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Jewish Soul from Europe
Home - Jewish Soul from Europe was produced by Teater Dybbuk - Oslo. After an invitation from Cultural Capital Bergen 2000 Bente Kahan made a concert performance using European-Jewish songs and stories. She wanted to connect the nine cultural capitals of Europe the year 2000. The frame was Kahan’s personal family history, with a family tree growing out from Spain during the 13th century, up to Norway in the year of 2000.
Information
(Objekt ID 2384)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | May 25, 2000 |
| Produced by | Teater Dybbuk - Oslo |
| Coproducers | Bergen International Festival |
| Based on | Home by Bente Kahan |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 16) |
| Language | Yiddish, Hebrew and Norwegian |
| Keywords | Multidisciplinary, Musical theatre |
| Running period | May 25, 2000 |
| Website | Bente Kahan |
Home - Jewish Soul from Europe by Teater Dybbuk - Oslo conveys the story of Bente Kahan’s family, and through it, the general story about European Jews.
In Home - Jewish Soul from Europe Kahan sings songs in Yiddish and Hebraic as well as the languages in the countries where her family has lived, songs that have included much of the continent’s folklore and traditions. The songs constitute meetings between the Jewish and the Non-Jewish Europe in themselves.
Home - Jewish Soul from Europe by Teater Dybbuk - Oslo has toured Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, England and the Netherlands. It can be performed by Bente Kahan alone with a guitar, or by her band Swedish Klezmer Band, with Dariusz Swinoga, Miroslaw Kuzniak, Mirolsaw "Carlos" Kaczmarczyk and Javid Afsari Rad.
Sources:
Bente Kahan, http://www.bentekahan.eu/p_home.php, 23.11.2010
Performing Arts Hub Norway, http://www.danseogteatersentrum.no/sck/members.shtml?lang=nor&sam=&cat=&gen=&cou=&cri=Teater%20Dybbuk&aid=43&prid=1&act=prod, 23.11.2010
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Bente Kahan | – Playwright |
| Bente Kahan | – Concept/Idea |
| Bente Kahan | – Performer |
| Bente Kahan | – Musician |
| Miroslaw Kuzniak | – Musician |
| Dariusz Swinoga | – Musician |
| April 9, 2005 – Oslo Nye Centralteatret | visiting performance |
| May 25, 2000 | Worldwide premiere |
Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland, March 18, 2002:
"...beautiful, intelligent...a magnificent artist..."
General Anzeiger, Germany, 2001:
"It is impossible to present the fate of the Jews since the destruction of the Temple more convincingly."
Nordlys, Norway, 2000:
"There cannot be many on this earth that can create equally powerful concerts as Bente Kahan."
Badische Zeitung, Germany, 2000:
"This performer's fascinating interpretation leaves her audience with goose bumps all over...."
Wesdeutsche Rundschau, Germany, 2000:
"Despair and merriment, tears and laughter, profound pain and uninhibited joy of life make up the range found in Bente Kahan's concert, Home."