I Believe
Created in Poland - 2009

Duration: 70 min
Gener: Theatre Butoh
Concept, direction and choreography: Mehdi Farajpour
Sound: Francois Sardi  
Dancers:
Natalia Ciępka
Anna Dziedzic
Mehdi Farajpour
Agnieszka Koss
Marta Lechowicz
Rafał Łachut
Kamil Łapaj
Aleksandra Mielczarek
Magdalena Wolnicka
Weronika Żylińska
Stage designer: Mehdi Farajpour
Text translation: Team work
Photo: Magda Hlawacz
Graphic: Magda Hlawacz, Kasia Mular
Organizors: Beata Maliszkiewicz, Krzysztofie Żyliński

A note by Mehdi Farajpour:
“Auschwitz” is not only the name of a place which they called a “concentration camp” but it is also a dangerous ideology which still exists in many countries. However, we prefer to close our eyes, cover our ears and shut our mouths in order to feel the peaceful world around us. But, when I close my eyes at night, I see the faces of the prisoners in Auschwitz 60 years coming alive.  When I cover my ears, I still hear the children crying in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Rwanda, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and Gaza from only just few months ago. But I refuse to shut my mouth. This performance is my remonstrance against the “Auschwitz” which still continues. Because it is an ideology and not only the name of a place. I truly believe.

And many thanks to:
Denise Rinehart, Hofan Chow, Tomoko Komura, Eileen Connant for the poem: 
Hiroshima Tragic Chorus

I was coming out of the toilet saying “The Airplane is, the airplane is…”
I was watching my mom hang clothes through a window.
I was making a house for a grasshopper.
I was buying tomatoes at a greengrocer’s shop.
I was changing the baby’s diapers.
I was having my hair cut by grandma in the garden.
I was crying because a bee bit me.
I was watching carp in the pond.
I was naked.
I was halfway through my rice cake.
I was watching a B29.
I was bouncing a ball.
I was slipping on sandals.
I was on my way back home from the post box.
I was pouring water into a vase.
One thing common to everyone,
Complete silence. 

Representations:
- MDK culture house - Poland  2009
- 19th International universities theatre festival - Besancon - France 2010

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