Part of: Transitions 1. Balkans
Theater

Balkans: A Short History of Crying

Sanja Mitrović

Dates

Prices

5 — 10 €

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Saturday
Time
21:00
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

10 €
Concs 5 €

“Stand-up tragedy” is how the director and performer describes her solo on the phenomenology of tears and the history of personal mourning.

Belgrade, Serbia / Amsterdam, Netherlands

“Stand-up tragedy” is how the director and performer describes her solo on the phenomenology of tears and the history of personal mourning. Born in 1978 in the former Yugoslavia but later displaced to the Netherlands, Sanja Mitrovic brings humour to her commentary on such emblematic images of collective grief as Tito’s funeral in 1980, as she highlights the mechanisms we employ to deal with remembrance and death.

Credits

  • Concept, text, direction and performance

    Sanja Mitrović

  • Dramaturgy

    Felix Ritter, Marija Karaklajic

  • Stage design concept

    Laurent Liefooghe

  • Set design realization

    Douwe Hibma

  • Sound design

    Evelien van den Broek, Vladimir Rakic

  • Light design

    Katinka Marac

  • Video design

    Janneke Kupfer

  • Research, artistic advice

    Vladimir Tupanjac

  • Camera

    Marko Stojmenov, Nadja Leuba

  • Voice over

    Michael Jahoda

  • Assistant director

    Guilio D’Anna, Maya van den Heuvel-Arad

  • English translation

    Sinisa Mitrovic

  • Dutch translation

    Sarah van Lamsweerde

  • Technicians

    Paul Schimmel, Konstantin Leonenko

  • Production

    Anke Wirken

  • Photo

    Laurent Liefooghe, Stephen van Hesteren

  • Production

    Stand Up Tall Productions (Amsterdam)

  • Co-production

    hetveem theater (Amsterdam), Center for Cultural Decontamination (Belgrade)

  • Thanks

    Jan Barta, Susanna Brenner, Vesna Jovanovic, Dragan Klaic, Koen Kreulen, Borka Pavicevic, Sanne van Rijn, Vesna Vesic, Beursschouwburg (Brussel), Shady Lane Productions (Berlin) and all the people that contributed with their stories, songs and tears

  • A "Short History Of Crying" is financially supported by

    the European Cultural Foundation, Fonds Podiumkunsten Nederland, Amsterdams Fond voor de Kunst, SNS REAAL Fonds, VSB Fonds

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