Meta Theater Productions / Projects
Meta Theater Ensemble in collaboration with
international directors

2000
The Lady Aoi by Yukio Michima, a modern
Noh drama, directed by George Ferencz,
La Mama Theater, New York

1999
Babylon, Assyrian-German theater performance
based on the Mesopotamian creation myth
Enuma Elisch, directed by Axel Tangerding

1996
Dreams - Stories from a Forgotten World, based on
Lafcadio Hearn's tales, directed by Akira Matsui, Japan

1993
Gilgamesch, Assyrian-German theater production,
directed by Axel Tangerding

1991
Words are Dwellings Out of Blocks in Space
based on Velimir Chlebnikov, paper objects by
the famous sculptor Willi Weiner

1989
Kantan - Trilogy, based on three ancient Japanese
Noh and Kyogen plays,
directed by Yoshi Oida and Axel Tangerding

1987
In the Wake of Falling Blossoms, based on texts by
W.B. Yeats and W. Grommes, with actor-dancers
Ulrike Döpfer and Axel Tangerding

1986
Three Women in Yellow, the story of the women
around Moses, by Israel Eliraz,
directed by Axel Tangerding

1984
Komatshi, based on a Japanese Noh play
from the 11th century, directed by Yoshi Oida,
television adaptation and screening

1982
Grid - Scenes of a House,
directed by Anne Bogart, New York

1980 / 81
Just Living, research on living, death and dying
directed by Jacques Chwat, New York

1978 / 79
Twists and Turns - the Partzifall Case, research
on normality and non-normality, a group creation

Meta Theater Performances
International Tours / Events

The Lady Aoi
2000 Germany

Babylon
2000 Germany; 1999 Germany, Italy, Austria

Dreams
1998 Germany; 1997 Switzerland, Germany
1996 Germany, Austria

Gilgamesch
1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 Germany

Words are Dwellings Out of Blocks in Space
1993, 1992, 1991 Germany

Kantan-Trilogy
1995 Bombay (India); 1994 Denmark, France
1992 / 93 Germany; 1991 Germany, Hungary

In the Wake of Falling Blossoms
1995 Delhi, Bangalore, Goa (India)
1993 Romania, France
1992 Shanghai, Peking (China), Tallin (Estonia)
1991 Denmark, Austria, Germany; 1990 Germany
1989 East Berlin (East Germany), Bombay (India)
1988 West Germany, East Berlin

Komatshi
1994 Romania; 1993 Germany, France
1992 Germany; 1991 Austria, Germany
1990 Germany; 1987 Denmark
1986 Germany, Switzerland, Italy; 1985 Germany
1984 Berlin, Cologne, Antwerp, Graz, Bologna

Grid
1983 Bologna, Graz

Einfach leben
1981 Hamburg, Berlin; 1980 Berlin

Twist and Turns
1981 Canada, USA, Yugoslavia, Belgium
1979 Austria, Germany

Performances / Presentations / Events
International theater companies in Germany
Invited and organized by Meta Theater Munich

2001 DI FANG XI - Music-theater from China
Sichuan Opera, Shantung Opera and the
exhibition "1000 Years of the Art of Chinese
Theater" - presentation and introduction of
an unknown art: performances, lectures,
workshops and demonstrations

1998 Lion Dance with dancers, pipers and
drummers from Nagai, Japan

1998 Kun Opera Shanghai, presentation and
introduction of an unknown art:
performances, lectures, workshops and
demonstrations, in collaboration with
Prinzregenten Theater, Munich, and the
University of Munich

1997 Odissi Dance, traditional Indian temple
dance with Monalisa Gosh, Calcutta, and
musicians (including workshops)

1996 Noh Dance of Japan; introduction to the
600-year-old tradition of Noh theater
with Noh master Akira Matsui, Japan

1996 Looking at the Far East,
Group op.eklekt, Kyoto, Japan

1994 Gnawa Express Tangiers, the Gnawa

1995 Musicians and Dancers from Morocco

1992 Noh Theatre with Akira Matsui, Japan

1991 Yoruba Bata, drums, masks, dances
Yoruba Bata ensembles from Nigeria

1989 Bunya Noroma, traditional Japanese
puppet theater from Sado Island, Japan

1988 Aspects Peking Opera, scenes from the
Peking Opera and workshops with the
Foo-Hsing Peking Opera, Taipei, Taiwan

1985 Theaterferien '85, summer festival at
Gasteig Cultural Center, Munich, with
groups from France, Italy and Germany

1982 Genesis, movement studies, Amos Hetz,
Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem, Israel

1982 Czuwanie - The Vigil, actions in
the empty space, idea: Jerzy Grotowski
directed by Jacek Zmyslowski,
Teatr Laboratorium Wroclaw, Poland

Participation in international theater conferences
and intercultural lecture demonstrations

1998
Festival Liviv, Ukraine

1997
Summer Performing Arts Academy, Sofia

1996
Theater Festivals in Bulgaria and Romania

1995
Theater Festival in Bombay (India)
Hof Autumn Festival
Summer Theater Festival Nuremberg

1994
Work in Progress, Japan
Bordeaux International Theater Festival

1993
International theater festivals in
Romania and France

1992
Theater festivals in Pärnu (Estonia) and
Budapest (Hungary)

1979
CRT in Milan, Italy with Jerzy Grotowski

1980
Max Reinhard Seminar, Berlin

1982
Kameri Theater, Tel Aviv (Israel)