Exemplary dialogues is an exploratory format of Bitef Polyphony, dedicated to best practices that distinguish polyphonic authors, either through the effectiveness of their techniques and methods or their authentic approach to specific thematic issues. In this year’s first episode, we will analyse theatrical processes that attempt to understand the experiences of young people in wars from this region, starting with the National Liberation Struggle in World War II, their suffering and growing up in conditions of impossible reality, and continuing through the collective traumas of isolation and bombing during the disintegration of the 1990s.
Theatrical examples:
From Self to Others and It Was the Soul’s Wondrous Mine, Plavo pozorište 1999; Waiting for visa, Iskorak, 2009; Death to Fascism: On the Ribars and Freedom, Reflektor Theatre 2018; Family Circus - for Children and the Sensitive and The Celestial Wedding, Belgrade Elders and Youngsters; The Magic City, Puppet Theatre Pinocchio 2024.