Konträr bites

A conversation with Jasna Žmak, who presented at Konträr the performance THIS IS MY TRUTH, TELL ME YOURS.

Jasna Žmak is a Croatian dramaturg, writer, researcher and counselling therapist that in this performance appears on stage in the role of the performer for the first time. Dealing with questions of truthfulness and representation, participation and responsibility, she guide the audience through her dramaturgical and sexual experiences, asking herself and the audience questions about the importance and the meaning of artistic production in the era of wild capitalism.

What happens when a dramaturg, after fifteen years in the service of art, begins to suspect that art has ruined her life, and yet cannot stop?

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Music: Paul Yudin, #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/during-the-rain

A conversation with Hana Umeda, who presented at Konträr the performance RAPEFLOWER.

Hana Umeda is a Japanese-Polish choreographer, performer, and dancer. She is also a Natori (master) of the Jiutamai Hanasaki-ryu school.

RAPEFLOWER explores experiences of sexual violence. Umeda approaches rape as a transcultural weapon used to control women’s bodies. In a striking fusion of traditional Japanese jiutamai and contemporary performance, she portrays rape as a psychosomatic condition shaped by trauma, survival strategies, and the possibility of beginning anew.

Umeda leads the audience through an emotional journey within her own body, a site of injury and objectification, but also of liberation, exploration, self-determination, and resistance. The performance seeks a language beyond taboo and sensationalism, and asks whether the stage can become a space for emancipation and healing.

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Music: Paul Yudin, #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/during-the-rain

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