Representing Butoh/theatre

I Believe

by Mehdi Farajpour
19th International universities theatre festival - Besancon - France - 31st March 2010

Sound:
Francois Sardi

Performers:
Anna Burek, Natalia Ciępka, Mehdi Farajpour, Rafał Łachut, Aleksandra Mielczarek, Magda Tabor, Aga Urbanek, Weronika Żylińska

Director assistants:
Stanislaw Bitka, Michalina Bedka

Stage designer:
Mehdi Farajpour

Festival catalogues

A note by director:

 ”Auschwitz” is not only the name of a place which they called a “concentration camp” but it is also a dangerous ideology which still exists in many countries. However, we prefer to close our eyes, cover our ears and shut our mouths in order to feel the peaceful world around us. But, when I close my eyes at night, I see the faces of the prisoners in Auschwitz 60 years coming alive. When I cover my ears, I still hear the children crying in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rwanda, Korea, Vietnam as well as my country Iran. But I refuse to shut my mouth. This performance is my remonstrance against the “Auschwitz” which still continues. Because it is an ideology and not only the name of a place.

I truly believe,
Mehdi Farajpour