April 12, 2016

Movie tip: “The black Nazi”

What: The 2016 indie German film “Der schwarze Nazi” (“The black Nazi”) examines the inscrutable question of what it means to be German (you know, it still ain’t that easy after WW2), and turns the concept of integration on its head. In a climate of intense racial hatred, how far will someone go to try to fit in

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Sing hallelujah: Schröder’s Lobgesang

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What do Mendelssohn‘s Lobgesang and Poulenc‘s Figure Humanine have in common? According to choreographer Mario Schröder, it’s the promise of freedom. Composed nearly a century apart, some might say the connection is merely a religious one. Lobgesang was commissioned in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press, which lead to the

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Waking up to a new face

If you’re a regular reader of The Leipzig Glocal, the new face you’ll see tomorrow when you wake up and go for your morning (or afternoon?) dose of glocalness may look very nice but very different from what you’re used to. We hope we have injected it in all the right places to enhance your

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