KOSA / HAIR

Najzad se desila i ta silno iscekivana premijera nove Kose.

Sad - koncept, revival, update, appropriateness, ceo koncept, aktuelnost pozorista kao takvog i sve to (sustinsko) na stranu jer, ja volim mjuzikle i navijam za ljude na sceni. Dirljivo mi je kada od treme zaplicu jezikom i kada se grle i cestitaju jedni drugima po zavrsetku poslednjeg aplauza.

Sa skromnim nekolikogodisnjim plesnim iskustvom i javnim nastupima, potpuno sam svesna koliki je trud u ovo ulozen, koje sagorevanje, ponavljanje, ulaganje i davanje. Dakle, zahvaljujuci Mojci Horvat, predstava mnogo vise lici na ozbiljnu brodvejsku produkciju. Neki vise glume, neki vise plesu, neki vise pevaju, zajedno su jedna ziva skupina koja izgleda i zvuci onako kao sto sam ocekivala. Uh, dobro je, strepela sam za njih. I kad smo vec kod forme - dizajn. Sa promo materijalom za ovu predstavu snazno je izbio u prvi plan novi vizuelni identitet Ateljea 212, delo beogradske ekipice Metaklinika.



Momci iz Metaklinike vole rucno pisana i crtana slova. I ja sam jaaako srecna zbog toga. U logou za predstavu, prvo slovo geometrijski stilizovano, pa slovo jednostavno kruznica (iz Gothama?), pa cetkom ispisano, i slab serif (Clarendon). Podrzavam. Skup raznorodnih slova kao skup likova iz Bergerovog plemena. Makes sense i izgleda dobro.

Naslovi u katalogu - Gotham, mnogo rucno ispisanih reci, zanimljiv odnos rusticnog, upeglane crno-bele studijske fotografije i nesto 3d-a, opsti ton ohladjen. Veeliki problem u mom svetu je body text slozen Myriadom. Font za multinacionalne kompanije, one koje Berger i ekipa prozivaju.




Odlican osecaj za kompoziciju, dinamiku, brosura obimna, verovatno zbog tezine koju nosi ova predstava i ona prva, legendarna Yu verzija. Ipak, rekla bih da Kosa upravo trazi nesto neformalnije i manje razmetljivo, neki recimo 100x70cm multi isavijani plakat. Ogromno KOSA sa jedne strane, a sve ostalo redukovano i nacickano sa druge. Debela brosura mi je u osnovi... pa, korporativna. Sve siroko i u fulu. Ah da, Kicic standardno super zabavan, Jelena Gavrilovic kao Shila diiiivno peva!






Bedzone (set 9 razlicitih za 350 dinara) mozete kupiti u radnjici u foajeu pozorista, kao i solje, razglednice, svasta. Majice sa crvenim KOSA logom, crne i bele. Ovaj bedz seta ovih dana sa mnom u iscekivanu proleca.

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A highly anticipated Hair opening night finally happened.

Now – the concept, revival, update, appropriateness, the whole concept, the actuality of theatre itself and all that (the essential) aside, because, I love musicals and I cheer for the people on the scene. I found it touching every time their tongue slipped due to stage fright, and how they hugged and congratulated to each other after the premiere’s last applause ended.

With a small, few-years-only, experience in dancing and public performing, I am completely aware how much effort was built into this, how much burning-out, repeating, self-investing and giving. So, thanks to Mojca Horvat, the show looks much closer to a serious Broadway production. Some of them act more, some dance more, some sing more, and together they make a very vivid bunch, looking and sounding as I hoped. Whoa, it’s good, I fretted over them. And speaking of the form – the design. Along with the promo material for this show, the new visual identity of Atelje 212 was strongly outlined. Created by Metaklinika Belgrade crew.

The Metaklinika guys like handlettering. And I am soooo happy for that. In the show logo, the first letter is geometrically stylized, and then there’s a letter being simply a circle (from Gotham?), and brush-written one, and slab serif (Clarendon). Support. A collection of different kinds of letters, just like a collection of characters from Berger’s tribe. Makes sense and looks good.

The headlines in the catalog – Gotham, many manually written words, interesting ratio between the rustic, polished up black and white studio photograph, and some 3-D, overall tone cooled down. Huuuge issue in my world is the body text laid out in Myriad. The font for multinational companies, the ones Berger and the crew call out.

The excellent feeling for composition, dynamics, comprehensive brochure, probably due to the "weight" of this show as well as the initial one, legendary Yugoslavian version, carries. Still, I’d say that actually Hair asks for something more informal and less flashy, some, let’s say 100x70 cm multi-folded poster. Huge HAIR logo on one side, and all the rest reduced and piled together on the other side. Thick brochure with laminated cover to me is basically…well, corporate. All wide and full.

Ah yes, Kicic as usual and always is super-fun, Jelena Gavrilovic as Sheila sings greeeat!

Badges (a set of 9 different ones for RSD 350 that’s about 3,5 Euro) can be bought in a little gift shop in theatre’s foyer, as well as mugs, postcards, all kinds of stuff. T-shirts with red HAIR logo, black and white. This badge goes around with me pulling for the spring to come as soon as possible.