© Bartek Warzecha
«In the past, the role of the choir was to sanctify the unique nature of life and call for rebirth. It was a force against annihilation. Our performance is inspired by that force». Marta Górnicka’s form of ritual theatre allows us to imagine a better world, recalling what the trauma of war removes from sight.
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Teatro Studio Melato
The rituals of violence against women in wartime never change. The director, the founder of the Political Voice Institute at the Maxim Gorki Theater of Berlin, has created an ensemble piece with the first-hand accounts of 21 women aged between 10 and 71; from Ukraine, Belarus who now live in Poland, having fled from war and persecution.
MOTHERS A SONG FOR WARTIME brings together their experiences with a work on the traditional Ukrainian song ritual shchedrivka/Щедрівка. Their song takes on the form of an accusation, an appeal, a plea and a warning, with the hope that the words sung can soon become a reality.
By bringing together traditional music, rhymes, spells, poetry, desires and political statements, the choir expresses their melodic desires to the world, with a hope for a new era that will last a lifetime. They use the power of their voices to give a name to that for which no words exist.
Duration: 60’ without intermission
The rituals of violence against women in wartime never change. The director, the founder of the Political Voice Institute at the Maxim Gorki Theater of Berlin, has created an ensemble piece with the first-hand accounts of 21 women aged between 10 and 71; from Ukraine, Belarus who now live in Poland, having fled from war and persecution.
MOTHERS A SONG FOR WARTIME brings together their experiences with a work on the traditional Ukrainian song ritual shchedrivka/Щедрівка. Their song takes on the form of an accusation, an appeal, a plea and a warning, with the hope that the words sung can soon become a reality.
By bringing together traditional music, rhymes, spells, poetry, desires and political statements, the choir expresses their melodic desires to the world, with a hope for a new era that will last a lifetime. They use the power of their voices to give a name to that for which no words exist.
Duration: 60’ without intermission
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© Bartek Warzecha
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© Bartek Warzecha
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© Bartek Warzecha
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© Bartek Warzecha
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© Bartek Warzecha
Credits
MOTHERS A SONG FOR WARTIME
ITALIAN PREMIERE
concept and direction Marta Górnicka
libretto Marta Górnicka & ensemble (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles)
with Liza Kozlova, Palina Dabravolskaja, Svitlana Onischak, Kateryna Taran, Svitlana Berestovska, Valeriia Obodianska, Sasha Cherkas, Maria Tabachuk, Yuliia Ridna, Natalia Mazur, Aleksandra Sroka, Katarzyna Jaźnicka, Bohdana Zazhytska, Anastasiia Kulinich, Hanna Mykhailova, Katerina Aleinikova, Elena Zui-Voitekhovskaya, Kamila Michalska, Maria Robaszkiewicz, Polina Shkliar, Ewa Konstanciak
music Wojciech Frycz, Marta Górnicka, traditional Ukrainian, Belarusian and Polish music, a quotation from Mykola Leontovych’s Shchedryk choreography Evelin Facchini
stage design Robert Rumas
costumes Joanna Załęska
lights Artur Sienicki
dramaturgical collaboration Olga Byrska, Maria Jasińska
vocal coach Joanna Piech-Sławecka
stage manager and director’s assistant Bazhena Shamovich
choreographer’s assistant Maria Bijak
movement workshop Krystyna Lama Szydłowska
video and video documentation Michał Rumas, Justyna Orłowska
video projections Michał Jankowski
Ukrainian libretto translation Olesya Mamchych
Belarusian libretto translation Maria Pushkina
English libretto translation Aleksandra Paszkowska
German libretto translation Olaf Khul Ukrainian
ethnomusicology consultation Anna Ohrimchuk
Ukrainian children’s games consultation Venera Ibragimova
in-rehearsal interpreter Marharyta Huretskaya
subtitles Zofia Szymanowska
Chorus of Women Foundation producers Marta Kuźmiak, Iwa Ostrowska
International tour producers Alicja Berejowska, Anna Galas-Kosil
Teatr Powszechny producer Magdalena Płyszewska
production Chorus of Women Foundation (Warsaw), Maxim Gorki Theater (Berlin)
in co-production with Teatr Powszechny (Warsaw), Maxim Gorki Theater (Berlin), Festival d’Avignon, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, SPRING Performing Arts Festival (Utrecht), Tangente St. Pölten – Festival für Gegenwartskultur (Austria)
partners Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw, Nowy Teatr in Warsaw, Ukrainian Institute, For Freedom Foundation in Warsaw (an independent public non-profit working for migrants from Ukraine, Chechnya, Belarus, Tajikistan who have settled in Warsaw), Przystanek Świetlica (a recreation centre for migrant children and adolescents), The “Sunflower” Solidary Community Center (supporting for the Ukrainian artist community in Warsaw) this project is co-funded by the City of Warsaw
this project is co-funded by the City of Warsaw
funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
with the support of
A show in Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian with Italian and English surtitles
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