| Excerpts
from the critics
GOLEM 3 – Myghty
and Magically
»Torches,
acrobats on stilts, creations from Alan Hranitelj and
naked bodies, covered solely in white powder. For background
the walls and towers of the castle of Ljubljana, The
show that comprises all these elements cannot be something
else but magical. Golem 3, choreographed by Stefan Maria
Marb /assisted by Tanja Zgonc) and with a cast of almost
20 actors and Butoh dancers from Slovenia, Germany,
Austria, Great Britain and Croatia is a dance spectacle,
produced by Plesni Teater Ljubljana, which left a mighty
impression. And in no small measure the sympathy from
the public. The dancers golems actually performed at
10 degrees Celsius naked and barefoot. If they were
cold, it was not seen – not a single muscle vibrated
wrongly.
Golem is a medieval legend, linked to Jewish mysticism.
The Jewish magi created the first golem from water and
earth and awakened him to life by cabbalistic methods,
they became creators. The shows in all three parts connects
to the essential idea of a golem and questions itself
about where the development of biotechnology and genetic
manipulation will lead us, what is the value of a cloned
human being, what is the relation between the creator
and his creation. The answers are left to the spectator.«
T. N. S., JANA, 16. 8. 2005
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Fight for life formation
»Marb has skilfully
used the castle space and decentralized spectator's
view by simultaneous happening on various site locations:
on the tower, from which The Queen of the Night from
Mozart's Magic Flute was, unfortunately not impeccably,
sang by the Queen of the Creators (Christin Mollnar),
on the castle walls, protected by warriors with torches,
and on stage of the castle yard, where unfolds the central
sequence between the queen and the clones and by which
in the end appear acrobats on stilts, who in contents
complement the concept about genetically manipulated
beings; and finally the stranger on a horse (Stefan
Maria Marb) who excellently dances the concluding reconciliation
dance.«
Mojca Kumerdej,
DELO, Culture/rtv: Tuesday, 9th August 2005
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Missed mysticism of dance
»On this summer
night Ljubljana Castle revived in mythological spirit,
illuminated with torches, where vivid white and fiery
creatures were winding on several places of the castle,
on spaces under the arcades, on the bridge and on the
walls, simulating the mythological story about Golem,
the human being made out of clay, who had been created
by a rabbi from water and earth and inspired with life.«
»The procession was invitingly
led from the outside gate by a musician, accompanied
by a clay queen and pleasant melodies. A bit later a
classical soprano resounded from the castle tower, an
angel's voice; when the singer landed on the castle
floor we were gazing at an unusual creature on stilts,
covered with imaginative hoop-petticoat. In the space
dark beings were also flying across but, as it is right,
had to withdraw before the bright fire energy. Horse
hooves echoed from far, the mysticism of medieval atmosphere
from castle times was thus complete; moreover the horse
appeared together with the rider, when he placed a covered
white being, the amorphous Adam. The medieval intertwining
is linked to Jewish tradition which says that the Prussian
rabbi Levi ben Bezabeli inspired a soul to a clay human
being and took him for his servant.
I hope that some tourist organizer
also attended the show; as such shows could definitely
enliven Ljubljana Castle and its cultural offer.«
Daliborka Podboj, VECER, Wednesday,
10th August 2005
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