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Bitef Polyphony, A Boy with a Suitcase – Interview with Damjan Kecojević

One of the performances at Bitef Polyphony was a production by Little Theatre “Duško Radović“– “A Boy with a Suitcase“, directed by Damjan Kecojević, a permanent member of the ensemble.Interviewer Joana Knežević

Farm Fatale - Interview with Philippe Quesne

About Vivarium and other “vivaria“ we spoke with the director of the performance, Philippe QuesneInterviewer: Joana Knežević

Traces - Interview with Wim Vandekeybus

After premier performance of his show “Traces“, we talked to director and choreographer Wim VandekeybusInterviewer: Joana Knežević

Flesh – Interview and Masterclass with Franck Vigroux

Franck Vigroux, a French artist – composer and performer, held a masterclass for Belgrade audience in Belgrade Drama Theatre. Franck is the composer, performer and the author of the performance, or rather, the installation “Flesh“, which closed this year’s Bitef.By Ana Stefanović

Flesh - Meeting the Authors and Audience Survey

After the performance-installation “Flesh“, which closed this year’s double Bitef, the audience talked to artist Franck Vigroux, the author and composer of this piece. The discussion was moderated by the dramaturge Milena Bogavac.Reporter: Ana Stefanović

As if the End Were Not Quite Near and Conference of the Absent – Meeting the Authors and Audience Survey

Double Bitef edition also had a double Meeting the Authors edition, when Minja Bogavac moderated a roundtable discussion for the performances “As if the End Were Not Quite Near“, produced by Bitef Theatre, and the “Conference of the Absent“ by Rimini Protokoll.By Mila Jovanović; Survey conducted by Joana Knežević

The Cherry Orchard in the Cherry Orchard – Meeting the Authors

When, several years ago, we organized roundtable discussions via online platforms, we thought it was revolutionary, and yet, this year, we had an opportunity to see a full performance in that format, Minja Bogavac said at the beginning of the discussion with Bobo Jelčić, after his performance “The Cherry Orchard in the Cherry Orchard“, presented in this year’s Bitef main programme.Reporter: Mila Jovanović

As if the End Were Not Quite Near – Nikola Zavišić

One of four Serbian performances at this year’s Bitef is “As if the End Were Not Quite Near“. Highly specific, meant for an audience of only five people and totally in sync with the times marked by the Covid-situation but also with the growing presence of technologies, this performance (if we can call it one) invites us to think, and raises numerous issues. That is why I went to Bitef Theatre and, during one of the “screenings“ of the ...

We Are Sitting on a Branch: Solidarity or Downfall – from the point of view of an artist and a citizen of Belgrade

Impressions from the conference by Sunčica Milosavljević, PhD, a theatre director and programme director of BAZAART, a Representative Association in Culture.

I Put a Spell on You - An interview with Ehsan Hemat and Yasen Vasilev

On the stage of Atelje 212 theater in Belgrade, Bitef showed a performance called “I Put a Spell on You“, by the Iranian choreographer Ehsan Hemat. In the performance, three dancers, all coming from different countries, are on stage accompanied by the fourth presence of a drone as a symbol of censorship and control. Before the performance, we had a chance to talk to the author and choreographer, Ehsan Hemat, as well as the ...