Gabriel Galindez Cruz Choreographer
OTTO AUGENMERK
Dance theater without words for young audiences 5-years old and up
The character OttO Augenmerk was created by Gabriel Galíndez Cruz in collaboration with actor Jan Kress. The pieces are composed of single episodes. Their content is easy to grasp, because the narrative style is clear and direct. OttO Augenmerk opens the doors to a universal communicative world, where sounds do not exist, and that anyone can understand, regardless of the language he or she speaks.
Episode 1
OTTO AUGENMERK – EIN MENSCH VON WELT
OttO Augenmerk's world is very quiet. There is no speech nor written words. However, there's a lot to look at in that world!
OttO shares his fabulous stories, fantastic thoughts and wide variety of deep feelings using his body, face and hands - and adhesive tapes of many different colors. He moves on equipped with these tools.
Episode 2
OTTO AUGENMERK – TAPED KUNTERBUNT
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Coning Soon!
JAN KRESS
JAN KRESS is an actor, dancer and performer. He gained visibility in 2014 through "bodieSLANGuage" by The Progressive Wave. He was awarded at the theater festival Clin d'oeil in Reims/France as the "Best International Actor". At the German Theater for Deaf People he played in "Diener zweier Herren" and in 2019 in "Die Hauptsache". In 2020, he presented "Vier. Ein visuelles Musical in Gebärdensprache" at the Sophiesaelen Berlin, where he was artist in residence in 2021. Jan Kress works at FELD - Theater für junges Publikum on inclusive topics of the program and various projects.
In 2022 he can be seen in "Vögel - eine Satire nach Aristophanes" at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin.
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