Dramaturgie im zeitgenössischen Tanz ist ? positiv gemeint ? ein heißes Eisen. Idealerweise sind Dramaturginnen und Dramaturgen während der Erarbeitung eines Stücks die besten Freunde der Choreografen.
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Bernhard Heisig is a controversial figure in the German art world, having served in the SS and painted state portraits of both East and West German leaders. As a professor at the Leipzig Art School he taught the younger generation of painters now enjoying the international limelight such as Neo Rauch, Tim Eitel and Tilo Baumgärtel. The Leipzig Musem of Fine Art is currently showing a large retrospective of Heisig's work "Die Wut der Bilder".
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The Americans and British practised the systematic annihilation of entire cities and their populations in the Second World War. Their main goal was to impress Stalin. The burning of Dresden was the first act of the Cold War. By Jörg Friedrich
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Could it be that other cultures find our top models ugly? The way we –
conversely – are unable to grasp that the Chinese word for beauty means
"fat sheep". A festival in Berlin examines the concept of beauty. By Arnd Wesemann
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The monuments to the victims of the Nazi era are in a miserable state. Götz Aly has made himself very unpopular in making this very clear.
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An American and a German go in search of a small-time drug baron in the Brandenburg outback.... A short story by Georg Klein.
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Is there an East / West war in German theatre? Is the Berlin Cultural
Senator an agent of sinister socialist forces? Is a new Wall going up
in the capital? Or are budget cuts finally bringing together what
belong together? A report from the Berlin battlefield. By Peter Kümmel.
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Looking for the genius in the engineer: Werner Herzog's monumental
documentary "The White Diamond" follows a Zeppelin-builder through the
jungle of Guyana. A heroic journey to the borders of embarrassment and
beyond. By Dietmar Kammerer
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On Tuesday, Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov was reported to have been assassinated by the Russian secret service. Philosopher Andre Glucksmann says "Thank you, Messrs Chirac, Bush and Schröder", on behalf of Czar Putin.
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Poor old Berlinale: nonstop snow, not enough stars, little Hollywood interest, an overdose of political films and wishywashy films d'auteur. Sounds like a washout - but a host of Chinese independent masterpieces and Julia Jentsch saved the day. By Ekkehard Knörer.
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From right wing fraternities to the red dawn of Marxism. In his short life, the charismatic student revolutionary Hans-Jürgen Krahl went from the far right to the far left. A biographical sketch by Gerd Koenen.
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What can we learn from Albert Einstein today? Trust in the free flight of conceptual imagination, mistrust of any kind of authority and knowing when you can safely go to bed. By Yehuda Elkana
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Uta Baier talks with
painter Georg Baselitz about home, folk art and provocation.
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In response to the furore caused by Oliver Hirschbiegel's film "The Downfall", historian Götz Aly describes how many Germans were seduced by National Socialism's heady mix of generous state handouts and high-speed history making.
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