THEATER AS A WAY OF HEALING
23. – May 27, 2003
The festival and conference “Theater as a Way of Healing” brought together an international group of artists and theorists who, in their work, address issues of healing and transformation of difficult experiences using theatrical techniques.
These issues are extremely important for our country in this period, but also internationally, considering contemporary world history. The most important questions in focus of this festival/conference are: what is the role and power of theater and art in exploring content related to healing and reconciliation? What is the power of art in confronting crimes committed in our name? What are the ways of healing the “wounds” inflicted during the past period in our region? What are the experiences
of people and artists from other countries?
Rituals and shamanistic practice are the origins of theater. Knowledge of the cosmos, stars, medicinal herbs, and healing ceremonies preceded modern medicine. Art, including theater as we know it today, has separated from everyday life , as has modern medicine. Our world is characterized by the separation of functions of different fields of knowledge and art, but also by the desire to somehow reconnect or intertwine them. Contemporary theater is increasingly taking on the role of spiritual disciplines , and its healing power is becoming increasingly evident. In a way, we are returning to the beginnings. – Jadranka Anđelić
PROGRAM
THEATER AS A PATH TO HEALING
With this Festival, we marked the beginning of the work of the DAH Theater Center for Theater Research in a new space, at 8 Marulićeva Street, in Belgrade.
May 23, Friday
10:00-14:00, REX Cultural Centre, Taiko Rhythms, Rita Superbi, Italy – Drumming Workshop
12:00, Dah Theatre Research Center (Maruliceva 8) – OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL AND OF THE SPACE and the cocktail
17:00, BITEF Theatre, Peru, Argentina & U.S.A.: Theater, Memory & Resistance by Roberto Gutierrez Varea (Argentina/ USA) – Lecture and video presentation
21:05, National Theatre, Maps of Forbidden Remembrance, 7 STAGES (USA) and DAH Theatre – Performance
May 24, Saturday
10:00-14:00, REX Cultural centre Taiko Rhythms, Rita Superbi, Italy Drumming Workshop
17:00-19:00, Dah Theatre Research Centre (Maruliceva 8) KALI, Vesna Tokin, Belgrade – Video
Healing Power of Theatre, Sejo Djulic, Mostar Youth Theatre, BIH – Lecture and video presentation
20:00, Bitef Theatre Mbira Song, Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe – Concert
May 25, Sunday
17:00, Dah Theatre Research Centre (Maruliceva 8), Psycho Drama Terapeuthic Techniques or/and Creative Form by Vladimir Miloševic, and Zoram Djuric, Serbia – Presentation
20:00, Dah Theatre Research Centre (Maruliceva 8), Inner Mandala, Dah Theatre, Beograd – Lecture /Performance
May 26, Monday
10:00-14:00, REX Cultural Centre, Taiko Rhythms, Rita Superbi, Italy – Drumming Workshop
17:00-19:00, Dah Theatre Research Center (Maruliceva 8), Colour of Time – Claudia Bernardi / Argentina Healing From Governmental Abuse- Installation
Buddhist View by Tanja Popovic, Naropa University of Buddhistic Studies, USA – Lecture
20:00, Bitef Theatre Chronics, The Song of the Goat Theatre, Poland – Performance
20:00, Museum of African Art, Meeting with Stella Chiweshe (Zimbabwe) – Meeting with artists
May 27, Tuesday
10:00-13:00, REX Cultural centre Taiko Rhythms, Drumming Workshop, Rita Superbi, Italy – Drumming Workshop
13:00, Čubura Park, TAIKO Druming workshop presentation – Outdoor Concert
17:00, Dah Theatre Research Center (Maruliceva 8) Bread Stories, KPM Ogledalo, Novi Sad – Presentation of the work with the people with special needs
20:00, REX Cultural Centre, White Women From the West, Kathy Randels, ARTSPOT Production, SAD – Performance
We dedicate the festival to Lena Ekhem.
Work in the background – Caludia Bernardi
REALIZATION SUPPORTED BY
PRO HELVETIA BEOGRAD, CITY OF BELGRADE-SECRETARIAT FOR CULTURE, MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
The arrival of the 7 Stages theater and Kathy Randels was helped by:
The Fund for US Artists at International Festivals and Exibitions, National Endowmnet for the Arts, The US Department of State, The Pew Charitable Trust and Rockefeller Foundation.
The arrival of Roberto Varea was helped by
The University of San Francisco, Performing Arts and Social Justice Program.
