By: Nicoleta Esinencu, teatru-spălătorie / Performer: Artiom Zavadovsky, Doriana Talmazan, Kira Semionov / Technical development: Iulian Lungu, Neonil Roșca / Technik: Sergiu Iachimov / Artistic consulting: Aenne Quiñones / Production manager: Jana Penz / Technische Leitung HAU: Annette Becker / Sound HAU: Janis Klinkhammer / Licht HAU: Lea Schneidermann / Translation from Moldavian Romanian into German: Eva Ruth Wemme / Translation from Moldavian Romanian into English: Artiom Zavadovsky / Costume (HAU): Aleix Llussà Lòpez / Stage manager (HAU): Ruprecht Lademann / Stage technology (HAU): Jörg Fischer / Lighting manager (HAU): Boris Meier / Lighting technology (HAU): Lea Schneidermann, Anna Cackett / Sound technology (HAU): Janis Klinkhammer
Nicoleta Esinencu / HAU
Symphony of Progress
A Performance by Nicoleta Esinencu, Artiom Zavadovsky, Doriana Talmazan, Kira Semionov, Nora Dorogan, Oana Cîrpanu
- Theatre
English /
With German surtitles /
With English surtitles /
Moldavian Romanian /
Russian /
approx. 100 mins.
We live in a society driven by the idea of progress; democratic progress, scientific progress or technological progress. A progress meant to bring us all social justice, wealth and wellbeing, a new world or even a new planet. Nicoleta Esinencu’s new work delves into this idyllic idea of progress, exposing its layers of violence. The progress of the capitalist system that relentlessly develops new forms of exploitation and colonization. The progress of technology that controls and punishes but never protects nor supports. The progress of violence in the relations between the West and the East, violence that has definitely only flourished during the pandemic when in western societies migrant workers were exploited. Supported by the hammering sound of work tools and machine parts, Nicoleta Esinencu and the collective spălătorie tell the story of the people of Eastern Europe who are forced to work under ignoble conditions in the west in order to survive. The performance draws upon the traditions of agit prop and “Lehrstücke” (didactic plays) and, using the motto “Enjoy Killjoy”, makes content-based references to theorists such as Sara Ahmed.
Since 2012 HAU Hebbel am Ufer is in continual collaboration with Nicoleta Esinencu and teatru-spălătorie, most recently in 2019 for the commissioned work and HAU production “Abolirea familiei / The Abolition of the Family”. After numerous guest performances, the HAU commissioned work from 2022 returns to Berlin.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer und teatru-spălătorie. Co-production: FFT Düsseldorf, HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden, Rampe Stuttgart, Festival Theaterformen. Supported within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Location
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