Nobody Is Innocent (Nitko nije nevin)

The project
deals with the subject of the individual, that part of our personality that is
“just ours” and in which we feel free. By accepting and imitating the contents
from our environment, we are constantly losing this freedom. The learning
process means both gaining and losing. If the process of learning or growing up
is referred to as “dirtying” and losing oneself, the question raised is whether
we have ever been clean and innocent. Is there any such thing as innocence?
The answer
to this question is explored by comparing adult female “dancing” bodies  with the bodies of girls, their immaturity
and straightforwardness, as well as the lack of dancing skills. The main focus
is an individual’s formation in comparison and in relation to others. The
project addresses the role of media and popular culture, which impose
children’s trends, role models, ideals, etc. How do explicit sexual contents
accessible via media destroy the innocence of young girls, who absorb and
imitate these contents in the formation of their female identities. If the
media culture is the one teaching us how to become a woman, children, in their
lost purity, cannot be compared to angels.

Choreography: Nataša Mihoci; Dramaturgy: Borut Šeparović; Assistant
choreographer: Martina Tomić; Performers: Josipa Cirkveni, Hana Fadiga, Lucija
Habuš, Martina Tomić, Nataša Mihoci; Costume design: Martina Tomić & Nataša
Mihoci; Lighting design: Milan Kovačević & Borut Šeparović; Music: Crystal
Castles, Ladytron, M.I.A., Massive Attack, Aphex Twin; Protunapad, Zagreb Youth
Theatre (ZYT College).

Organisation: City of
Women; In collaboration with: Ljubljana Dance Theatre.