Reassembled / Сабраныя нанова

To leave or to stay -- the eternal question facing opponents of repressive regimes. Should they set out into exile, abandoning, under threat of imprisonment, a familiar creative life, or should they choose inner emigration and silence as an art of survival? How to mend this rupture, how to restore mutual understanding, how to reassemble one's own identity, shattered by the historical events of the new century?

In the theatrical production "Reassembled," Belarusian artists in exile use poetry, dance, and visual art to make sense of their own experience abroad and to search for points of contact with anonymous colleagues who, remaining in Belarus amid fear and powerlessness, find ways to survive under an authoritarian state.

Languages: German, Belarusian, and English. No surtitles.

A post-show discussion will be held in Belarusian, with interpretation into English.

Credits

Poems and collages from Julia Cimafiejeva’s book Ich zerschneide die Geschichte (edition frölich)

Text based on interviews: Alexandr Marchanka and Julia Cimafiejeva
Director: Alexandr Marchanka
Choreography: Tatsiana “Kupra” Kupreichyk
Video: Aleksandra Kononchenko
German translation of Julia Cimafiejeva’s poems: Tina Wünschmann
English translation of the interviews: Tatsiana “Kupra” Kupreichyk

Performers:
Aleksandra Kononchenko (Аляксандра Канончанка)
Tatsiana “Kupra” Kupreichyk
Julia Cimafiejeva

Presented as part of Berlin Freedom Week, this event is made possible through the financial and organizational support of the Fund for Belarus Democracy, a program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Venue:
Hotel Continental - Art Space in Exile
Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin