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Since its setting up, the Opera and Theatre “Madlenianum” has been cherishing   the repertoire that is thematically marked by lives and deeds of great historical figures of the world of art and science. The newest drama premiere (7th November, on the Large stage of “Madlenianum” with the audience at the stage) is to deal with the life of Milos Crnjanski, who undoubtedly belongs to the small number of writers that are in the very top of Serbian literature. The works created by his completely authentic talent in the area of novels, poetry, drama and essays have only be confirmed by time as real masterpieces and thus theatre play about this literature genius is the mission of the national significance.   

We find Milos Crnjanski, already remarkable Serbian (and Yugoslav) writer, in his young age, at the beginning of drama, being together with his wife Vida in London where he lives during and after the Second World War in exile. “A Novel about London” of Crnjanski is the basis out of which weaves the entire play, since Slavenka Milovanovic, Ivan Vujic and Milos Latinovic have, as the authors, wisely used the fact that “A Novel about London” is in its large part an autobiographical story of our great writer. The gloomy moments, in which two great intellectuals, Milos and Vida, change their diplomatic life for the life in which they are hardly able to feed themselves, are certainly distressing. But even more distressing is their exile in the picture of the political events. Homeland rejects them, foreigners do not accept them, and both former and new Yugoslav governments condemn them as they do not want to express their affiliation either to one or another. Married couple Crnjanski belongs only to each other and out of that fact originate all poeticism and the strength of dramatic text. In hard times, Milos and Vida were saved by their love. In drama, Milos says that his wife’s faith in his creative work was the crucial issue for him to continue writing in his hardest life period. What a pity it would have been for Serbia if that had not happened!    

From the position of people of mature age, who have defended their marriage and dignity despite all attacks, Milos and Vida recall their youth (here the writer involves young Milos and young Vida as new characters) and literature beginnings of Crnjanski. On the one hand, the audience will see romantic moments of their meeting and travels, but on the other hand the actors will remind them of that how alone Crnjanski was and misunderstood by critics and colleagues when it came to his works. Readers adored him, but public recognitions did rarely arrive.

The play ends with a distressful return of Milos and Vida to their beloved country, to Belgrade, throughout many aggravating circumstances, almost in illegality. Milos came to his homeland to say goodbye to earthly life.

What we could not imagine a drama play about Milos Crnjanski (and his Vida) are numerous quotations from his poetry and prose. Those quotations will make the play become one poetic fresco dedicated to the literature great man who deserves all honors of the nation he created for, he suffered with, he write about. The play has the aim to be strong and unusual, as those two people it talks about are.   

The ply “Milos Crnjanski” is done in coproduction with “Bitef Theatre”. A director’s baton is in the hands of Ivana Vujic. The author of the scenography is Kosta Bunusevac, and Svetlana Volic deals with costumes and video activities. Music for the play is composed by Irena Popovic, whereas Isidora Stanisic is a choreographer. 

The audience will be able to see Tanasije Uzunovic in a title role and Danica Maksimovic as Vida Crnjanski. Cast also consists of Nebojsa Kundacina, Tihomir Stanic, Joakim Tasic, Milena Radulovic, Anja Orelj, Jelena Graovac, Mia Simonovic, Nikola Zivanovic and Dusan Vukasinovic. In the play will also perform dancers of Bitef Dance Company, Luka Mihovilovic, Ana Ignjatovic Zagorac, Natasa Gvozdenovic i Luka Cubrilo.

The magic that follows the word Lolita, meaning the mixture of the innocence and eroticism, has not been fading since the occurrence of the novel “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov, published in 1955. The novel of the great Russian-American writer is considered to be one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century. The puritanical attitudes have very often disputed the novel, but the top literary critics, despite its controversial theme, have never denied the high literary achievement of Nabokov’s “Lolita”.    

All over the world, through the film, drama, ballet, there have been various versions about a thirty-eight Literature Professor, Humbert Humbert, who falls in love with a twelve year old Dolores Haze, nicknamed Lolita (nymphet). Lolita is a daughter of Humbert’s landlady at whom he hires a room. He rationally defines his infatuation with her as awakening the memory on his first love from his boyhood, Annabel, who died of typhoid fever. When the landlady Charlotte dies, considering that Humbert has married her, he takes custody of Lolita with whom he embarks a kind of road trip across America. 

A talented team of the young theatre artists is preparing for the small stage of „Madlenianum“ their view of this love story which is becoming even more intriguing at the present moment when the questions of human rights are examined anew. The play director, Jovana Tomic, finds the new approaches and new interpretations of Nabokov’s controversial love story in these modern times where even the timing of the puberty age is changing, as well as the ways of communication among generations. The first associates of Jovana Tomic are a playwright, Dimitrije Kokanov, a costume designer, Darinka Mihajlovic and a choreographer, Maja Kalafatic. The team of actors is led by Bojan Zirovic, in the role of Humbert and the audience will watch young Ana Mandic in the title role. Other roles are assigned to Irma Milovic and Pedja Marjanovic. 

The project “Lolita” has been chosen in the Competition of “Madlenianum” that was intended for young theatre artists and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia as one of the significant plays of young authors in 2015. The premiere of “Lolita” is planned for 14th November. “Madlenianum” is a theatre ready for provocation which the young authors have offered in their idea to prepare Nabokov’s work on the stage and we are sure that Belgrade theatre audience is also ready for that event!

Lucerne, Switzerland

Malasombra

music:  La Lupe
choreography, costume design: Cayetano Soto
assistant to choreographer: Mikiko Arai
photos: Gregory Batardon

duration: 23’
premiere: 2015, Luzerne Theater

Malasaombra (Bad Shadow) is an homage to the Cuban singer Guadalupe Victoria Yolí Raymond (1939–1992), better known as La Lupe, the Queen of Latin Soul: an eccentric, provocative and electrifying personality whose fans included Ernest Hemingway, Jean Paul Sartre and Marlon Brando. After fleeing Castro’s regime, La Lupe was able to continue her success in the USA until her record contract was cancelled. She died at the age of 52, impoverished and alone in New York. Malasombra is not only about La Lupe’s life but also the destructive power of negative feelings.

Born in Spain in 1975, Cayetano Soto started his dance education at the Theater Institute in Barcelona and continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. After receiving his degree in classical dance, Soto signed his first professional contract with IT.Dansa in Barcelona, before joining Ballet Munich in 1998, under Philip Taylor’s artistic direction. For Ballet Munich he has created several successful choreographic works. In September 2005, he became a freelance choreographer. Since then, he was creating and working with many important companies, such as Ballet Stuttgart, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Balé da Cidade de Sao Paulo, Ballet Jazz Montreal, Introdans, Gauthier Dance Company, National Dance Company of Portugal, Perm Ballet, National Theater in Brno, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Tanz Luzerner Theater and Northwest Dance Project in Portland. Soto has created several works for German companies including State Theater in Braunschweig, Augsburg Ballet, Ballet Dortmund and State Theater Schwerin, among others. In 2006, he took the first prize for his work “24FPS” at the choreographic competition of the Royal Ballet of Flanders. His later work, “Canela Fina” commissioned by Bale da Cidade de Sao Paulo was awarded by the most important newspaper in Brasil, Folha de Sao Paulo, as well as by audience and critics as best dance production in 2008. In 2011, he was nominated for the Golden Mask Award in Russia, for his piece “Uneven”. In 2015, Cayetano Soto was working as choreographer in residence of the Ballet BC Vancouver.

Shades

music:  Julien Tarride
choreography, stage design: Andonis Foniadakis
costume: Tassos Sofroniou
lighting design: Mariella von Vequel-Westernach
rehearsal assistant: Zoran Marković
photos: Gregory Batardon

duration: 27’
premiere: 2015, Luzerne Theater

A journey through the night, story about the power of dance itself. Passion and self-surrender, but also anonymity and vulnerability are combined in “Shades”.

Andonis Foniadakis grew up in the small city of Ierapetra in island Crete, in Greece. He began his dance training with Niki Papadaki  at the local dance school of his city. In 1990-92 he continues studying at the State Dance School in Athens and before his graduation he receives  the prestigious Maria Kallas scholarship to continue his studies in Bejart’s school in Lausanne. As a dancer he was engaged in Bejart Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, Saburo Teshigawara/Karas Co., and his own dance Co. Apotosoma. During the years  of his professional engagement with the above companies he has performed choreographic works of: Maguy Marin, Jiri Kilian, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Maurice Bejart, Ohad Naharin, Frederic Flamand, Bill T Jones, Tero Saarinen, Saburo Teshigawara, among the rest. He creates his own dance company Apotosoma based in Lyon France in 2003, after he has created several works for Bejart Ballet and Lyon Opera Ballet. Fonidakis has presented his productions for Apotosoma in Maison de la Danse and Biennale in Lyon, Joyce Theatre in New York, The Place London, Dance Festival of Kalamata and Athens Festival. As a freelance choreographer he has collaborated with Geneva Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, National Dance Company of Wales, Cia Sociedade Masculina, Helsinki Dance Company, National Ballet of Greece, National Theater of Northen Greece, Benjamin Millepied Dance Company, Washington Ballet, Bejart Ballet, Ballet Junior Geneva, Hellenic Dance Company, Ballet of Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Dansgroep Amsterdam, Bale da Cidade of Sao Paulo ... He has received Danza e Danza Award for the “Best Chorographer 2012” in Italy, for his creation "Les Noces" for Maggio Danza.  Since 2003, Foniadakis dance company Apotosoma based in Lyon, continues to present his work in France, Greece, Italy, Finland, Luxembourg, UK, USA… The world premiere of his work “Wisteria Maiden” took place at the 11th Belgrade Dance Festival.

Since the season 2009/10 the American Kathleen McNurney is leading the dance company of Theater in Luzern. As the artistic director of the company, she is offering a platform for young talents as well as established choreographers to create for this ensemble. The rich variety of repertoire exposes a wide range of contemporary dance styles, highlighting the surprising artistic talents. Tanz Luzerne is a company of 10 young and dynamic dancers from 9 different countries, all trained in classical ballet and contemporary dance. They like the challenge of always getting in touch with new dance styles, new influences and choreographers. Tanz Luzern collaborates with young talents as well as award-winning choreographers, such as Stijn Celis, Georg Reischl, Cayetano Soto, Maurice Causey, Patrick Delcroix and Ken Ossola. Most of the dance productions that the company performs are world premiers. With the highest standards and quality, the company is getting recognized inside and outside the country.

A gripping dance program with an excellent dance ensemble, a great celebration of the artistry and passion of dance… The audience was thrilled.
© Neue Luzerner Zeitung

Unbelievable, with what accomplishment the dancers adopted the styles of such fundamentally different choreographers such as Soto and Foniadakis.
© Neue Zürcher Zeitung

performers: Chiara Dal Borgo, Rachel P. Fallon, Rachel Lawrence, Salome Martins, Aurélie Robichon; Davidson Farias, Shota Inoue, Anton Rosenberg, Richèl Wieles, Eduardo Zúñiga

The Great Gatsby of Hristo Bojcev

A distinguished playwright, Hristo Bojcev, has turned “The Great Gatsby”, one of the most significant works of the American literature by S.F. Fitzgerald, into theatrical form.  The novel has proved its undoubted film suppleness through the same named films of Sydney Pollac (with Robert Redford in the main role) and Baz Luhrmann (with Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby).  Hristo Bojcev has found the real theatre key for telling a great story, in a sense- the key diametrically opposite to the one belonging to the above mentioned film scenarios.  Hristo Bojcev discovers the attraction of expensive mass parties made by Gatsby in his magnificent New York home in the period of prohibition and he finds the basis for his play primarily in Fitzgerald’s anti-war love story between Gatsby and his Daisy.  

Hristo Bojcev establishes his play on the fact that two main characters, Jay Gatsby and Nick Carraway have been the soldiers in the First World War and that war has radically changed their lives. And all other characters in the play are in their own way the victims of the war. Is there a time when speaking against the war has no sense? Is there currently any sense in pointing out something else in the master piece “The Great Gatsby” but the necessity to preserve people from the evil of war? Jay Gatsby has been prepared to give all, even his life, for the woman he loved.  The power of his love undoubtedly rises the story to touching heights that are necessary when it comes to the melodramatic genre.

In creating the exceptionally demanding roles, the cast is led by Ivan Bosiljcic as Gatsby. Tamara Aleksic is to be in the role of Daisy and Ljubomir Bulajic in the role of Nick Carraway. The audience will see on the stage Milos Timotijc, Borka Tomovic, Sofija Jurican, Milan Cucilovic, Milica Janketic, Maja Lukic, Radomir Nikolic, the girls Dunja Kaplarevic and Kristina Kesler, as well as a dog Johnny. The team of authors consists of a director, Ana Radivojevic Zdravkovic, a set designer, Dejan Pantelic, a costume designer, Jelena Stokuca and a composer, Janja Loncar.