Crossing the Line

Dramaturgy and direction: Dijana Milošević Performers: Maja Mitić, Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, Ivana Milenović Set-design: Neša Paripović Costumes: Dah Theatre Research Centre Sound design: Jugoslav Hadžić Light design: Radomir Stamenković Organization: Ivana Damnjanović, Dejan Popović and Emily Levitt

Performance of Dah Theatre which is based on texts from the book Women's Side of War edited by Women in Black organization (2007). The book is a collection of women's authentnic testimonies about wars, that had happened on a soil of former republic of Yugoslavia from 1991 till 1999. The book has been formed as a result of one year research by Women in Black, and cooperation with women's nongovernmental organizations in region, who are dealing with the past and humane rights. Most of the texts have been already published in various books and in other publications of these NGOs and they are consisted of testemonies, statements, letters and memories. They are showing specific suffering of women in war, but also their courage and strength for exceeding   
war trauma  and to establish normal life, and also importance of solidarity with women out of all borders and divisions.

All testemonies are in first person, without comments or other kind of use or misuse. 

The main goal of the performance is to reach the attendees not only on a verbal but, primarily, on an emotional and psychological level and to stimulate women to start speaking, to note and throughout confession of their own sufferings recognize suffering of others. To develop solidarity and to come to conscious about essence of violence in war. To be more active in democracy processes, to participate  in building righteous and long-lasting peace.