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METAMORPHOSE - METAMORPHOSIS Mask Sound & Dance Theatre is a german international performance project created by Reinhard Kreckel in 1987. Since then, he has produced several nonverbal performances with international artists, working with various elements of body, masks, sound, music and space.

Program and method of work
In the main centre of these performances stands the human being in relation to its environment. The acoustical-visual atmosphere is created through body masks, dance, sound elements and multi-media based projections. Thus the viewer will be inspired to experience and to feel the basic connections of life in a new way. The viewer has the opportunity to broaden his horizon and to understand himself and others better, through a changed view.

“METAMORPHOSE – Mask Sound & Dance Theatre“ works consciously without speech. The space of communication increases, natural borders of verbal communication explode. Thoughts, associations, and impressions develop freely and lead the way to new insights. The artistic-creative performance from METAMORPHOSE Mask Sound and Dance Theatre offers new impulses so that the state of consciousness may broaden its awareness and be sensitized to discovering the basic contexts.

The visionary symbol called METAMORPHOSE-Mask is made up of a mask that covers the whole head and an all-over covering costume. By the metamorphosis of their appearance the actors succeed in generating especially lively and expressive pictures of emotions and mental processes. A special meaning emerges through the representation of the METAMORPHOSE-Performances. During the dance, the body becomes a medium that expresses emotions and feelings, without falsifying them. The moves of the fi gures and their appearance blend in natural sound compositions, freely improvised by the musicians. The arising sound collages add to an atmospheric, complete composition. By these means the METAMORPHOSE-Performance becomes a truly special experience.

The METAMORPHOSE Ensemble is open to change. Every performance arises in a new way. The artists live and work together during the whole production. With the art director Reinhard Kreckel they develop the performance in Germany or abroad. The artistic team establishes an intense understanding of the thematic contents of the project so as to represent them in a genuine way.

Every performance is a co-production of a particular team. This special form of teamwork by such an international ensemble creates space for interpersonal meetings and creative inspiration. The non-verbal exchange and the collaborative production of the international projects show to the participants and the audience a new, artistic-creative way for international understanding and peace.

The group is located in Germany in Bochum and Essen in the Ruhrarea. METAMORPHOSE cooperates with partners from Denmark, Norway, Poland, Croatia, Austria, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy and USA.

Performance
A new production in development is focusing on understanding, healing and peace.

VIAVITA – THE WHEEL OF LIFE
Place of origin: Nepal; India; Ruhr Area (Germany)

Via Vita. Wheel of Life is the current production of Metamorphose. Through the discussion with the tibetan picture the Wheel of Life conveys and deepens Via Vita. Wheel of Life the understanding of life cycles, principles of cause and effect as well as of states of consciousness.

IL CICLO DE LA LUNA
Place of origin: Tuscany (Italy)

The Stories of the Moon are told in variation of pictorial, sculptural and sound abstractions and magical presentations. They deal with superstition and dream, fascination of the moon and enchantment, cycles of the moon and rituals. Fairy tale beings and appereances are broaching the issues of the influences of the moon on body and mind, the effect of its light and its power to transform.

QUAKE
Place of origin: Sardinia

The performance Quake is dealing with the topic of agitation of stable human and natural living spaces and, at the same time, offers the possibility to meet such situations with creative freedom in a new way through scenic presentations. Quake looks beyond the Quake into the future and focuses on positive chances, that create a new beginning for the people.

REQUIEM TRINITATIS INDUSTRIAE
Place of origin: Ruhr Area

The Requiem of the Industrial Trinity is the celebration of a performance. The artists develop a critical review of the gigantic industrial producation lines, that were dominating the end of the 20th century and that were determining the life of the ruhr area: The steel, energy and chemicals industry.

RENDEZ–VOUS–ELEMENTAIRE
Place of origin: France and Germany

Rendez-Vous-Elementaire is a discussion of our relations to the elements and the coninuity of being in dependency on time and space. Basics are the Medicine Wheel, known from the Native Americans philosophies, and old european mythologies. The artists are representing the characteristical qualities and relations of the elements earth, water, fire and air to each other.