PREDSTAVA 2009.

„Reset“

In October 2009, Ms. Danica Arapovic, choreographer, has started preparing a dancing performance, co-produced by „Hajde da...“ Group and Cultural Institution „Vuk Karadzic“. It was performed by both dancers with and without disabilities.

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Choreography: Ms. Danica Arapovic
Music: Ms. Aleksandra Djokic
Dramaturgy: Ms. Marko Pejovic
Costumes, scenography, lightning designs: Mr. Boris Caksiran
Performers: Ms. Ana Ignjatovic-Zagorac, Mr. Danijel Todorovic, Ms. Jelena Stojiljkovic, Ms. Jovana Rakic, Mr. Senad Sopnic, Mr. Stojan Simic
Technical support: Mr. Petar Kalinic, Mr. Borislav Stamenkov - Bugi
Photography: Mr. Aleksandar Milosavljevic
Design of promo-materials: Ms. Jelena Kneževic

In the world of modern technologies, word RESET means "to clear any pending errors or events and bring a system to normal condition or initial state" (Wikipedia).

Electronic systems have their life cycles. They get created and they operate. They also die. They get attacked by viruses. They lose their energy by activating several sub-systems simultaneously. Sometimes, they fail to recognize other systems, establish communication, be compatible and cooperate. They get bugged, enter uncontrollable states and break down. They have to be stopped, all activities have to be cancelled, in order for them to restore their energy and for processors to be able to operate again, and thus contently "buzz".

It seems that we have the same situation with humans. The RESET performance is a story about waking up, about restarting.

WHAT CRITICS SAID

Ms. Milica Zajcev, DANAS – daily newspapers, Dec 14th, 2009

This time, with ripeness that impresses, Ms. Danica Arapovic has created a performance that formally lays on joint dance of the three couples, trios, duets and solos, all being truly and obviously coloured by natural elegance and stunning sensibility, with an attractive and intriguing  dancing flow. By applying a technical term “reset” to her performers – that originally stays for “clearing any pending errors or events, and bringing a system to normal condition or initial state” – Ms. Arapovic has made successful symbolizations of both system break down – its blocking, and its restarting, waking up, through movement.

Mr. Marko Pejovic – a dramaturge, has played another fairly important role in this project, convincing us that contemporary dance must also have a dramaturgy, that was thoroughly thought through and elaborated. Ms. Aleksandra Djokic’s music – pleasant and lyrical – has inspired the choreographer and performers to dance in harmony and mutual understanding, that is not so easy and usual to reach. All these contributed to the fact that there was a very discreet and modest boundary between the achievement of professional and highly expressive dancers – Ms. Ana Ignjatovic-Zagorac, Ms. Jelena Stojiljkovic and Ms. Jovana Rakic, and the appearance and dancing of Mr. Danijel Todorovic, Mr. Senad Sopnic and Mr. Stojan Simic. This was easy to perceive also when the guys were the only dancers on the stage, confronted to each other, as their commitment to the art of dancing has been radiating their sincere inspiration and awareness of themselves being part of the world, destiny and eternity, which they felt not only with their full strength, but also with their full hearts.