Traditional television is not only or not ambitious soap operas, although it is undoubtedly associated with them the most. On the air you can admire, among others Various performances presented as part of the Television Theater, which has been operating continuously since November 1953. One of the latest proposals of the station is The performance of “Mother. Song during the war”, which premiered at the Powszechny in Warsaw at the end of September 2023.
What is the performance of “Mother. Song during the war”? This is not only a refugee testimony from Ukraine
The main heroines are 21 women aged 9 to 71. The plot, however, focuses on their explosion experiences. Ukrainians talk about escaping from the deadly threat and the enemy, and the Belarusian ones raise the issue of political persecution. There is also a group of Polish women, sharing memories related to the feelings and fears that accompanied them when they took foreigners under their roof, giving them shelter.
War rituals of violence against women are unchanged. The war raises final questions before Europe: about responsibility in the face of threat and our defense mechanisms
– Sounds a fragment of the official description of the spectacle on the website of the Universal Theater. The heroines of the performance form a choir and using “Ukrainian countries of children’s, traditional songs, spells and political statements” present their war testimony. -It arose from the need to respond to political and social reality in a state of greatest intensity-said director Marta Górnicka in an interview with.
TVP will show the spectacle “Mother. Chick during the war”. The issue date is already known
Górnicka not only directed “Mothers. Song during the war”, but also created for a performance. – In the past, the choir was to sanctify the uniqueness of life, serve to revive and renew. He was an opposite force of annihilation. And our spectacle draws from this strength – said in an interview with the Festival in Avignon the founder of the Political Institute of Voice at Maxim Gorky Theater in Berlin.
At the same time, she emphasized that in the face of the threat of war, Theater becomes a new form of solidarity in which “a better world is imaginable and possible”. The cast includes Sasha Cherkas, Palina Dabravolskaya, Katarzyna Jaźnicka, Ewa Konstanciak, Liza Kozlova, Anastasiia Kulinich, Natalia Mazur, Kamila Michalska, Hanna Mykhailova and Valeriia Obodanska. – Most of these women will stand on stage for the first time in their lives – said Górnicka Before the premiere in Gazeta Wyborcza.
Robert Rumas, a visual artist and art curator associated with the trend of critical art, is responsible for the scenery created for him. The premiere of the performance “Mothers. Song during the war” on TVP1 on February 24, 2025 at 20:30, i.e. on the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Will you watch? We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.
Source: Gazeta
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