SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER
Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | CZ
3. dubna 2025

Na slovíčko pri pive…

Ľudia potrebujú rozprávať. Rozprávať sa medzi sebou, hovoriť o všetkom a o ničom zároveň, povedať si o svojich problémoch, radostiach, strachoch… Častokrát nám stačí ktokoľvek, kto je ochotný počúvať. Alebo aj nie. Stačí, že tam je. Alebo vezmeme pero a papier, ako to spravili členovia skupiny Bu-Ba-Bu, a napíšeme o rozvrátenosti sveta a života. Básne a umelecké texty literárno performatívneho hnutia Bu-Ba-Bu sa preto stali predlohou pre ukrajinskú inscenáciu Псяча буда (Psia búda). Mladí herci z Ľvovskej univerzity Ivana Franka sa zverili so svojou spoveďou o trpkosti reality, v ktorej žijeme.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | CZ
3. dubna 2025

Slovenský kruh v gruzínské krajině

Třetí den festivalu Encounter začal uvedením představení Kavkazský křídový kruh přípraveného studenty Divadelní fakulty VŠMU v Bratislavě. Inscenace podle textu německého dramatika Bertolta Brechta odráží autorův epický divadelní styl, tedy komplikovaný děj, hudební prvky, prolomení čtvrté stěny a výrazné narážky na dnešní politický život.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | CZ
3. dubna 2025

Je těžší bojovat o dítě, nebo o zem? I Slovensko stojí na rozcestí

Ve hře Bertolta Brechta Kavkazský křídový kruh, ztvárněné studenty z bratislavské Vysoké školy múzických umění, divák sleduje jedinečný příběh boje o rodnou půdu, o dítě i o svobodu. Je to boj současný i minulý a v závěru až mrazivě aktuální. S minimem rekvizit, ale maximem emocí se rozplétá hra o tom, kdo tahá za kratší konec, kolik stojí svoboda nebo jakou oběť je v bitvě za ni potřeba zaplatit. Jakou roli v ní pak hraje život jednotlivce? Protože jak víme, když se kácí les, padají třísky i hlavy.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

To live or not to live?

The second day of the festival was marked by ancient tragedy. One of them was brought to us by the students of the Korea National University of Arts. In their performance the Nape, they combined three plays by Euripides: Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon, and Electra.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

The longer you wear your mask, the harder it will be to take it off

What fate will Iphigenia choose when she is given a choice for the very first time? How can we stop the hands that control us, and who will tell the puppets about them so that puppet plays are no longer exclusively sad? The stories of Greek mythology were written thousands of years ago, yet their themes remain painfully relevant to this very day. The students from South Korea created a play that merges Greek myths with traditional Korean puppet theatre (Deolmi), in which puppets are manipulated by the napes of their necks. That’s where the play found its title – The Nape.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

Sometimes a princess has to save herself... and maybe that should be the norm!

A princess waits for her prince to come. But he’s nowhere to be found. This performance of Shooting Snow White showed why fairy tales need to be deconstructed. Anna Lisa Grebe's performance, which could be classified as physical theatre, portrayed not only the stereotypical perception of female beauty, but also the general pressure on women to assume passive roles in society and relationships. She also showed how the patriarchy imposes itself on the men who seemingly benefit from it.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

Clytemnestra shooting porn in a bathtub with her lover

How would ancient dramas look today? Although there are no bloodthirsty kings any more, drunkenness with power and lust for war are faults that resonate with people even today. The students of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media brought the mythical figures of ancient Greece to the Divadlo na Orlí in Brno and showed how they would live and act in our own times.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

An Ancient Tragedy in Neon Pink

How can today’s youth and students stage ancient drama?The students from Hannover approached this in their own way: their production Dionysus City demonstrates that ancient myths strongly resemble TV soap operas. Passion, revenge, lovers, prophets, family intrigues, and yes, even incest (though that’s not something we typically see in classic soap operas) are all present.

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Sunset in the mountains
Meeting Point | ENG
2. dubna 2025

Don’t fight witches in fairy tales, but rather: the patriarchy

If we didn’t read fairy tales, we wouldn’t know that good wins over evil, love over hate, and diligence over laziness. The prince comes to save the princess, they get married and live happily ever after. But what if the prince doesn’t come? What if the princess doesn’t want to be saved and what if she doesn’t want to wait anymore? In the play Shooting Snow White, Anna Lisa Grebe from the Accademia Dimitri excels as she takes on various roles, from princess to prince to speaking mirror. She holds up the mirror to society, while she, through physical and mental nudity, shows that gender equality doesn’t exist, even in fairytales.

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