Literary Performance: MARLENI

Irmi Horn, Wera Köhler, Eva Jiménez

Thea Dorn took the 5th of May 1992 as re-visiting-day. The “Nazinutte” Leni Riefenstahl and  the “Amihure” Marlene Dietrich are looking back at their lives, works, men, careers … This night died Marlene Dietrich in her apartment in Paris. Performances: 21st, 23rd, 24th, 28th and 29th of August at 19:30.

Leni Riefenstahl invades the Parisian apartment of Marlene Dietrich to convince her to shoot a last film together with her. The two women reflect on aging, on immortality, on filming and on strong men: A reckoning with disappointed expects, with vanities, the world, life and everything that makes it up. Two women who could not have been more different give insight into 100 years of contemporary history. Like many other actors, artists and other people in public life, Marlene Dietrich and Leni Riefenstahl were also critically scrutinized by both the state and later by the people, on which side they stand. They were very quick to judge and think pigeonholes. “Marleni” makes this very clear without ever addressing it directly.

Based on and with texts by Thea Dorn, Irmi Horn, Wera Köhler and Eva Jiménez (piano) will shape the evening.

Irmi Horn, Wera Köhler, Eva Jiménez

Irmi Horn, born 4. July 1945, lives after studying and teaching, working at various theaters and in the independent scene as a playwright, director, curator and artistic director of kunstGarten in Graz.

Wera Köhler, born 27. January 1943 in Salzburg, lives – after times of training and gainful employment in Vienna – since 1972 in Graz and Krobotek. Training in the fields of pedagogy, acting, music, dance … She also writes stories and poems.

Eva Jiménez – born in 1959, completed numerous training and further education courses at the Conservatory and the University of Music Graz, at seminars and privately. The musical orientation is Jazz, Latin Jazz, Tango Nuevo. She has been composing since 2001 and writes lead sheets as well as arrangements.

She usually plays her music on the bandoneon or piano, preferably together with other instruments/musicians, e.g. B. tevango.at. Her special preference is for (free) improvisation.

Dietrich & Riefenstahl: a Century in two Lives