Demeter Calling is a concert performance in which an entirely female cast mobilises the power of the singing body. The performers aim to draw attention to the gap between life as it is prescribed by other people and the life that they want. Stories of women dating back a hundred years, from various parts of the world, are turned into songs that call into question the notion of motherhood as a conservative focal point for female identity.
performance with Dutch subtitles
concept, tekst, regie: Sanja Mitrović
performance:: Sanja Mitrović, Ana Naqe, Kathy Sey, Magda Ral
featuring: Istok Liefooghe Mitrović, Wolf Segelstein
dramaturgie: Sara Vanderieck
originele muziek: Marija Balubdžić
muziek arrangementen: Marija Balubdžić & SinišaMitrović
choreografie: Sanja Mitrović & AudreyApers
kostuumontwerp: Ivana Kličković
licht en decorontwerp Giacomo Gorini
geluidsontwerp: Johannes Bellinck, Patrick Van Neck
regie-assistentie: Siniša Mitrović
regie-assistentie (stage): Audrey Apers
dramaturgisch advies: Gerardo Salinas
advies lichtontwerp: Laurent Liefooghe
onderzoek: Tunde Adefioye
productieleiding: Robin Hectors
stemcoach: Fabienne Seveillac
saxofoon: Grégoire Tirtiaux
productie: Stand Up Tall Productions
coproductie: Perpodium, KVS
uitvoerend producent: Caravan Production
residentie: KVS Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg
met de steun van: The Flemish Authorities, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie, de Taxshelter maatregel van de Belgische Federale Overheid in samenwerking met Casa Kafka Pictures
The performers from diverse backgrounds – including Sanja Mitrović herself – act as a medium that aligns and channels the voices of sisters all over the world, in different waves of history, geography, ethnicity and culture. In the limited space between the world that has passed and a new world at our feet, they are an unexpected girl band celebrating female power, resilience, determination and the courage to speak – and sing – of their own pain.
The Belgrade-based composer Marija Balubdzić has written new music especially for Demeter Calling, into which she incorporates a myriad of individual perspectives. Demeter Calling uses something as shared and accessible as a concert of music to invoke the corporeal, sensual and affective. In doing so, it highlights the nuances of the relationship between mother and child and, in the broader sense, the pitfalls of female survival.
