Plague

“Plague” is a story based on a 13th-century German legend, later recorded by the Brothers Grimm as “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.” The legend tells of a plague of rats that strikes a city. Driven by hunger and disease, the inhabitants of Hamelin accept help from a mysterious Piper who promises to rid them of the rodents.

The performance, telling the same story, turns it into a parabolic narrative about the contemporary world, in which societies increasingly entrust their fate to charismatic populists. In order to govern, however, they need an enemy, whether real or imagined. In “Plague,” this enemy is the rats, but it could just as well be immigrants, members of minorities, or people with different views… The struggle against such a Bauman-like Other comes at a price — the gradual loss of freedom, piece by piece. To ease the discomfort, sweet propaganda flows from a magical flute.

See photos from the first rehearsals  >>> KLIK. 

The premiere is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the “Art Spaces – Dance” Program, implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.