“White people are trapped in their whiteness, black people trapped in their blackness,” – Frantz Omar Fanon
Documentary theatre performance deals with the colonial legacy, combines archival materials, objects, comments and personal testimonies. Four participants with differing life experiences use video, dance, music and masks, relating to the common past.
Prepared by: Švábová, Nwagbo, Havlová, Housková, Procházka, Procházka, Nyass, Svatoš, Dörner, Hybler, Jiřička, Brejcha, Zika, Búřil, Mennsdorf-Pouilly, Jedinák, Wajsar, Jakeš
Cooperate: Poláková, Ježek, Tarnovski, Mikyska, Vitvar, Kyšperský, Švejda, Krupanský, Chmelař
Production: Jedefrau.org, Maria Cavina
Audience: children 15+, adult
About the company
Handa Gote Research & Development is dedicated to experimenting with dramaturgy, incorporating non-theatrical elements into its work, and developing its own concept of post-dramatic and post-spectacular theater.It has long been inspired by science and technology. The group conducts continuous research into theater speech, laboratory work in the field of sound and light design, while questioning the above disciplines.
genres
Interdisciplinary
THEATRE / COMPANY
Handa Gote research & development
CZECH TITLE
Vzpomínky na Togoland
AUTHOR
Švábová, Nwagbo, Havlová, Housková, Procházka, Procházka, Nyass, Svatoš, Dörner, Hybler, Jiřička, Brejcha, Zika, Búřil, Mennsdorf-Pouilly, Jedinák, Wajsar, Jakeš
LENGTH OF THE PERFORMANCE
56 minutes
STAGE AREA
Large
NUMBER OF TRAVELLING PERSONS
7
LANGUAGE
Czech