PASSENGERS

Koncert-predstava koja se bavi pitanjem “Zašto ljudi napuštaju zemlju u kojoj su rođeni?” kroz vizuru različitih kultura. Srećemo se sa izbeglicama i egzilom, emigrantima i imigrantima, našim precima i našim snovima. Kroz pesmu se ispredaju priče putnika kako hodaju beskrajnom stazom preko celog sveta. [1999]

Tokom poslednjih nekoliko godina, našu zemlju je napustilo tj. iz nje na duže vreme ili zauvek emigriralo stotine hiljada ljudi. Među njima, najveći broj su mladi, obrazovani ljudi koji bi gradili budućnost naše zemlje. Na taj način nama je oduzeta budućnost. Kao pozorišna trupa mi smo iskusili da ljudi iz drugih zemalja dolaze da sarađuju sa nama. Dolaze u našu zemlju da žive zbog ljubavi prema nečemu, u ovom slučaju teatru. Ovaj projekat se kreće tragovima onih koji su putujući pokušavali da ostvare svoj san o kreativnom i dostojanstvenom životu. – Dijana Milošević, rediteljka (1999)

The aesthetics of the play, the often unexpected dynamics, as well as the form of communication between the actors reveal its unusual appearance level. But the director of "Travellers" Dijana Milošević does not stop there. She is looking for a deeper inner connection, as a rule hidden, among those who leave their countries. Thus, it offers us a rational idea through which the "passengers" are seen first of all within the circumstances (social, ideological, political), so the play becomes "ours", and its passengers are not "God-given", nor protected by any kind of halo. Perhaps mostly because of that, but this piece by DAH Theater from the very beginning embraces, flows and, approaching its end, manages to remove the last emotional ring in the viewer.

– I. Milanović (VREME, February 20, 1999)

Cast: Vladan Avramović, Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, Alister O'loughlin, Kathy Randels
Screenplay and direction: Dijana Milosevic
Signs of travel: Neša Paripović
Costumes: DAH THEATER, Jasmina Baoua
Texts: "Constancia" - Carlos Fuentes, DAH Theater
Music: Serbian, Irish, American and Bulgarian traditional songs, "Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather" - Bob Dylan, "Nomad" - Geoffrey Oryma, "Pancho and Lefty" - Townes Van Sant, "Amazing Grace" - John Newton
Lighting: Radomir Stamenković

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ArtsLink Program of CEC International Partners and Open Society Fund