In the performance “Music Lessons”, three women meet.
They dance, tell stories, dance, search for understanding, dance, learn from one another, dance, die, and dance again. Among them are a real mother and daughter. The performers explore processes of care, upbringing, and learning. Through shared acts of creation, they attempt to transform the dramatic experiences of “mother–child” relationships into practices of tenderness and care, finding new forms of mutual understanding.
TicketsBased on the family and private mythologies of Mariia Salo, Oksana and Olha Cherkashynas.
Director – Oksana Cherkashyna
Playwright – Liuba Ilnytska
Performers – Mariia Salo, Olha Cherkashyna, Oksana Cherkashyna
Composer – Olesia Onikiienko
Set Designer – Olena Turianska
Costumes – Olena Turianska, Yuliia Rybka-Koval
Lighting Designer – Nadiia Dihaievych
Sound Engineer – Dmytro Chyryk
Production Manager – Vladyslav Bilonenko
Project Manager – Mariia Kosiychuk
Show details:
- 20 December, 19:00
- Lviv, Jam Factory Art Center
- 124 B. Khmelnytskoho St. (Novo 1 Hall)
- Ticket price – 350 UAH
Free of charge for students and seniors, as well as active service members, veterans, and veteran women (you may reserve in advance by calling +38 068 728 15 32, or directly at the art center reception before the show).
Please arrive on time. Due to the specific stage layout, we will not be able to let you into the hall once the event begins.
In the play “Music Lessons” three women meet. They dance, tell stories, dance, seek understanding, dance, learn from each other, dance, die, dance. Among them are a real mother and daughter who are trying to talk about their shared past, analyze the processes of care, upbringing and education in order to impair the hidden asymmetric motives of dominance and submission.
The relationship between mother and child is sacralized in traditional societies and therefore silenced. In a joint performance the actresses explore the question: is it possible to stop producing images of the traditional system? Can codependency transform into passionate acts of creativity? Is it possible to free yourself from the figure of the woman you love more than anything? Free yourself and find a space of autonomy and tenderness.
The object that forms the relationship between mothers and daughters here is art which is, at the same time, an act of pacification and a tool of emancipation. A woman in a post-reproductive age takes the stage and with her creative act undermines the defining role of motherhood, while professional female performers expose the violent mechanisms of artistic education. Embodying their own dramatic experience, they rediscover delicacy and care. We don’t know whether the authors of the performance manage to find answers to the outlined questions, but they really had a good time.
Based on the family and private mythologies of Mariia Salo, Oksana and Olha Cherkashyna.
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Director – Oksana Cherkashyna
Playwright – Liuba Ilnytska
Performers – Mariia Salo, Olha Cherkashyna, Oksana Cherkashyna
Composer – Olesia Onykiienko
Set designer – Olena Turianska
Costumes – Olena Turianska, Yuliia Rybka-Koval
Lighting artist – Nadiia Dihalevych
Sound director and technical director – Dmytro Chyryk
Production manager – Vladyslav Bilonenko
Project manager – Mariia Kosiichuk
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