Dubrovnik (Croatia): July 1, 2021
Le Petit Festival Dubrovnik 2021, Croatia
God’s fingers reunite aged lovers who wish to die together. THIS is the reason Le Petit Festival continues on this romantic 17 year journey. Just a month ago, the Le Petit carriage seemed to stop in its tracks on the way to another little fairy tale. The train cannot stop. The children of artists still have their story to tell. Vive L’Amour, Le Petit Festival, Dubrovnik, 2021!
During Le Petit Festival 2011, German artist Anja Conrad held a photographic exhibition at Gallery Sebastian. Here she formed a special friendship with Silvana DeLuigi, a magical interpreter of Argentine dance. The two young mothers bonded through their children, Rosa, 6, and Rocco, 9—magically brought together at Le Petit Festival. Their progeny, soft, pure daisy petals, side-by-side and united by the golden seeds of Dubrovnik, were two busy bees dusting all with the pollen of happiness where ever they flitted about.
“So, Le Petit will no longer be there? How sad,” sighed the German photographer.
“Unfortunately! Our budget is like tourism in Gaza and this situation with masks…”
Here the conversation was supposed to be over, but WHOA! A thought occurred to me. “Anja, does Rosa remember Rocco?”
“Let me ask her.” Silence. No noisy celebration of thoughts, while waiting for her answer.
Softly, Anja replied, “When I asked her if she remembered Rocco, she just blushed and replied demurely: “Yes, I remember him.”
The seed planted began to cultivate.
“Do you understand?”
I called Buenos Aires. “Does Rocco remember Rosa?”
The same demure flash of remembrance on Silvana’s son’s face. “Like Love in the Time of Cholera,” could we reunite the energy of these two daisy petals?” Expecting nothing, like serenity woven from light and hope… Love during Covid.
“Wonderful idea!” both mothers said.
Le Petit Festival Dubrovnik, 2021, “Light and Hope” is an unstoppable train where L’Amour is its conductor. Rosa and Rocco’s photos by Anja Conrad are the light traveling throughout Croatia to the homes of the elderly and infirmed. The exhibit will travel to Sipan, Mljet, Lokrum. The main exhibition, “Light and Hope,” opens June 24, 8p, at Pulitika Gallery. The exhibition will tenderly embrace all who believe that love is stronger than the city walls.
Croatian composer Jura Stanic—who wrote, “Who am I to judge you, At your door, My secret of love? You read my thoughts from under the golden sun.”—was inspired by Rosa and Rocco’s story and will perform in Le Petit Festival’s new play, “Theater of Closed Eyes: The Last Homo Sapiens,” at the Rector’s Palace, July 1, 9pm.
Bozji prsti ili mozda ostarjeli ljubavnici koji zele da preminu zajedno. TO je vjerovatno razlog da Le Petit Festival nastavlja ovaj romanticni drum sedamnaest godina godina dug.
Prije samo 33 dana izgledalo je da se ta Le Petit kocija na putu prema jos jednoj maloj bajci, zaustavlja. Anja Conrad njemacka umjetnica je prije deset godina imala u sklopu Le Petita izlozbu fotografija u Galeriji Sebastian a Silvana Deluigi carobna interpretatorka argentinskog tanga – najdraza pjevacica Diega Marodone – svoj koncert u Kazalistu Marina Drzica. Njihova djeca, Rosa 6 godina stara i Rocco 9 godina su bila stalno zajedno. Kao latice tratincice. Kao bumbar i pcela. Letjeli svugdje, razdragani, bezbrizni…
“Znaci Le Petita nece vise biti. Kako tuzno… sjetno je izgovorila ta sjajna njemacka fotografkinja.”
“Nazalost! Nas budzet je kao turizam u Gazi a i ova situacija sa maskama…”
I tu je razgovor trebao biti zavrsen, ali
Joooj! Sto volim taj ali…
I tu je razgovor trebao biti zavrsen, ali neciji glas usao u moje grlo i upitao Anju:
“Je li se Rosa sjeca Rocca?”
“Cekaj da je pitam.”
Tisina je protivnica bucnih proslava – to sam mislio dok sam cekao odgovor.
I onda bas to njeno – “Pitala sam je da li se sjeca Rocca? A ona se samo zacrvenila. I tiho izgovorila – Jes, sjecam ga se.” – me je natjeralo da u sebi pocnem gajiti malu, nesigurnu proslavu…
Razumijete li? Nazvao sam Buenos Aires. Isto pitanje je bilo postavljeno Roccovoj majci. Slican odgovor je zaiskirio u ocima Silvaninong sina.
I ponovo onaj glas me je natjerao da upitam roditelje – “Jeste li citali knjigu Gabriel Marqueza, Ljubav za vrijeme kolere?”
“Jesmo! Divna knjiga.”
“Neka Le Petit Festival 2021 bude energija koja ce spojiti ona dva mala andela koji su bili prije deset stalno zajedno, kao latice tratincice… Ne ocekujuci nista, kao spokoj koji je istkan iz svjetlosti i nade… Ljubav za vrijeme covida…”
“Divna ideja!” Rekose roditelji.
“Daj da napravimo izlozbu fotografija na tu temu… Anja, hoces li donijeti te njihove zajednicke fotografije prije deset godina… Le Petit Festival ce sa njima putovati malo po otocima i po domovima za stare i nemocne. Pokazat cemo ih Sipanu, Mljetu, Lokrumu, a tvoja glavna izlozba “Svjetlost i Nada”, koja ce biti otvorena 24.VI u 20h u Galeriji Pulitika ce njezno zagrliti sve ono koji vjeruju da je ljubav jaca od svega.
Ova prica je jako dirnula hrvatskoga kompozitora Juru Stanica, koji je autor muzike i teksta – Tko sam ja da ti sudim, Pred tvojim vratima, Moja tajna ljubavi, TI mi citas misli, Ispod sunca zlatnoga – i iz njegovog grla, onaj isti glas rastreseno izbjegavajuci objasnjene rece:
“I ja bih volio nastupiti na Le Petit Festival 2021.”
I tako je nastala neobicna predstava “kazalista zatvorenih ociju” – Posljedni Homo Sapiens koja ce biti izvedena u Knezevom Dvoru, 1. VII u 21h.
Le Petit Festival du Théâtre is a unique and exquisite event that introduces contemporaneous poetics and aesthetics by way of various arts, crafts, and performances. Enjoyed by international audiences and, whenever possible, interactive with the artists, writers, scientists and designers.
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