Strange things happen in the quiet HOTEL PARADISO, a small mountain hotel run with an iron fist by the elderly matriarch. There are four stars that proudly stand over the entrance and a source that promises the healing of physical and psychic diseases. But clouds are looming on the horizon. The son dreams of true love while fighting a tough battle with his sister to maintain control over the hotel's management.
The woman on the floor has a problem with kleptomania and the cook has a passion, that of butchering, not only animals...
When the first corpse surfaces, the entire hotel slips into a vortex of strange events. Among the high peaks of the Alps, abysses open from which it is impossible to escape. The closure of the hotel now seems only a matter of time. As we know, a corpse never brings good luck...
Familie Flöz in a noir version! A thriller in the Alps full of humor, overwhelming feelings and a touch of melancholy.
FAMILIE FLÖZ - THE STORY
Flöz has its roots in the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen, the only state training institute for body expression theater in Germany. In 1994 the first performance of the theatrical work ÜBER TAGE took place in the Aula Magna of the Folkwang-Hochschule, followed in 1995 by the shortened version FLÖZ & SÖHNE. In 1996 at the disused “Hannover” mine in Bochum, the world premiere of the play FAMILIE FLÖZ KOMMT ÜBER TAGE, a tribute to the culture of work and the mining industry of the Ruhr region, takes place. The work is hailed by the press and public as a great success and in 2003 will inspire the name of the group. Flöz is the name of a geological layer containing precious raw materials.
In 1998 the group produced its second show, RISTORANTE IMMORTALE, staged in the Maschinenhaus in Essen with a renewed ensemble. RISTORANTE IMMORTALE begins its tour in Spain with three weeks of performances and becomes a guest of the Festival de Otoño in Madrid; in 1999 it premieres in Berlin for the first time. On the occasion of the debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001, the group confers the name Flöz Production, later transformed into the current Familie Flöz. In 2000 and 2001 the productions TWO% - HAPPY HOUR and TWO% - HOMO OECONOMICUS are born in Essen and Dortmund.
The piece TEATRO DELUSIO, first staged in 2004 at the Arena in Berlin, once again enjoys great international success. In 2006 two new productions are born: INFINITA, whose world premiere takes place at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin and HOTEL PARADISO which debuts in the Admiralspalast in Berlin. The current version of HOTEL PARADISO is first staged at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart in 2008 with a new company formation.
As part of “Duisburg European Capital of Culture”, the first version of GARAGE D'OR is born in 2010 at the Theater Duisburg, whose Berlin premiere takes place in 2011 at the Volksbühne.
The elaboration of the second version of the piece, which debuts in 2012 at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, is recorded for the documentary Behind the Mask - The Theater of the Familie Flöz (original title: Hinter der Maske - Das Theater der Familie Flöz) produced by arte TV and WDR. The film's premiere takes place in Leipzig, during the euro-scene festival.
In 2013, with enthusiastic press and public resonance and the Off Critic Prize, Festival
d’Avignon, Flöz concludes its first participation in the Avignon Festival. In November 2014 the new production HAYDI! comes out, which in 2015 receives the recognition of the Monica Bleibtreu Prize as “Best Comedy”. At the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, HOTEL PARADISO performs for three weeks in front of completely sold-out rooms.
So far, Familie Flöz has toured with its theatrical works in 34 different countries.
In 2013 the company inaugurated the Flöz Studio in Berlin, a new place for the production and creation of physical theater.
FAMILIE FLÖZ - APPROACH TO THEATER
Familie Flöz makes theater using means that come “before” spoken language. Every conflict is first manifested in the body. The bodily conflict is the origin of every dramatic situation. All
theatrical pieces originate from a creative-collective process, in which all performers also act as authors of figures and situations. In the course of several improvisations, the group identifies a theme, collects dramatic material and discusses it at length, before bringing the masks into play. Similarly to a text, a mask carries with it not only a form but also a content. The development process of a mask, which goes from experimentation on stage, to the symbiosis actor/mask is decisive for the result.
The fundamental paradox of the mask, that is, the fact of hiding an animated face behind a static form and with it creating living figures, constitutes a real challenge to be taken up by the actor. And not only for him.
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