InnerVoice-dot-ru
Masha Sapizhak
*Day tickets for the 15.01. are sold out!
14.01. Reception with sparkling wine in the Dalcroze-Saal
15.01. Artist Talk after the last performance (Letters Home Imprint) approx. 21:00 in the Dalcroze Saal.
With: aliveduo (Alena Starostina and Ivan Nikolaev) “Letters Home”, Tanya Chizhikova (Tumbleweed) Maria Sapizhak (InnerVoice-dot-ru). The talk will be moderated by Johannes Kirsten (Managing Dramaturg at Maxim Gorki Theater) and will be held in English.
This participatory documentary performance ‘InnerVoice-dot-ru’ is about the boundaries of personality in terms of dictatorship and repressive state politics. It is based on the statements of citizens who have remained in Russia, who are against the regime and the war and who continue their resistance from the inside.
The audience plays an active role in the performance: using the instructions, they affect the dramaturgy of action to a certain extent. Together with the performer, they create the space for co-existing and togetherness in a collective reflection of how it is to live inside a dictatorship with aggressive internal and external policies.
Duration: ca. 50 min
Languages: German, English
Masha Sapizhak is a Berlin-based performance artist and theater maker in exile. In her work, she is primarily interested in reflecting on social and political contexts: human rights, environmental justice, causes and consequences of violence. She collects and questions private stories on various levels. As a theater and performance creator, she has already realized over 20 productions – in various regions of Russia, in Georgia, in Germany and also in collaboration with artists from Finland, Norway and Great Britain. Her production “Wir holen uns die Nacht zurueck” has been nominated for the IKARUS Award as one of the most remarkable theater performances for young adults in Berlin. For her, the most important thing about any kind of art is to create a space for communication and open dialog.
Concept and Performance: Masha Sapizhak
Translation: Katharina Spiering and Juliane Amberger
Photos: Nikita Salnikov and Stefania Migliorati
With support from Nastya Chaschina and Ksenia Shatchneva
