What does film noir have to do with artistic courage and German cabaret?
More than you might think!

Many of the most notable noir filmmakers were émigrés who came to the U.S. in the 1920s or were refugees fleeing Europe as Hitler came to power in the 1930s. Although not all were from Germany, many were influenced by German expressionist cinema where noir has its roots. And many were Jewish.
Nowhere was the creativity of the period more apparent than in the cabarets of Berlin. Original cabaret music was satiricalpowerful, and full of wit, warning of the dangers in the rise of Nationalism, and cabarets provided “degenerate” filmmakers and artists an outlet for the artistic experimentation that exploded in Berlin between the two world wars.
To celebrate the artistic courage at the roots of noir cinema, Performance Santa Fe, in association with the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival, presents international cabaret artist Adrienne Haan for one night only in Between Fire and Ice on Sunday, May 24 at The Lodge.
Ms. Haan recreates the cabaret scene of 1920s Weimar Berlin—a period of creativity, gay liberation,feminist struggle, and more—with a voice that Le Monde describes as “second to none”. The music of cabaret composers such as Frederich Hollaender and Mischa Spoliansky along with that of Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht come to life in songs filled with cynicism and irony.

Berlin Kabarett Between Fire and Ice: Adrienne Haan in concert


Watch and listen: Lili Marleen: Adrienne Haan with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Read the reviews:
Between Fire and Ice — Adrienne Haan brings new energy to Cabaret at Café Sabarsky
Adrienne Haan “Sparkles” in Washington, D.C. and New York City
A Transatlantic Journey with Adrienne Haan at the Luxembourg Embassy in Washington
Berlin Cabaret with Adrienne Haan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Co-presented by the Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival and Performance Santa Fe

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