The
play is about an encounter of various cultures in the "neutral"
ground, on the unexplored isle of Belgrade and about search for
common and separate "languages" to express the common creation,
a unique play as a whole. The languages of encounter will be different
languages of cultural environments and dance experiences and styles
that participants bring with them.
The starting point was that which connects us: an individual
experience on foreign ground, surrounded by other individuals
far from their homes and their languages, assembled around the
same aim. (In this case those were the experiences of the DANCEWEB
programme scholarship beneficiaries). We assumed we would meet
again in Belgrade as if on the island: for external participants
that island is unknown, but there are hosts on the island whom
they met and who will become their "guides", "interpreters",
"managers of time". These hosts will be responsible for what
would be presented to the guests and for what the guests would
be able to get acquainted with. On the other hand, the hosts
become recipients and succumb to the influence of various forthcoming
streams. In a formal sense, the play has a multimedia character
(the majority of participants, though being dancers and choreographers
have vast experience working in various elements of the play,
many of them received training in the field of video, costumes,
light design, stage adaptation, music).
During the production of the play (and also in the progress
of the play, on the stage) various video materials are being
used that were brought by participants (as finalised products
based on the dramatic needs of the structure defined in the email
workshop), but also created while working on the play. Some elements
of the scenography (space) and costumes are products of the participants'
cooperation to a large extent.
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