Oratoria

About the performance:

First, there was sound, and only then came the word. Oratoria is very aware of this. However, Oratoria takes the evolution of human communication even further. It creates an extraction of speech. Through melodic intonation and gesticulation, it addresses the audience, doing so with remarkable confidence. It unveils the greatest secrets of the world, answers the most enigmatic life questions, conveys the unspeakable, all without a single word being uttered. For Oratoria reconstructs a universal authentic proto-language, one that no one has heard before (except perhaps those who have already seen the performance), but one that everyone understands. Only, we probably don’t all understand it in the same way.

About the authors:

Oratoriа is the first project of the Anyway company, which brings together some of the most active, bright, and talented creators of the Bulgarian independent scene. They come from different artistic generations, trainings and stage experiences ranging from drama acting to contemporary dance and performance. Oratoria is their first collaborative artistic creation, which began as a workshop laboratory process focused on exploring the origins and development of human speech.

Author and director: Anna Dankova

Performers: Galya Kostadinova, Vasilia Drebova, Aleksandar Gochev, Nikolay Barzakov

Sound interference: Yoana Robova

Costume: Pola Popova

Production: Anyway

Co-production: Toplocentrala – Center for Contemporary Arts

With the financial support of: Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria and ETUD foundation

With the support of: Goethe Institute Sofia and NBU