Marcel Schwald

mars@paraform.ch

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Director, writer, dramaturg and performer. He studied "intercultural theatre and performance" at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht and "applied theatre studies" at Giessen University. (…)

His productions are shown internationally at theatres and festivals (e.g. Kaserne Basel, Dampfzentrale Bern, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Sélection Suisse en Avignon, Festival Impulse NRW, Beijing Fringe Festival, Het Veem Theater Amsterdam, International Theatre Festival Napoli).

Awards

2017 - Nomination as «Emerging director of the year» by «Theater heute» magazine's board of critics (…)

2015/2016 - PRAIRIE support for residency by Migros-Kulturprozent
2014 - Swiss ministry of culture, Swiss dance award «Kulturerbe Tanz»
2013 - PRAIRIE, program of co-production by Migros-Kulturprozent with innovative Swiss theatre collectives
2012/13 - Stücklabor Basel, writer-in-residency Konzert Theater Bern
2010 - Kunstkredit Basel, free art project
2008 - Pro Helvetia grant, international forum of Theatertreffen Berlin
2006 - Mobile Academy Warsaw

Artist Statement

The pieces we create want to come close to people and provoke reactions. They are often (…)

based on improvisation of actors and performers. Recurrent topics are social hierarchies and the possibility of self-empowerment. More recent works are critically reflecting eurocentric perspectives in political and aesthetic contexts and are aiming to think new perspectives on current globalisation issues. As a basis for these questions I may use classics from literature like Gertrude Stein's "The Making of Americans" or phenomenons like the gender debate - as seen in our latest piece «EF_FEMININITY».

Contact

mars@paraform.ch