RehearsalsforPeace

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  • Atalefromthe16thcenturynarratesthestoryofUrsula,af… Atalefromthe16thcenturynarratesthestoryofUrsula,afemalefiguredisguisedasaman,whosuccessfullychasedawayoccupyingintruders(atthattime,theOttomans)usingthesupersonicsoundofawhip.ThisaccountpurportedlyoriginatedinCincu,theTransylvanianvillagewhichtodayhousesoneofN.A.T.O.’skeycombattrainingzonesinRomania.  RehearsalsforPeacechoreographstheconfusionwithinthelandscapeoftheTransylvanianvillageofCincu,wherelocalssharetheirsurroundingswithaNATOmilitarybase.Constantlyonthe(dance)move,visceralandyetexhibitingverypreciseself-control,ayoungwomandressedinamixofshepherd’sclothes,militaryuniform,andatraditionalbearcostumeseemstoalternatebetweenguardingandpreyingon,betweenescapingandattacking.ArtistsAncaBeneraandArnoldEstefánimaginethemilitaryritual—withitsscenarios,rehearsals,andcostumes,andwithitsabsenceofastage,andsowithoutanydelimitation–asapossible,andincreasinglymoreprobable,traditionalcustom,withnobeginningand,especially,withnoend.(CălinBoto)