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REČ UMETNIČKOG DIREKTORA

Jedan od glavnih događaja 51. Bitefa, a izvesno njegov najveći kuriozitet, jeste gostovanje predstave Olimp proslavljenog belgijskog reditelja Jana Fabra. Ova predstava traje, bez pauza, puna 24 sata, a zasniva se na celokupnoj grčkoj mitologiji, onako kako je ona artikulisana u Homerovim epovima i tragedijama Eshila, Sofokla i Euripida. Scenski jezik ove predstave je vrlo specifičan, a mogao bi se podvesti pod najšire odredenje fizičkog teatra (pre nego plesnog): grupa od tridesetak vrhunskih glumača i plesača izvodi mnogobrojne epizode jedne telesno, pa i duhovno izuzetno zahtevne scensko-koreografske partiture, epizode koje asociraju na pradrevne rituale, savremene sportske ili vojne „vežbe", oživljene antieke skulpture

FOTOGRAFIJA / PHOTOGRAPHY; Jelena Jankovič

A WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

One of the principal events of the 51 st Bitef and indubitably its biggest attraction is the production of Mount Olympus by the renowned Belgian director Jan Fabre. The production lasts 24 hours without intermission and is based on Greek mythology in its totality, as articulated in Homeric epics and tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. It uses a very specific theatre language which could be subsumed under the broadest possible definition of the physical (rather than dance) theatre: a group of some thirty supreme actors and dancers perform multiple episodes of a physically and even spiritually highly demanding choreographic score remindful of ancient rituals, modern

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