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CALL FOR APPLICATION

Desiré Central Station 2019

We are happy to announce that the Kosztolányi Dezső Theatre has begun the preparations for its eleventh international regional contemporary theatre festival: Desiré Central Station 2019.

The organizing team of DCS 2019 is looking for performances to put in the program of the festival. We are looking forward to receiving applications until 31 August 2019, to the following address:

info@desirefestival.eu

or

Pozorište „Kosztolányi Dezső” – DCS 2019
Trg žrtava fašizma 5.
24000 Subotica
SERBIA

The application should contain the technical rider of the performance, the approximate costs of transportation and performance, and also a recording of the performance.

Best regards,
Desiré Team


HASSAN AGA’S WIFE

Novi Sad Theatre
HASSAN AGA’S WIFE
Based on the play of Ljubomir Simović
Directed by András Urbán

Hassan Aga’s Wife is an ancient story about love and pain, about men and women, about family. But Hassan Aga’s Wife is first of all a story about Woman. About women.

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Dark Union

Josef Nadj – EN-KNAP Group (Ljubljana)
DARK UNION
Made after Canard pékinois
Choreographed by Josef Nadj

In 2017, Iztok Kovač, the EN-KNAP Group artistic director, extended his invitation to Nadj in hopes to see a revived version of Nadj’s first choreography, the legendary Canard pékinois (1987).

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The Bacchae

Ulysses Theatre (Brioni)
Euripides: THE BACCHAE
Directed by Lenka Udovički

- Are you afraid you’ll go crazy?
- Always.

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Intimacy

The Family of the Clear Streams (Brezovica)
INTIMACY
Directed by Božidar Mandić

The Family of the Clear Streams is a theater-performance oriented commune located on the Rudnik Mountain. The Family set out on their mission in 1977, when they moved from Novi Sad to a desolate and solitary house deep in the forest.

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KRLEЖA

Montažstroj (Zagreb)
Zlatko Paković:
KRLEЖA or what are flags to us or we to flags that we should weep for them
Directed by Zlatko Paković

What are we if we stand against flags, if we try to live as world citizens in a free spirit that connects us to other people more powerfully that any flag or anthem would?

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THE IDIOTS

Mladinsko Theatre (Ljubljana)
Lars von Trier:
THE IDIOTS
(Idioterne)
Directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac

The Idiots, based on the script by the famous Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, was staged by a dedicated team directed by Nina Rajić Kranjac, one of the most articulate voices of the young generation.

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HERO – 2.0

Moment (Maribor) – Zavod EN-KNAP (Ljubljana)
HERO 2.0 – The Show of All Shows
Authors and performers: Uroš Kaurin, Vito Weis

If you don’t think you are the best actor, stop acting. If you don’t think you are making the best show, don’t make it.

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SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR

The Kerempuh Satirical Theatre (Zagreb)
Luigi Pirandello:
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Directed by Oliver Frljić

In Pirandello’s most famous piece – which is also one of the most well-known theater pieces of all times – the six characters are still in a ceaseless search of an author.

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365Falls

Via Negativa (Ljubljana)
365FALLS
Concept and direction: Bojan Jablanovec

365falls is a nonverbal physical performance.

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DO FEAR ALLAH

Bosnian National Theatre Zenica – Cultural Center of Novi Pazar
Zlatko Paković:
DO FEAR ALLAH: MEANING OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ĆAMIL SIJARIĆ
Directed by Zlatko Paković

In this performance Ćamil Sijarić is what the ghost of Hamlet’s father is in Shakespeare’s play.

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ICE-DOCTRINES

Metanoia Arthopaedics (Szeged)
ICE-DOCTRINES – variations on nazi rhetoric
Directed by Zoltán Perovics

The performance was specifically created by the group with the intention to raise awareness and increase sensitivity in the younger generation for the dangers of hate speech and to teach them how to recognize the elements of hate speech in today’s everyday discourses.

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THE MOMENTS OF ABSENCE

Compagnie Cécile Loyer (France)
THE MOMENTS OF ABSENCE
Duo
Choreographed by Cécile Loyer

For her latest work, Moments d’absence, Cécile Loyer has turned her attention to the œuvre of Jean Eustache, a filmmaker associated with the Nouvelle Vague.

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Dictature

Engineering Theatre AKHE (St. Petersburg)
DICTATURE

AKHE creates a unique dream theatre of chaos. Their performances are filled with countless absurd and inspired moments.

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Sea Lavender

The Symptoms (Budapest)
SEA LAVENDER – or the Euphoria of Being
Directed by Réka Szabó

In this duet of two women, a 93-year-old Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor teams up with a young dancer.

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NOAH’S (NEW) MACEDONIA

Bitola National Theatre
NOAH’S (NEW) MACEDONIA
Directed by KokaNojeMladeNojević

The performance of Kokan Mladenović is a politically engaged theatre satire that aims to investigate the mechanisms of political megalomania, manipulation, abuse of historical documents and forging of historical facts, for the benefits of a particular group of people, which at a certain historical moment proclaims itself not only as a savior but also as a founder of the whole nation and its traditions.

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Doctor Faust

Bitola National Theatre
DOCTOR FAUST
Based on the play The Tragic History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and texts written by the director, the dramaturge and the actors.
Directed by Urbán András

There is no story about the devil. There is only one story and that’s about humankind and freedom. The relativization of responsibility is a satanic thing. Power is abuse. Marching people are a manipulation. It is your human right to say that you are lying and that you are producing fake values. Meanwhile the theater is joy itself. Enjoy yourselves!

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Queendom

Veronika Szabó (Budapest)
QUEENDOM
Concept and direction Veronika Szabó

Veronika Szabo’s theatre performance, Queendom is at the intersection of contemporary performance, physical theatre and drag shows performed by 8 women. It is about female representations and the power of the male gaze.

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Head First

The Symptoms (Budapest)
HEAD FIRST – or the contractions of expanding time
Director-choreographer: Réka Szabó

We don’t remember how we were born, and we won’t be able to tell the story of our dying. Giving birth is an equally elemental, borderline event, outside real space and time – an extraordinary experience.

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LAIBACH

LAIBACH
concert

38 years on from their genesis in the then-Yugoslavian industrial town Trbovlje, Laibach is still the most internationally acclaimed band to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

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