ANGELS IN THE CITIES (1998)

Performers: Vladan Avramovic, Sanja Krsmanovic-Tasic, Maja Mitic, Alister O'loughlin
Musicians: Ana Glisic, Caslav Glisic
Costume Design: Dah Teatar and Jasmina Baoua
Direction and Dramaturgy: Dijana Milosevic

As the sun sets, four figures appear in the gathering shadows of a city centre. They carry the tools of a modern ritual. Broomsticks, newspapers, a basket, a cushion. Somewhere a gramaphone is playing. The music is calling. It is time to return.

This outdoor performance sees the return of the Dah Teatar Angels who appear in a specific city site which they feel is in need of cleansing from it's history. Having arrived in the guise of warriors and tramps, the Angels learn the site's biography, then measure it and mark it out for cleaning. When the cleaning is done, the Angel's dance and prepare for leaving.

"We played around the idea of cleansing from History because we think that we cannot move forward unless we become aware of the layers of history that have been happening here,that were often turbulent, bloody and hard. In the performance we were cleansing ourselves from the history but we were cleansing history itself as well. In another sense we can say that we performed a healing process." - Dijana Milosevic