ANGELUS
Dance Theatre
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…
Dans ce récit s'entremêlent les archétypes de la mémoire personnelle et collective. La cruauté de Dumrul, exigeant 30 pièces de ceux qui traversent le pont qu'il a fait construire sur un ruisseau asséché et 40 pièces de ceux qui ne le franchissent pas ; la loyauté de Boğaç, qui a sauvé son père avec l'intention de le tuer d'une flèche ; ou encore l’héritage que ces personnages ont légué à cette géographie anatolienne et qui repose sur les épaules de notre héros.
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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