ANGELUS
Dance Theatre
Here is the odyssey of the 2nd and 3rd generation young people of families who migrated from the Anatolian countryside to the big city.
This is the story of this urban youth facing social and personal dilemmas, intergenerational conflicts, but as well as in search of healing.
Inspired by Walter Benjamin's “Angel of History”, ANGELUS is a dance theater piece that combines text, music, and dance/action. Gazing at past disasters while moving backward into the future, our protagonist wrestles with the unforgettable traumas, among which there is a father who migrated from his village as a boy and suppressed his shyness by becoming a bully in the city and an administrator who says, 'I would do it again if I had to,' about those he exiled from their homeland…
In this story, the archetypes of the personal and collective memory intertwine. The cruelty of Dumrul, who charges 30 coins from those who cross the bridge he built over a dried-up creek and 40 coins from those who don't, the loyalty of Boğaç, who saved his father intending to kill him with an arrow, and the legacy they left to the Anatolian-Islamic geography all rest on the shoulders of our hero.
While our character dresses up in a grown man's suit like a little boy acting, he swings between the past and the future, seeking the possibility of healing himself and a transmission purified from its infection across generations.
Duration 55 min
Conception Bedirhan Dehmen, Ozan Baysal, Zerrin Yanıkkaya
Direction & Choreography Bedirhan Dehmen
Texts & Narration Zerrin Yanıkkaya
Sounds & Music Ozan Baysal
Performance Bedirhan Dehmen
Director of Production Hasan Ergün
Production Gazişehir Kültür ve Sanat Derneği
Co-Labor Biz Platform
Management Caféturc Music & Arts / Ekim Öztürk
Recording, Mix, Mastering Barış Manisa
Costume Design & Realization Selda Durna, Berfin İlhan
Lighting Design Bedirhan Dehmen, Demet Ergün
Photos Volkan Erkan
Poster Design Rahime Orak
Video & Teaser Director Aykan Dede
Camera Operators Görkem Çetinkaya, Orhan Çeker
Video Editing Anıl Akdemir, Berfin Yaşar
Supported by Sivil Düşün
Thanks Demet Ergün, Üzeyir Ulus, Mihran Tomasyan, Gamze Karaca, Theaterforum Taklit, Boa Sahne / Aytekin Atabey
Recent and upcoming shows
Odenwald - Michelstadt - Breuberg (3 shows in Frankfurt/Germany), Moda Sahnesi (Istanbul), Mordem Sanat (Diyarbakir/Türkiye), Saint Bedros Church (Gaziantep/Türkiye. Gazişehir Theatre Festival), Elele’İz Culture Festival (Mardin/Türkiye)
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