Culture Prize for Rodenwaldt: Appeal against austerity in Bad Kreuznach!

Culture Prize for Rodenwaldt: Appeal against austerity in Bad Kreuznach!

Spectacular scenes in Bad Kreuznach! The Clowntheater duo Rosina & Babo, consisting of Sigrid Karnath and Hardy Hausing, was honored for his extraordinary achievements. For 25 years they have been enchanting the audience in Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg with their poetic-adventurous performances. Your shows are a festival for the senses in which the spectators are included directly in the action - an experience that inspires both children and adults. The two artists have found their homes in Bad Kreuznach since 2005 and have since enriched the city's cultural life.

Mayor Emanuel Letz praised the duo in its laudation for its versatility and its influence on the culture of the city. In addition to their stage appearances, Karnath and Hausing worked as clownd doctors in the Kreuznacher Diakonie, where they brought sick people joy and lightness. Your clown school "Clownwerk Bad Kreuznach - Institute for Clown Education", founded in 2003, is further evidence of your commitment. Here they train new clowns and clinic clowns and pass on their extensive knowledge to the next generation.

price rain for "Collectif Blamage"

Another highlight of the award ceremony was the award of the "Collectif Blamage", consisting of Jannik Rodenwalt and Paul Heinken. The two artists received the special prize endowed with 500 euros for their musical performance reading "Kohlhaas beaten", with which they have successfully toured through Germany since May 2023. Her work, according to the Last, impressively shows how art can take up current social issues and stimulate thought. Rodenwaldt used the stage to protest the drastic austerity course in culture, which wants to shorten federal funding by almost 50 percent.

Rodenwaldt, a freelance actor and chairman of the Berlin basic association of the Theater unions GDBA, quoted former Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker: "Culture is not a luxury that we can stroke or deliberate, but rather spiritual soil that ensures our inner survival." The promotional award for art and culture of the city of Bad Kreuznach is awarded annually in changing divisions and is an important sign of recognition for artists from the region.