LITTLE TRAGEDY (2011)
Premiere: February 17th, 2011
Venue: Zagreb Dance centre, Zagreb
Author: Marija Šćekić
INFO
Little Tragedy is a full evening audio-visual show and also the first vertical
dance performance in
the Republic of Croatia. Living on the edge is the main idea of a new dance work
by Marija Šćekić about an injured bird dying due to fatal flight towards skyscraper in Zagreb.
The Law on nature protection explicitly forbids any manipulation with wild animals. Wild animals are
daily injured in traffic, due to poaching activities, intentional mutilation and raptors due to
superstition in some parts of Croatia. Awap Association in Croatia is dealing with these and similar
problems every day.
The “free fall” sequence in the performance when Marija Scekic throws herself
from a 3m high platform (secured by rope rigging system) is a symbolical manifestation of danger,
risk-taking, anxiety, courage and fear caused by modern life and urban boundaries.
This performance was reconstructed for open space and became the symbol for future collaboration
between Histeria Nova and Paklenica National park within the framework of “The Gates of Velebit”
project for promotion of vertical dance as a new form of art in Croatia but also cultural and
natural heritage of Velebit mountain.
VIDEO
REVIEWS
- body-pixel.com (Interview with Marija Šćekić, in English)
- plesnascena.hr (Jedriti tijelom, in Croatian)
- Planet Spirit (Histeria Nova - Mala tragedija, in Croatian)
IMPRESSUM
- Choreography and Vertical Dance: Marija Šćekić
- Rigging: Ivica Radić, Vladimir Novak
- Sampling, programming and sound production: Ranko Šajfar
- Music for the piano (composition, performance): Zoran Šćekić
- Head of Light: Saša Bogojević
- Animation: Majda Džanić
- Costume/ Set Design: Mihaela Županić, Marija Šćekić
- Photography: Zrinka Funarić, Nina Đurđević
- Organization: Marija Šćekić, Zrinka Funarić, Čejen Černić
- Production: Histeria Nova in collaboration with Zagreb Dance Center, 2010/2011
SPONSORS
The City of Zagreb, Ministry of culture of the Republic of Croatia, Djakovo Mountain Association, Green Light Association, AWAST Association for protection of wild animals
