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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Die Tageszeitung, 05.10.2005
In an opinion piece, the head of the Christian Democrat German-Turkish Forum and member of the CDU's North Rhine Westphalia Steering Committee, Bülent Arslan explains the two fundamental mistakes his party has made in their dealings with Germans of Turkish origin.
“We believe that the conservative position of the CDU does not appeal
to Turkish-Germans. This is wrong. Our belief in a domestically strong state, absolute priority for the
family, our reservations about same-sex partnerships, even limiting
immigration, all appeal to the majority of Turks. The other thing we
believe is that 80 percent of Turks are left-wing. This is a cliché.
Polls show that at least 60 percent of Germany's Turks are conservative. The potential of this for the CDU is enormous.”
“Surprisingly un-embarrassing and glamorous,” says Eva Behrendt of the newest edition of Berlin society magazine dummy. “The idea of following up on editions focussed on Germany, fun, belief and other cultural buzzwords with one on Jews is in itself strong. It is high time this happened, when you consider how many articles and background pieces have been dedicated to the most bitter of Israel's enemies, the Islamists, over the past few years. 'It's pure presumptiousness to choose this topic,' say the magazine's publishers Jochen Förster and Oliver Gehrs
in their foreword. 'The Holocaust took place just 60 years ago, and
there
are the Germans, at it again, writing about the Jews, generalizing,
calling a people by its name, a people that they almost completely
wiped
out.' Clearly, this is why the the editorial team has sought the assistance of two Israeli advisers and several Jewish writers.”
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 05.10.2005
Adam Krzeminski commentator with Warsaw-based magazine Polityka comments on the "brutal rhetoric" of
Polish politics. "Since 1992, elections have been won by promising 'a
revolution in a revolution', a 'war at the top' or 'another Poland'.
But what is labelled as revolt soon reveals itself as continuity. And
when someone with Jacobinian zeal really does endanger the stability of
the state – like Jan Olszewski – he will be toppled. However the fatal
practice of attempting to get into power each time with furious
all-or-nothing rhetoric has disastrous consequences for the political
culture. The election campaign of the Left in 2001 and that of the
Right now is not concerned with truth, citizen's rights and freedom of
speech;Â a deviant opinion can even be denounced as
treason. This cyclical brutalisation means that it is becoming
increasingly difficult to strike moderate tones after victory."
In his acceptance speech for the Ricarda Huch prize in Damstadt on
October 3, Orhan Pamuk told the "story of the man who was not allowed
in", an allegory of Turkey's current political situation. "Who is allowed through
this door? What will bring him in? What makes him one of the
privileged? The passer-by thinks that perhaps it is not so much of a
privilege after all, stepping inside briefly for a moment. If anything,
there are only a few bored-looking people sitting around, who don't
want anyone else catching sight of them in all their
wretchedness."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 05.10.2005
Ukrainian author Andriy Bondar is concerned about the achievements of
the "Orange Revolution" and describes the failure of president Viktor
Yushchenko on a day-to-day government level. "The
behaviour of the Ukrainian president is so obviously capricious, that now that I can
analyse the 'hot September' of last year with a cool head, I am left
with one enduring impression: the schoolboy Yushchenko simply did not
pay attention and he won't be able to catch up on all the hours he
missed. He lost on almost all fronts, without publicly admitting any of
his mistakes, least of all his greatest one – the belief in his own
infallibility." Bondar warns Europeans that the other charismatic
persona of the revolution, Julia Timoschenko, could now side with
Putin.
Die Welt, 05.10.2005
Elena Sorokina has taken a look at the “Russia” exhibition in New York's Guggenheim Museum and finds that the new Russians, despite ample funding from well-disposed oligarchs, have yet to learn the fundamentals of putting on a good show. “This has given rise to an exhibition which can be shown to a head of state without problem. Vladimir Putin walked up the Guggenheim's spiral staircase and allowed staff to explain his country's art to him. It was an entirely comfortable experience. Doubtless, he would like to see Russia's history this way -- with icons, portraits of aristocrats, and scores of historic paintings from the 19th century.”
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