DANCE WITH DARKNESS
A solo play in which actress Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, dealing with the reasons for the loss of the old play "The Case of Helen Keller", deals with the meaning of loss in general: loss of senses, loss of land, loss of the ability to perceive reality in a generally accepted way, loss of identity. [2002]
Through different views, from the personal view of the actress who speaks for herself, through the view of the historical but also fictitious character Helen Keller, a kind of subconscious monologue is created that belongs to the character of the unusual scientist who tells "stories from the void".
Her stories raise the questions: What does the void that remains after loss contain? What is the meaning of emptiness-absence or presence? Does loss hold the potential for new life?
The play is dedicated to Jasmina Blažović, Tomaž Gubenšek and other friends from a country that no longer exists.
"There is no doubt that at this moment in history, Western civilization is suffering from a terrible disease of the soul. In the face of this global chaos, our only hope is to transform ourselves." – M. Somme
"That which is silent, untouchable, formless, imperishable, as well as tasteless, persistent, odorless, without beginning, without end, greater than great, solid - knowing That, you are freed from the mouth of death.” – Katha Upanishad, 3.15.