Song of Songs

State Jewish Theatre, Bucharest

A performance by Alexander Hausvater

Translation [into Yiddish]: H. Hirsch
Translation [into Romanian]: Sorin Rosen

This is a performance about fulfilling one’s potential for love, about the necessity of surviving through love, characterized by a dynamic rhythm, music, and video projections.

At the heart of the performance is the discovery of Solomon’s words. A performer presents something on stage that evokes a phrase from the Song of Songs, and through returning to Solomon’s words, rediscovers himself. It is a search for the ideal, for the potential within us that remains unrealized and unfulfilled.

The script is woven from stories, encounters, relationships, dreams, a labyrinth of people, and the search for the true, profound meaning of Solomon’s words, of the dream and of making that dream a reality. For in modern society, people meet, but they no longer truly touch each other; they fail to realize love.

As you move through the various events of life, you hear quotations from the Song of Songs within yourself, and you resonate with them according to your experiences and the particular moment in life in which you find yourself.

(Alexander Hausvater)

 

 

Cast

Veaceslav Grosu
Iolanda Covaci
Geni Brenda Vexler
Marius Călugărița
Cristina Cîrcei
Darius Daradici
Mircea Dragoman
Mircea Drîmbăreanu
Natalie Ester
Arabela Neazi
Viorica Predica
Luana Stoica
Feras Sarmini
Denisa Beșleagă
Radu Catană
Remus Stănescu
Vlad Ciofiac
Silviu Stănescu
Maria Dinulescu

Creative Team

Director: Alexander Hausvater
Set Design: Vladimir Turturica
Costume Design: Viorica Petrovici
Music: Gabriel Basarabescu
Choreography: Liliana Iorgulescu
Video Design: Constantin Șimon
Lighting: Alin Popa

► Running time: 120 minutes (without an intermission)

► Recommended minimum age: 16+/18+

Photographer: Adrian Pîclișan