Editta Braun
DOLGO ŽIVLJENJE / LONG LIFE
plesna predstava / a dance performance
Umetniško vodstvo, koreografija, scenografija, vizualije / Artistic Direction, Choreography, Set Design, Visuals: EDITTA BRAUN
Ples, igra, koreografija / Dance, Acting, Choreography: MYRTÓ DIMITRIÁDOU, CAT JIMENEZ
Kompozicija, aranžmaji priredb / Composition, Arrangement Covers: THIERRY ZABOITZEFF
Priredbi / Covers: »Enjoy The Silence« (MARTIN GORE / DEPECHE MODE) & »Venus« (ROBBIE VAN LEEUWENV / SHOCKING BLUE), vokal / Vocal SANDRINE ROHRMOSER
Oblikovanje svetlobe / Lighting Design: THOMAS HINTERBERGER
Dramaturgija / Dramaturgy: GERDA POSCHMANN-REICHENAU
Besedila / Texts: e b c & JOSEF WITTMANN
Tehnični asistent / Technical Assistence: BENEDIKT GASSNER
Vodja / Management: ANTJE PAPKE
Po navdihu knjig SKRIVNO ŽIVLJENJE DREVES Petra Wohllebna (München, 2019) in THE OVERSTORY Richarda Powersa (New York, 2018) / Inspired by Peter Wohlleben DAS GEHEIME LEBEN DER BÄUME, München 2019 and Richard Powers THE OVERSTORY, New York 2018
INFO. / REZ.: 041 365 184, ptl@mail.ljudmila.org, Moje karte
Vstopnice / Tickets: 12/8€ (dijaki, študenti, upokojenci / scholars, students, seniors), predhodna rezervacija ali uro pred predstavo v gledališču / prior reservation or an hour before the performance at the theatre
Program Plesnega Teatra Ljubljana sofinancirata Ministrstvo za kulturo RS in Mestna občina Ljubljana, Oddelek za kulturo / The programme of Plesni Teater Ljubljana is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture RS and Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture
Foto / Photo: BETTINA FRENZEL
O predstavi
Povprečen človek danes živi 72 let – to časovno obdobje vključuje številne stvari: odraščanje, sanje, ljubezen, trpljenje in staranje. Individualne biografije v kolektivni zgodovini, ji neizogibno vpliva na posamezna življenja.
Drevesa dosežejo višjo starost kot človek, tudi do več tisoč let. Njihovo življenje se nahaja v letnicah, ki jih je mogoče prešteti šele po njihovi smrti, za katero je pogosto odgovoren človek. Kje pa so naše letnice?
Predstava »Dolgo življenje« odraža trajanje, dogodke in sledi dolgega človeškega življenja z vsemi izkušnjami in zrelostjo, razočaranji in zagrenjenostjo, utrujenostjo in nežnostjo, pa tudi z vztrajnim hrepenenjem po boljšem svetu. V tem popotovanju po spominih nekega dolgega življenja še enkrat stopi na oder 74-letna igralka Myrtó Dimitriádou, plesalka in ustanoviteljica gledališča Toihaus v Salzburgu. Pridruži se ji Cat Jimenez kot brezskrbna mlada ženska, lačna življenja. S svojo močjo in eleganco predstavlja žarek upanja in iztegnjeno roko v prihodnost za življenje, ki se bliža svojemu koncu.
Projekt, ki je bil zasnovan dolgo pred izbruhom koronavirusa, jasno zaznamujejo razmere z zaprtjem javnega življenja, ki je presenetilo ekipo pred začetkom vaj. Še preden sta se obe protagonistki prvič srečali osebno, sta se spoznali na splet in skupaj z režiserko Editto Braun vadili kar na daljavo, po Zoomu. Na estetiko in potek vaj je pomembno vplivala pandemija – kot omejitev, izziv in priložnost obenem.
About the performance
The average person today lives for 72 years - a period of time in which many things fit: Growing up, dreams, love, suffering and getting old. Individual biographies in a collective history that inevitably shapes individual lives.
Trees grow older than humans, up to several thousand years. Their life is deposited in annual rings, countable only after their death, for which man is often responsible. Where do our annual rings lie?
Long life reflects the duration, events and traces of a long human life with all its experience and maturity, disillusionment and bitterness, tiredness and mildness, but also with the stubborn longing for a better world. The 74-year-old actress, dancer and founder of the Toihaus Theatre Salzburg Myrtó Dimitriádou once more gets back to stage in this journey of memory through a long life. She is joined by Cat Jimenez as a carefree and life-hungry young woman. Her strength and grace make her a bearer of hope and an extended arm into the future for a long life that is coming to an end.
Designed long before the outbreak of the corona virus, the project is clearly marked by the conditions of the lockdown, which surprised the team before rehearsals began. Even before the two protagonists met in person for the first time, they met online and rehearsed with director and choreographer Editta Braun via ZOOM on the screen. The pandemic had a noticeable impact on aesthetics and the course course of rehearsals - as a restriction, challenge and opportunity at the same time.
Izseki iz kritik
“Predstava zavrača življenje samo. […] Pristop je vznemirljiv zaradi obeh protagonistk, Cat Jimenez, rojene leta 1986 in Myrtó Dimitriádou, rojene leta 1947. […] Znova ima poseben učinek na produkcijo glasba Thierrya Zaboitzeffa, ki predstavo zaokrožuje v skladno celoto.” Heidemarie Klabacher, DrehPunktKultur
“Na premieri je bilo med drugim fascinantno, kako se igralska virtuoznost nekdanje vodje gledališča Toihaus Myrtó Dimitriádou sooči z elastično telesno govorico Cat Jimenez, kako vsaka na svoj način, a vendarle plešeta skupaj.” Hedwig Kainberger, SN
“V svoji predstavi 'Dolgo življenje' Editta Braun pušča veliko prostora […] za interpretacijo, za fantazijo in za ustvarjanje lastnih zgodb. […] Življenji dveh žensk poveže s križišči, kjer se srečata, in takoj nato spet ločita, njuni usodi. […] Drevo kot metafora za brezčasnost, ki je uporabljana vedno znova in kot medgeneracijska orientacijska točka, simbolizira točno ta presečišča med starim in mladim, konkretno med dvema ženskama in tokom življenja na splošno.” […] “Editta Braun je znova uspela ustvariti zelo izvirno in neodvisno delo. […] Zahvalimo se ji lahko za neodkrito.” »The White Room«, Art Box
Excerpts from press reviews
"The production declines life itself. (...) The approach is made exciting by the two protagonists, Cat Jimenez, born in 1986, and Myrtó Dimitriádou, born in 1947. (...) Once again, the music by Thierry Zaboitzeff has a special impact on the production and rounds it off into a coherent whole." Heidemarie Klabacher, DrehPunktKultur
"In the premiere it was fascinating, among other things, how the acting virtuosity of the former Toihaus-principal Myrtó Dimitriádou meets the elastic body language of Cat Jimenez, how each in her own way and yet both dance together." Hedwig Kainberger, SN
"In her piece "long life" Editta Braun leaves a lot of space (...) for interpretation, for fantasy and for the creation of own stories. (...) She connects the lifes of two women via crossroads where fates intersect and then immediately separate again. (...) The tree as a metaphor for timelessness that is taken up again and again and as a cross-generational point of orientation symbolises precisely these intersections between old and young, between the two women in particular and the flow of life in general." (...) "Once again Editta Braun has succeeded in creating a highly original and independent work. (...) One can thank her for the undiscovered." "The White Room", mw, Art Box Review