Powerless

He isn't desperate, and he doesn't want to give up yet. Since 2022, Martin Stiefermann, choreographer and prolific inventor of new dance projects, has been traveling in the Oderbruch region with a small team, an association called MS Schrittmacher – Landgang, showing the project Bruchstücke. The sparsely populated, barren, vast landscape on the Oder river near the Polish border undoubtedly falls into the category of "losers of the reuification." Many lost their jobs on farms. Many moved away. There are hardly any kindergartens left in the small villages, no schools, few shopping opportunities, and meager health care. The vacant houses and farms were and are being readily purchased by Berliners who spend their weekends, their holidays, or move here permanently. Martin Stiefermann has known ...