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Democracy in America directed by Romeo Castellucci is based on a text of the same name by French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville, published in 1838. The play considers a number of themes presented in the text: American puritanism, the structure of democracy in relationship to a European aristocratic structure and its perils including the tyranny of the majority. The focus on the play seems to be a visual exploration of the text more than a critical or narrative reading. What results is a magnetic strangeness pointing to the distance of an anthropological viewpoint.
Maxine for DRAFF
The Festival of International New Drama (FIND) ran at the Schaubühne, Berlin from the 30th March - April 9th. Images: Maxine Puorro, created in response to the performance.
Posted: 10 April 2017 |