WHIRLING

Dolazimo vrteći se iz ništavila, posipajući zvezde,
zvezde načine krug, i u njegovoj sredini mi igramo.

Rumi

Created as an “essay in movement’ with scenes interlaced with footnotes, this dynamic, interactive and lively performance tells the story of an actors/dancers/directors journey into the world of whirling. Whirling as a skill has been developed, researched and practically executed through imaginative ways in different performances and scenes by Sanja KrsmanovićTasić  in a span of 25 years. The last part dwells in the world of the origin of the form, the sufi Dervish world of Mevlana Rumi, his poetry and life.

Texts by: Darko Suvina, Octavio Paz, Dzelaludin Rumi and Sanja Krsmanović Tasić
Written, directed and perfromed by: Sanja Krsmanović Tasić
Video and music: Jugoslav Hadžić
Scene and total design: Anastasia Tasić
Costume: Gradimir Kostić-Krsmanović, Suzana Tasić Anović and Hleb teatar
Photography: Lidija Antonović
Video: Milutin Labudović
Organisation: Tamara Vranić and Aleksandra Popović 
PR : Slavica Hinić and Julijana Vincan
Technical director: Ljubomir Radivojević
Set manager: Maja Jovanović
Lights: Dragan Đurković i Igor Milenković
Sound Miroljub Vladić i Jugoslav Hadžić
Production: Udruženje Umetnička Utopija i Hleb teatar

Support: Ministarstvo kulture i informisanja Republike Srbije (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia)

Partners: Bitef Theatre and MKM

Premier: 12.102109. Bitef Theatre, Belgrade