Ples je ideja koja odbija umrijeti

Ranojutarnji performans u Rijeci, u suradnji sa sestrinskom organizacijom OOUR (Zagreb).

U četvrtak 20. prosinca 2012. s početkom u 06.00 u dnevnom boravku Molekule izveden je  performans 07:38 (Ples je ideja koja odbija umrijeti).

Nastojanja plesnih umjetnika/ca koji/e su ples odlučili/e tretirati ne kao istraživački, teorijski, filozofski i/ili fizički materijal već su kretanje svojeg tijela u prostoru i vremenu, bez obzira na njegovu estetsku, stilsku i fiziološku pozadinu, uzele/i kao iskaz otpora, savršeni readymade, činjenicu da jest i da jesam/o. Performans je završio, uz razdanjivanje i izlaskom u grad na zajednički doručak.

07:38, sviće. Oblačimo kapute i izlazimo na ulicu. Među ljude, među zgrade i u ovo jutro da bi u sjeni države, tog diva koji spava, stvarali novi dan. Jer ples je ideja i ples je ideja koja odbija i ples je ideja koja odbija umrijeti barem na još jedan dan.

07:38, jer ples…

OOUR (Zagreb) u suradnji sa Prostorom Plus (Rijeka)



Manifest

I danced

• I danced against the odds
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I danced with time running out
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I danced through the lies
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I danced with and without expectations
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I danced in the midst of war

• I danced surrounded by governments
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I danced over the boundaries
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I danced in the face of accusations
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I danced polluted by other peoples stares
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I danced heartless and cold
I danced in sickness & in health
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I danced till death do us part
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I danced for the better times
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I danced into destruction
into tunnels and tunnels of uncertain futures
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I danced even when you said no!
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I danced occupied in a small room
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I danced beating my foot on the concrete that destroyed me
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I danced not believing
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I danced recklessly
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I danced hoping mercy would come
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I danced for rain
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I danced selflessly
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I danced recklessly
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I danced!
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I danced!
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I danced through the hail of knives
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I danced in the fields
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I danced with the victims of human stupidity
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I danced asking for nothing

• I danced assuming it would mean something
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I danced even when it didn’t

• I danced wrapped in sweat, heat and exhaustion

• I danced so I could give up

• I danced so everyone could see
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I danced till the scars on my soul reopened

• I danced to summon
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I danced to lead

• I danced to correct

• I danced to succeed
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I danced to warn
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I danced to smite
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I danced to seize
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I danced to fight
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I danced!

• I danced!
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I danced!
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And, I danced as a testimony
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I danced as a crime
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I danced not knowing the place and the motherfuckin’ time

• I danced right into murders and decrepit faces of those who lost
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I danced next to the World

• I danced paying the maximum cost
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I danced so there would be no leaders
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I danced as an illusion
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I danced for ideals
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I danced for pity
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I danced for pity
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I danced against all odds

• I danced so I don’t dance
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I danced so I can re-earn my right to be an important part
in this whole charade
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I danced!
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I danced!
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I danced for miles and miles of open negotiation
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I danced while being raped

• I danced as an invitation to a high-class hooker dinner party
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I danced to be baptized
I danced to redeem
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I danced to exceed

• I danced through pain
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I danced through pressure
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I danced through pain
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I danced through pressure
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I danced so the can add insult to injury
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I danced praying I’d see the death of this whole nation

• I danced nowhere so that anywhere could become the center of somewhere
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I danced in the buildings they call “theaters”

• I danced on the docks

• I danced!
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I danced!

• I danced for retribution
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I danced page after page, line after line
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I danced when asleep
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I danced out in the wild

• I danced so I don’t become
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I danced loud
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I danced until my moves became seizures
and the had me committed to a loony bin

• I danced because I owe it to myself
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I danced to be politically incorrect

• I danced till I got too tired to dance

• I danced till I couldn’t dance no more
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But I danced!
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But I danced!
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I danced!
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I danced so I can earn money
I danced so I can apply
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I danced as a seal and a signature 
An envelope filled with hope
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I danced so I could proudly wear a clerk suit someday

• I danced till I lost all signs of being a human being a human being
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I danced so I could be rated
 
• I danced for a fee
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I danced so I can fulfill a quota
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I danced over and over and over and over again and it was never enough
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I danced so I can justify the money given
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I danced!

• I danced!

• And I danced!
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I danced!
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I danced!

• And I stopped!

Performans izveli: Mila Čuljak, Sanja Gregorić, Vladimir Ježić, Ana Jurčić, Ivana Kalc, Marko Kalc, Tanja Kalčić, Antonio Kiselić Ledinsky, Ćerim Krasnići, Marija Maksimović, Martina Rukavina, Nives Soldičić, Žak Branko Valenta

Autorice projekta: Selma Banich i Sandra Banić Naumovski


Autor manifesta: Adam Semijalac