WHITE
FLOWER
RED
INSPIRATION
White Flower Red is a dance-theatre piece which explores the origin of morality in human beings. It makes use of experience-enhancing visual elements to achieve its immersive purpose. The story is inspired by an attempt from Freud, in his Totem and Taboo, to postulate a plausible explanation on why the taboo of incest would be imposed so strictly, and in so many societies - from the most isolated tribal ones, to the most cosmopolitan. Since Freud discarded the biological and instinctual explanation for the incest taboo, he proposed a psychological one.
PLAY
The play takes place in 5 acts, which alternate between night and day. Nights bring out what is difficult for the human to explore openly, what is difficult to express under the Sun. They bring the allure of the newly awoken sexuality, the murderous rage and vengenance, and the ritualistic unification of the tribe. The days bring what is rightfully theirs - considerations of past actions, rumination and sobering revelations.
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CREDITS
Idea and project development: Not One Not Two
Technical consultant: Luka Karoli
Media: Aleksandar Kuzman
Music: Ana Bulovic
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