World Premiere

 

Mama Salt and Papa Pepper

A piece of our everyday choreographed life

 

With Prisca Maier und Martin Theuer

Direction Brigitte Dethier

Choreography Stephan Brinkmann

Stage design Michaela Brosch, Maria Muscinelli

 

For native speakers from 4 years +

Duration: 50 minutes

premiere: April 21st 2007

 

 

 

Is it the genes or just the jeans?

Is it the proven difference in the largeness of the brain halves? Or is it maybe education after all? The everyday examples of the adults? All the unintentionally and unconsciously practised role models of mothers and fathers?

Scientists have found out that from the child’s infancy on parents treat and raise their sons differently than their daughters – regardless of the intention of a ‘gender-neutral’ upbringing. Not to talk about aunts and uncles, grandparents and neighbours… After all, don’t we recognise in our children only what we exemplify through our own lives?

 

Departing from these numerous controversially debated scientific and social questions, JES has created an amusing, slapstick-like piece for its youngest audience, concentrating on the dramatic languages of music and movements. The starting point of this theatrical development are the morning rituals of a couple, from getting up to the matutinal shower, from dressing to breakfast.

 

The result is a very musical piece without a lot of words, a very funny and sensual first encounter for a young audience with theatre – and for the older audience a very entertaining time to contemplate the question what really makes the boy turn into a man and the girl into a woman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press quotations

A completely typical morning where nothing happens – and yet is often killingly funny because it plays with macho demeanour and a charming dimwittedness, with stereotypes of the sexes and the diverse tools of theatre. No pedagogical didactic play but a pleasurable analysis of the typical mummys and daddys, whom you will from now on be looking at in a more clement way.

Stuttgarter Zeitung

 

The production staged by JES-manager Brigitte Dethier questions the validity of stereotypes of the sexes in a pedagogically clever way and at the same time captivates with its wit and a perfect harmony of movement and music…

Mostly silent the woman and the man execute their morning ritual from getting up, having breakfast to body care and getting dressed. In doing so they ignite a firework of slapstick which lets viewers of all ages rightfully chuckle and laugh with enjoyment. …Excellent!

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