| Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide |
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Performers/Musicians: Ditte Berkeley, Kamila Klamut, Matej Matejka, Nini Julia Bang, Aleksandra Kotecka, Ewa Pasikowska, Tomasz Bojarski. Project Leader: Jaroslaw Fret Musical collaboration: Mariana Sadowska Collaboration on physical score: Vivien Wood  There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer (Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus)  "The title of the performance is a metaphor for the compulsion towards and the condition of suicide, and the involuntary force that pulls one back from the brink. It is about the potential and necessary ability to prolong one's breathing at the moment when one feels the pieces of glass, within the veins, that haven't yet managed to reach the heart. It is an exploration of the liminal space between two impulses. Caesarian Section is the second performance from Theatre ZAR, which further develops the group’s work with polyphony and its aim to create theatre out of the spirit of music. The musical structure of this performance was developed from a base of polyphonic Corsican songs, into which Bulgarian, Romanian, Icelandic and Chechen songs have been woven. Through its contact with and integration into this contemporary theatre piece, the traditional music material has been transformed and taken on a new form, becoming seamlessly interwoven with an intensive movement score. The subtle power and energy of the piece owes a debt to Erik Satie and his identification of the intensity that can be transmitted by each and every drop of sound.We are unable to express the dept that our performance owes to Aglaya Veteranyi. The performance is dedicated to: The Force of Gravitation. Our Throats. Sagacious Maidens Silly Maidens All the Lukewarm Zygmunt Duczynski". (Theatre ZAR) Caesarean Section. Essays on Suicide was presented prior to its official premiere at the Fabbrica Europa Festival in Florence (May 2007), at the invitation of Roberto Bacci. |