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The dance formation everyBODY dance entertains the audience during the “Alles Muss Raus” street and theater festival in Kaiserslautern.
After eight successful years of the unique street theater festival called “Alles muss raus!”, or “Get it all out!”, the stage is set for the ninth year July 17 to 19 in Kaiserslautern’s city center.
The Lebenshilfe Kaiserslautern, an association for mentally disabled persons, will sponsor the event in cooperation with Lebenshilfe Arts and Culture, the City of Kaiserslautern and the Rheinland-Pfalz Culture Summer.
More than 20 ensembles will perform in the streets and on squares in Kaiserslautern. About 200 disabled and non-disabled artists and musicians from Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Spain and Switzerland will meet and celebrate a three-day long fest.
The festival will officially open with a revue at 7:30 p.m. July 17 in Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern’s concert hall. The revue featuring a funny show and music performances is the only event asking for an admission fee of €5. All other performances are free.
Other performances on the first day will include Tango Sumo dance company presenting various types of dances from slow to fast at 7:30 p.m. on Stiftsplatz. At 9:30 p.m., the formation Mobile Homme from France will act like a human mobile being taken up into the air.
On July 18, presentations will begin at noon with the legendary orchestra Angklung performing on the stage near Stiftskirche and playing music on instruments made of bamboo.
Until 11 p.m., various groups will present dances, music, clownery, acrobatics, fire artistics, fantastic costumes and unique activities.
At noon on July 19, the everyBODY dance formation will perform high above the audience in a six-meter-high scaffolding dome in the meadow next to St. Martin’s Church. Performances and shows will be presented until the close-out of the festival at 8:15 p.m., when the band the Beez with members from Germany, Australia and the United States will perform folk, bluegrass, rock and Balkan beats on the stage near Stiftskirche.
The festival will invite visitors to take part in activities and workshops. Information will be available at the Infopoint, the kiosk on Stiftsplatz.
Advance tickets for the opening revue July 17 are available at the Tourist Information office next to Fruchthalle or the main entrance of the Gartenschau Kaiserslautern, dinosaur park. Tickets at the door will be available at 6:30 p.m. July 17.
For more information on all performers and happenings, visit www.alles-muss-raus-festival.de.
