Dance Performance ‘Bark’ | Kaleidoscope of Culture 2024

IMPORTANT: Due to adverse weather conditions, the dance performance “Bark” has been postponed to 20 September and will take place at the same location, in the District, as part of the performing arts week.

The dance performance ‘Bark,’ inspired by the novel Faith and Treason by Aleksandar Tišma and performed by the dancers of the Cultural-Artistic Society ‘Vuk Karadžić’ from Temerin, will be showcased at the Kaleidoscope of Culture as part of the Literature Week in the District on 20 September at 9 p.m. Combining elements of contemporary and traditional dance, the performance tells a story from the past of Novi Sad, exploring the lives and identities of people altered by the events of war. It delves into the eternal dilemma: what causes evil to sprout within a person when it could have been good?

Through topics of friendship, love, war, and post-war life, the performance poses the question of whether we chart our own path or if it is predestined by fate.

If there is no meaninglessness, it can easily be created by war…

Seven young people, searching for meaning and their own unique path, realized overnight that they do not choose the path—the path chooses them. On this path, which was just beginning to take shape, war emerged. And when we pass through war, we then understand that meaninglessness exists and that we never had to search for it.

After the war, we must relearn how to walk. Otherwise, we float, pushing off whatever surrounds us, not knowing what to hold on to, nor how to plant our feet on the ground.

The path that was supposed to continue—winding or twisting—no longer exists…

So we create bark… it is a shield, a mask, and protection. But even bark cracks, revealing the truth.

Loneliness is not when you are alone, but when a part of you is missing.

Admission is free.

Kaleidoscope of Culture, as the most significant regional art festival and the best European trend brand, brings together global stars, renowned Serbian artists, emerging creators, and the local and national scene for the seventh time.

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