Dah Teatar, a Yugoslavian acting company, will perform “Maps of Forbidden Remembrance” tonight in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre.
Dah Teatar, Yugoslavia’s first professional alternative theater company, relies on its performers to commit themselves to all aspects of the performance.
“It’s [Dah Teatar’s] use of movement, grounded in the work of Suzuki, Growtowski and Eugenio Barba. That makes it fascinating to watch, and the ways in which the members of the group weave together languages, music and stories from all over time and space create the potential for a resonance within the spectator that transcends mere stereotypes, issues and headlines,” said Leigh Clemons, assistant professor of theatre history, theory & criticism and dramatic literature.
Clemons has done research on Yugoslavian theatre.
“Through the ties she made while in Europe, she convinced them to stop in Baton Rouge,” said Adam Miller, director of Marketing and Public Relations for LSU Theatre.
“Maps of Forbidden Remembrance,” based on a short story by Carlos Fuentes, depicts a man’s relationship with the woman he loves.
It also focuses on how war impacts society and when a guilty conscience can be let go.
“It’s a little bit different than what audiences are generally used to,” Miller said.
The department of theatre collaborated with the performances studies area of the communications studies department in the College of Arts and Sciences to acquire the funding necessary to hold the performance.
“Maps of Forbidden Remembrance” begins tonight at 7:30.
Ticket prices range from $8.50 to $15.50 and can be obtained at the Union Box Office.
For more information, visit www.theatre.lsu.edu.