africa on the roof. stories of both people in a different school shaping their nation. and their continent of africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. d.w. multimedia series food for. d.w.b. dot com africa. let me give. you. a warm welcome to the site thanks for joining us here in berlin our home city features heavily on the program today here's a look at what is coming up. walking on the water french there's

a group of illiterate people uses lakes and rivers a state. to meet the german new episodes the d.w.p. web series just lords. and pirates prince of bel-air an artist uses objects on the street i just. want to get when you put island and utopia to get. to p. that is the name of a french the out tickle company that masa the art of performing on the water each year they stay just spectacle on the river just outside of paris and viewers and mediately immersed in their comedic fantasy world in the tokyo was founded in one thousand nine hundred eighty and announcing all over the well's. remains in france and continues to and through audiences. here outside of paris the water is the stage for crazy dream worlds that turn into

reality. premiered their new show forte right on the waters of the river marne. and. we have never seen something like this so it was it was great was really great. it's a nonstop. well of colors and images that might not be easy to connect. the whole is very beautiful. to the boys and for the children love the fireworks the flames and the color. you feel the show was very. it made you dream basically. the show tells the story of a man whose life goes off the rails one morning. everything he thinks and reads suddenly becomes reality.

dominick knew well as one of the show's directors see the panel we're trying to create perspectives on society that are at once poetic and critical. could see. if you look at these team of thirty includes technicians musicians actors acrobats and other performers they've been staging shows on water since two thousand for. the town this past. it's a theatrical space that you know everyone can relate to it it's much easier to bring people to the water than into a theater to see the water from a different perspective instead of going to a theater to see things that can be interpreted on different levels. it's a challenge to perform on the river where the currents are strong the actors play on moving stages everything has to be well prepared in advance. some of the moving

stages have engines others are battery powered. differ formers use their feet to steer. then saucily their has three roles added to that he has to cycle on water or at least give the impression he's doing so. yeah i got lots of lights and i have to be careful. i've also got a banker drank full of costumes because i changed during the performance. so everything has to be ready as a gas pedal to go backwards and forward on level and i have to be careful especially with these strong currents so it's extremely complicated like. the troop doesn't only perform on rivers illiterate people can be seen on more conventional stages but mostly on the streets another couple of places. the. director bruno should never learn cofounded to pete he places great importance on

this versatility. to do that we can confuse them with the idea was to create a common culture or to see how mythologies can be reinvented in the public space to reinvent mythology culture and create an alternative to the dominant culture of the bush was he a culture for everyone so everyone could understand images of the field and the idea was that this should be free. to the performers start getting ready an hour before the performance begins. the audience wait for them to sufficient for the forty five minute show. for it is not just about entertainment it has a political element referencing the situation of refugees at sea for example.

because of all this is we've also played donations which have high and low tides of course so we had to take that into account when scheduling program times for. wherever they perform the actors from the french theater troupe iller took heat create dream worlds that make audiences not want to wake up. there any other performance i know of on the water is the brigands opera festival on a constant. more on the well to do write in and tell me if going to see if it's a production is your favorite thing to do by the water that's that is the question we're asking this week as possible our prize draw is there as well web sites and let us know your favorite water activity and your name will be entered into our draw to win our special. branded watch you have winning a fellow brit just picks up an award at the emmys in los angeles the latest details are at the top of our express today. on

monday thirty four year old british actress clear forward received an emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series she want to marry his much coveted t.v. award for her role as queen elizabeth the second in the british netflix series the crown though it was her seconds nomination it was her first emmy win the. german nominees came away empty handed but outside on the red carpet german model heidi klum appeared with her courage partner tokio hotel singer tom collets. oversized brown he left belts and carabiner hooks this is how he. made his debut as a bit of a reach new creative director at the london fashion week to tell you she designer picks up on the purchase labels tradition with pleated skirt and pussy bow blouse it's t. she is known place combinations of street where and classic.

a multimedia review of the five decades of rock history written by one english band can be experienced at the pink floyd exhibition their mortal remains after stints in london and rome the exhibition is now on display at the dortmund you tell our art center around three hundred fifty pieces some never shown to the public give an insight into how pink floyd explored new sound avenues and made their concerts. synthesis of the arts. the exhibition runs till february tenth twenty nineteen. now for the last year we've been running a series online called meet the gem it is all about german isms that you mine already know about and it's often quite funny to watch to offer a little break we're starting a new season with a new presenter wait till stuart's and we bring in the first episode to hear max today. rachael said you know it enjoys living in germany

she's a young english woman who moved to cologne in twenty sixteen and she's developed a sharp high for the specifically german way of life the culture and language rachel is the new presenter of meet the germans are available for viewing on d.w. online. hi i'm rachel and this isn't the germans even the germans themselves will tell you so i just felt that i. knew the german language is tough i wanted to meet the germans is a video format where we explore elements of german culture that might seem a bit unusual to people moving here well who've lived here for some time already sometimes it's funny but definitely interesting. season's first episode deals with surprise surprise the number one german national beverage. just hit the germans who love. damaged german drinks more than one hundred liters of b.s.

every year once i was on the spot and they even have a beer for saying that you pulled me out all over the whole natural way. you know what's remarkable about beer in germany is that almost everyone can open a bottle without a bottle opener and that's just peculiar because in britain we can't do that so we think it's quite impressive and. check this out. grow up in the west of england german and french is half assed foreign language and then spanish she thought german sounded too cumbersome then she met a german boyfriend and there was no getting out of learning the language. and the head of the large foreign isn't. don't know dumb shit lasts in they could take you

home the way i am today show respect and that and deal would get me to say situation to subordinate officials of the head office management of the steamboat electrical service is what i find in the dictionary but it did make it into the guinness book of records for eighteen long. it will happen in twenty sixteen rachel came to georgia valerie she did a traineeship and has since been working in the d.w. contra department now she'd like to share her experiences as an immigrant with others. as i've always been interested in languages and other cultures i think at first glance german culture isn't really all that different from other european cultures but what i find interesting other little every day things not just the stereotypes but the idiosyncrasies of german culture getting thirsty ok so say you want to sample some of the good stuff yourself you can't just walk into

a book out and say i'm here that. you need to know your pills from your buy all my book. and where regional pride takes cologne and for example just as the two cities have rival ice hockey teams they also rival beers so don't order a cold. pool for that kind of. the next editions of meet the germans are already in production they'll be looking at fashion in germany and the german sauna culture each episode can be viewed on d w online and the d w you tube channel. i need to fit in now that we feature a gem in our next report one here is using the streets of berlin as it is and how busy law is it's so easy to rush around and not take in the beauty around you i mean who ever looks down at the drain and thought how awesome that design on that was very few about simon but the lady who did exactly that is now printing those

designs on t. shirts giving a new meaning to underground. when ever fans heart goes out on the streets of berlin she keeps our eye to the ground. everyone else walks by without noticing but she stops and looks she's a textile designer and she loves manhole covers to her they're not on the street. when i'm up i'm always on the lookout and i really do find new things it's fun when you find new things it's like finding a treasure when. she has the idea to print manhole covers on t. shirts and bags. need to some take some ink and a knife or just for bright composition she's especially taken with palin symbol the background. noise printing a new element is great it's really fun. especially when you see it printed for the

first time. so it's not so this may look a little silly. i'm not exactly sure why. do it this way i just started doing it and i had a great time i like to work outside and you have the social contact it's a whole new approach to the work. she has to work fast before the ink dries in the sun she lang's the t. shirt on the street presses it down and then pills it off she calls it pirate printing and strictly speaking the designs are pirated. it's not actually about pirating but about drawing attention to these completely overlooked patents and giving them new value. the pirate printer has turned her idea into a fashion label and she's not just printing in berlin anymore. interesting manhole covers can be found the world over in vienna paris amsterdam and lisbon every single day shirt is handmade and unique sandusky it's great that people like

a manhole cover tee shirts and street prints and that they appreciate having a t. shirt that's different maybe they feel they'd rather have a hand printed t. shirt that really comes from one particular city and not just some random t. shirt. i am a france rap always keeps an eye open for new ideas she's going to try out a new pattern here from this storm drain great pattern jumps out at up but it takes a hammer and chisel to get the top of. her studio is the street some passers by stop and watch. that along well there was a woman this morning who said i'd never seen anything like that in berlin i explained to her what i was doing but i can believe that people have never seen a survivor thing before. when people start paying attention to manhole covers the guardians of the law start paying attention to them but so far nobody has

stopped the pirate printer from doing her work. all some grass. isn't it suzanne. this doesn't really bother anybody the police actually think it's nice just like other people do and we clean up afterwards so the cover ends up cleaner than it was before. the pirate printer directs people's gaze downwards and gives the manhole cover a whole new meaning. just because the so doesn't that thinking outside the box is often the case to success and happiness and that might just apply to the activities that are coming up in our high fives today yes that's next time for five fun facts of the week and we're going to now feature some rather unique ways to entertain your dogs. find the new usual fun activities for your dogs. welcome

to the dog beach but don't expect to play go fetch canines come here to ride the waves at number five dog surfing is not surprisingly especially popular in california. who loves you and your crew can go looking for put a brake on european beaches to. finish magician and mentalist shows they are on and has discovered that dogs react to magic tricks just like humans to now features them regularly in his you tube videos. now you see it now you don't. even the oldest trick in the book works on their magic tricks number four on our list of dog print their activities. get the one with the flying saucer to go and wash your dog try and figure it out. you can teach

an old dog new tricks. down. that shake hands forget it. these dogs want to dance around their owners think they do anyway. the number three dog dancing it originated in the u.s. but is not popular here in europe to. today they don't need to wait outside the box pole and lucky are taking part in a museum to it just for them the exhibits are displayed at a dog friendly height and they're allowed to sniff them as much as they like at number two museums that welcome man and his best friend. there's plenty of that

with this series of initiatives and in august the documentary took place in new york. america's very first on to exhibition for dogs a new breed of art lover. and to the cartel in the german countryside the money kid asian style garden. but when the guests means have around the pool things can get pretty loud. plats fish is a luxury hostel for dogs a weekend of luxury pampering for peaches cost around one hundred twenty euros. now a number one dog friendly leisure activity there's even a mess. but do dogs need a massage absolutely absolutely when dogs have to deal with stress just as much as human strange. and they deserve treats just as much as humans do to

anyone for the non a sausage time. quality i think my dog would like a but not on his but he'd be all over the sauces on the mass was that a show that's been is this is a we take a trip back in time that is the theme of our series this week and the reason why yesterday we looked since the history of the brandenburg gate checkpoint charlie is another major the museum that office visit has a glimpse of the struggles germans had during that time. during the cold war checkpoint charlie was the best known border crossing between east and west berlin today it's one of the german capitals biggest tourist attractions after world war two the four wartime allies divided up the city this

was a gateway between the american and soviet sectors checkpoint charlie museum was opened in one nine hundred sixty two a year after the wall was built and documented the walls impact on people's lives and how it eventually fell. just was you know to fly high this museum stands for freedom that's the main point from the very beginning of the museum has been an expression of protest against the wall. the mission statement was we want freedom in unity. and i hope. visitors from all over the world come to learn about the extremes people went to to cross the border and the tragedies of failed attempts. sixty thousand automatic spring guns were installed on the inner german border any movement and they automatically fired shrapnel and soldiers had orders to shoot

anyone in the death strip escaping the east meant risking your life. the museum is still in touch with many of the surviving escapees among them they are dorio by fees or someone help to alleviate berlin by giving her a swiss passport wearing a real fur coat and acting the part she tricked her way through passport control if she'd been caught she'd have gone to prison. if i kept it as is she didn't really check me properly she gave me a bit of a dirty look like she thought i was an arrogant swiss person then i realized oh right i'm not a nice been then or any more so i lifted my name is even higher in the air. on these lynas didn't swagger like that they thought i must be a real swiss woman with a what is this why it's. one of the most spectacular escapes happened in one nine hundred seventy nine in a homemade hot air balloon two couples and four children survived the half hour

flight from east germany to bavaria they painstakingly stitched the balloon together from pieces of waterproof material that collected from many sources. only a few pieces of the berlin wall remain including this section at the berlin wall memorial. when it was still standing the death strip separated east and west friends and families. the founder of the checkpoint charlie museum i know you're different was an anti nazi resistance fighter. deliverance widows says he helped reporters with their work during the cold war. good lord it is that the there was a building across the street that was in ruins from the war up the store so that's a photographer there fell and seriously injured himself and when my husband heard about it he brought all the people here instead the room was warm and dry and they

weren't in danger they could sit and watch what was happening at checkpoint charlie through the window and respond to it they took photos hundred reports. in these rooms reiner hildebrand continued to document what happened on the border between east and west even while the wall was standing people brought him objects they'd used to help them escape like this mining car. they used to build the tunnel when fifty seven people were able to flee to west berlin the newseum now attracts around eight hundred fifty thousand visitors a year. or is just know the walls so but in this exhibition it has in many things and many real objects and many stories and various impressed me song thing about these peoples they succeeded to make. i thought it couldn't be through but we have seen the. movie your girls were indeed

prepared for all eventualities like this car with steel panels to protect against gunfire. the museum shows the suffering of the communist east and it serves as a reminder of this chapter in german history. tomorrow in the series will dive into the history of spies here in germany joining the cold war so it is. and then remembered to check us out online if you've missed any of their posts you can find them again that that is all we have time for on the show to say that so until tomorrow from all of us campbell and enjoy the rest as a thanks for watching and complete. on the next edition of your a. hamburger from the waters and the city has lots of it the elder river the lake sized elster river and more there are rowboats in the morning and romantic

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peace wasted starts oct third on t w. a z w news live from berlin to fears for syria's province and despite the deal to halt a military offensive refugees who have fled if they've received daily reports of the hardships facing the loved ones i left behind best skeptical of the turkish russian plan to establish a demilitarized zone will save syria's lost rebel stronghold also on the the program.