Karagoz performance by the Nemetski Theater, based on the play by M. Auezov

The poignant story of love and separation, the struggle of sentiment and duty, of personal and public, the conflict of traditions and inner desires – the immortal plot of "Karagoz" by Mukhtar Auezov is very well known.

“Karagoz” – a performance that combines stage reading with elements of dance theater – is a synthesis of literary poetry and choreographic movement, where the metaphorical, figurative and poetic nature of the Kazakh language is conveyed by means of modern dance – physicality, expressiveness, gesture, and movement.

"Karagoz", a joint project of the Republican German Drama Theater and the Goethe-Institut Kazachstan, is the product of artistic collaboration of the prominent Kazakh theater director Natasha Dubs and the famed European choreographer, dancer and director Florian Bilbao.