Golden Fleece? Where do the snakes come from? And does Eurydice actually want to go back to the (upper) world?
- Erna Ómarsdóttir – direction and choreography
- Gabríela Friðriksdóttir – stage design and costumes
- Valdimar Jóhansson, Skúli Sverrisson – composition and arrangemens
- Valdimar Jóhansson – video design
- Bjarni Jónsson – text and translation
- Tamina Theiß – dramaturgy
On stage: Felix Urbina Alejandre, Una Björg Bjarnadóttir, Thieß Brammer, Victor Calero, Janna Horstmann, Henry Meyer, Stefanie Mrachacz, Ho-Ching Charmene Pang, Saga Sigurðardóttir, Michael Witte
ORPHEUS + EURYDICE – The Orphic Cycles is a co-production of Theater Freiburg and Iceland Dance Company with NORDWIND Festival and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by the Innovation Fund for arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg