Theater "Neformat" presented the premiere of the plastic drama about the war "I Am!"

VORONEZH. On May 21, the artists of the Neformat creative center presented the audience with the premiere of the plastic play “I Am!”. The creators of the play combined several genres in the production - the stage game, modern choreography. This interweaving of genres was given the name plastic drama.

The actors are also the authors of a play in which they talk about the war, embodying on the stage monologues of people who know firsthand how a person feels when bullets fly next to him and shells explode. The idea of such a performance was born by Julia Ponomarenko, composer and author of the musical component of the production.

Artists were not immediately inspired by this topic, considering that their youth and lack of real impressions of the war would not provide an opportunity to qualitatively bring this idea to life. However, acquaintance with the materials selected in the process of preparing the future performance has changed a lot.

One of the participants of the play “I Am!”, Actress Victoria Shalamova, said that from the documentary materials examined during the selection process, the monologues that were closest to them and touched the heart of each actor were selected. In her performance, the audience heard a real story telling about how the girl could not leave the wounded German on the battlefield. At the risk of life, she pulled the enemy out from under the bullets.

The choreographer of the play, Maria Mitsura, is also the director of the play “I Am!”. She worked on the play with composer Yulia Ponomarenko. The choreographic component of the performance was born simultaneously with its musical accompaniment. The actors of the Neformat theater were incredibly lucky to work with a composer who was able not only to create unique music for performances, but also to suggest ideas for new productions.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru