{"id":138451,"date":"2024-10-10T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/lopera-du-villageois-138451\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T16:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:07:15","slug":"lopera-du-villageois","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/performance-en\/lopera-du-villageois-138451\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u2019Op\u00e9ra du Villageois"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Please leave coats and large bags at the cloakroom or lockers before the performance. The number of seats is limited, plus standing room. In the event of overcrowding, we will have to close the entrance temporarily.<\/em><\/p>\n

I AM NOT AN OBJECT\u201c \u2013 In connection with the major debates about the return of cultural belongings, Zora Snake resurrects all of its strength and power within the “mask” in connection with the body and as a bearer of resistance. In his performative dance parcours, he leads us through the museum and opens up a dimension in the ritual that creates a new perspective on the shared colonial history and its representations. L\u2018Op\u00e9ra du villageois<\/em> (The Villager’s Opera) pays homage to the inhabitants of the villages, long considered ‘uncivilized’, to awaken their strength and resistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dancer and choreographer Zora Snake tells us about the hidden journey of the masks as private treasures, capitalist goods, looted art, and \u00a0about the whippings that the bodies of his ancestors endured. \u00a0\u201cSome of our independence fighters have spoken out against the violence of the colonial masters. It is the power of our quiet wealth that is awakened by the performances and screams. Today, the beatings reveal the atrocities of a time when people used masks to heal, end wars, appease and forge new connections,\u201d says the performer. \u201cOnce in the museum, the masks are damaged and have lost their function in their society of origin due to alienation from their original places.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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