craftmanship of directing

written on Monday, March 23rd, 2009

i returned to leipzig to continue working on this theatrepiece. I discovered i like it a lot, to direct, to witness how the actors find their way in finding the right timing, sometimes i feel like a conductor, who  proposes a kind of musical composition in time and space, and the actors must find a kind of natural behavior towards what i ask them to do. Strange how emotions and content are so connected with rythm, with different volumes of the voice, and certain kind of allowing or avoiding the silence to come in. The three actors are all totally different, and it is very niceto get in dialogue with these differences.

in the same time i am totally aware of the esotheric dimension of what i ask them to do, and the presence of sebastian, or let’s say my memroies of his death, and the longing to be with him afterwards becomes more and more tangible.

dear sebastian, i still love you, but after this peice i let you go and you can stay in the realm of the death, when you want. with this piece, i say farewell to you, and thank you that you came into my life.

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lieber sebastian

you dance inside my heart

where no one see you

but sometimes i do

and that sight makes our art

you always wanted to become my brother in my shamanistic actions

and now you are

we work together

i am here, you at the other side

but don’t feel obliged to do it,

only do it, if you wish

my wish is, that you are happy, with who you became now….

big hug, robert