From First to Last / FemminiCity Theatre Festival // Društvo ZIZ Maribor (Slovenia)

Društvo ZIZ Maribor (Slovenia)

From the First to the Last is a performance in the intersection of art, history and sociological analysis that uses body, voice, object theatre, latest scientific research and subject history to open the space for a public discussion about menstruation - one of the most regular yet one of the most stigmatized daily occurrences in lives of half the humanity. Menstruation is not just a biological process, it is a historically and socially defined experience, full of paradoxes, myths, invisible aspects and control. It is not only a question of hormones and hygiene, but a question of power, societal norms, language, economy. Is menstruation just a bodily function - or is it a mean of classification that separates those that can be heard from those who must not be? That dictates when the woman is useful and when she becomes invisible? How to talk about the menstruation - through art, science, in school, at home?

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Performers and co-creators: Teja Bitenc, Patricija Crnkovič, Suzana Grau, Tanja Matijašević, Anja Partlič, Milena Pučnik, Severina Siter, Matija Šiško, Ajda Špacapan, Mateja Toplak, Jurij Torkar, Natalija Troha

Director: Agnieszka Bresler

Choreography and video montage: Iwona Konecka

Assistant Director: Iwona Konecka, Barbara Polajnar

Dramaturgical advisor: Zala Dobovšek

Costume and set design: Katarina Zalar

Producer: Nastja Soko

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