Melancholy Thoughts

Performers:
Matej Filipčič, Marko Djukić, Branko Potočan, Sebastijan Starič, Dušan Teropšič
Premiere:
6., 7. 3.1998, Ljubljana (SLO)
Touring:
Ljubljana (SLO), Zadar (CRO), BITEF - Beograd, Kruševac (YU), MOT - Skopje (MK)

The Key:
Brane Potočan has picked up a fatal, sensitive, and for Slovenians an especially unpleasant topic for one of his annual projects which continue to charm the audience with refined dance-oriented sensibilities from the very beginning. The choreography was inspired by a poem.of the Slovenian poet Dragotin Kette. It is a story about a suicide, set into the contemporary urban environment with all its pressures and the stress of living in a competitive society. "The tree took him in, and he's no longer alone... Now he's swinging from its crown." The basic element - this time also a metaphor, not just a gymnastic device - is a rope: it supports freedom and levitation, weighted down by the body it breaks necks, spreads whiteness, and leads into other worlds. The refined choice of scenic elements gives the performance a stable visual and physical identity; at the same time, the effective choreography and the witty, ironic physical presentation of the suicidal mood of the protagonists open up a conspicuously unique world of physical movement of rushed personal communication and the bustling human crowd.

"Dnevnik" (Slovenian Newspaper): The best qualities of this production - its clever and amusing concept, soft melancholy mood sparkling with humour - leave no doubt about the capability and knowledge of everyone in the group whose new choreography offers an exceptionally open-minded, unfettered and undistorted reflection on human anxiety." "The boundary always remains imaginary, for in reality there is none. Congratulations to the group for such excellence, and let's hope other performances like this will follow.

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