| Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide |
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Teatr ZAR Wed-Fri 3–5 October, 8pm Tent outside St. Elisabeth Church Tickets: 15 PLN The performance is a second part of Gospels of Childhood. The Triptych. Its title is a metaphor for suicidal compulsion and the involuntary force that pulls us back from the brink. It is about the potential of the necessary ability to prolong one’s breathing at the moment when one feels in the veins the pieces of glass that haven’t yet managed to reach the heart. Caesarean Section’s musical structure was developed from a base of polyphonic Corsican songs, into which Bulgarian, Romanian, Icelandic and Chechen songs have been woven. Its subtle power and energy owes a debt to composer Erik Satie and his discovery of the intensity that can be transmitted by each and every drop of sound. Through contact with and integration into this contemporary theatre piece, the traditional music material becomes transformed and takes on a new form, becoming seamlessly interwoven with intensive movements by the performers. ZAR also acknowledges the great literary influence of Aglaya Veteranyi on this work. During the research process, members of ZAR made several trips to Corsica in search of new material for the emerging musical score. Their active participation in paschal liturgy in Tox near Bastia represented a pivotal moment. Therefore the climax of the performance is characterised by the liturgical music of Corsican confraternities. While the score’s basic ‘tectonics’ are grounded in Corsican music, they have been interwoven with Bulgarian cries, calls and incantations to enhance the musical dramaturgy. The first presentation of the project took place in May 2007 in Florence as part of the Fabbrica Europa festival, at the invitation of Roberto Bacci. The premiere of the performance was in December 2007 in the Grotowski Institute, Wroc³aw. In 2012, the company was announced as the winner of the Herald Angel Award and Total Theatre Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  WOMEN: Kamila Klamut / Ditte Berkeley MAN: Matej Matejka AND Nini Julia Bang, Alessandro Curti, Jaros³aw Fret, Aleksandra Kotecka, Ewa Pasikowska, Orest Sharak, Tomasz Wierzbowski PROJECT LEADER: Jaros³aw Fret MUSIC COLLABORATION: Mariana Sadowska COLLABORATION ON THE MOVEMENT SCORE: Vivien Wood LIGHTING: Bartosz Radziszewski |