C R O W

Multimedia artistic performance combining music, poetry, dance and painting. "Crow" is a performance of the “Ballet Poem” composed by guitarist Dusan Bogdanovic (1990), which is based on the poetry by Ted Hughes. The show aims to establish links between music, poetry, dramaturgy, and fine arts. The mystery of the long life of the crow, and the freedom and power of death, is contrasted with the lives of humans, who are confined to the small glass boxes of responsibilities and constraints, in which they are conceiving and creating their own little universes.

Hughes is inspired by the myths of the Indians of North America to create his own myth of re-creation. The main hero, Crow, whose adventures he narrates, appears as an anthropomorphic animal, a frightening but fearful character, imagined above all as a survivor. It is this ability enjoyed by the crow to survive in desolation and chaos that gives it, according to Hughes, its mythical importance.

The performance requires agility and concentration on the part of the various artists who evolve in a non-traditional aesthetic universe. The accompaniment of the story is done in a rhythmic way to the sound of delicate harmonies, sometimes more violent, played on the accordion and the guitar, balanced by double bass line. Over the course of the narration, the ballet gets carried away at times, the whole scenery becomes frenetic. Singing, music and dancing echo each other. The whole piece scrolls to music with Balkan accents, sometimes blues, sometimes pop. At the same time, the visual artist, locked in a transparent box, transcribes the sounds she perceives through lines.

The entire ballet shines with its originality and stands out for the diversity of artistic talents.