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Discussion with the public after the performance. Location: The Little Theatre Dusko Radovic Duration: 45' Age: 4-6 Limited number of seats. Price: 300 dinars The dance performance The Book of Wandering uses the synergy of recognizable elements such as human beings, animals and other unreal creatures, to create the impression of constant change and blending of scenes and identities. The metamorphosis it tries to convey is related to the flow of energy, change of seasons, creation and dissolution of life. Wandering is what happens in-between, when seeds grow into plants, clouds become falling rain, living creatures go through different phases of life. Wandering is postulated as the main goal. What is being researched is aimless motion, blend of identities, entrances and exits, quests, surrenders to various types of texts, fairy-tails, and performer's intimate experiences as well. DALiiA ACIN, born in 1974, has graduated ballet school in Belgrade and gathered the knowledge and practice of contemporary dance trough many workshops and residencies in Europe (Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf). She presented her works at local and international festivals and collaborated with international artists. (Isabelle Schad, Thomas Lehmen...) She is co-founder and coordinator of Station Service for Contemporary Dance Belgrade, member of Artistic Board of Nomad Dance Academy, the Balkan Dance Network programme. MAJA PELEVIC, born in 1981 in Belgrade. Graduated playwrighting at the Dramatic Art Faculty in Belgrade. Her plays are staged in Belgrade, Subotica, Novi Sad, Sombor, Budva, Mostar, Berlin. Awards:"Slobodan Selenic"for the best graduation play at the Dramatic Art Faculty in Belgrade; "Borislav Mihajlovic Mihiz"for playwrighting; Play Maybe we are Mickey Mouse" the best modern national play at the competition of Sterija's Theatre in 2007. Once upon a time there was a... Where have the limits of opportunity disappeared? It all begins with the search for something unfathomable, unattainable and Infinite such as the universe. In our attempt to reach something we know nothing about, we are gradually involved in a game of energy and metamorphosis. We create our own traps for ourselves and occasionally get caught in them. We make up stories which we wish others to believe in. We believe that every new step takes us forward and we fail to notice that we are transformed from one form to another... Can we believe in what we can see now or is it already changing in front of our very eyes. How can you cross a border you cannot see? How will you understand that this Is just a place of desire. UNREAL. UNEXPECTED. UNTHINKABLE. UNCONTROLLABLE. UNCOMPATIBLE. INEVITABLE. UNBELIEVABLE. UNUSUAL. UNEXPECTED. UNSEEN. UNDISCOVERED. Everything that lies in wait for us when we decide to wander... Maja Pelevic

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