
MAATHAI
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 said: “Imagine that you are trapped in a body that does not leave you free to make your own choices. How would you feel? What would you think? ”The work intertwines three stories of women oppression, such as the book “Rice Mother” by the Malaysian writer, Rania Manicka, who talks about life in a caste society; the documentary “Women of Islam” which tells about the fate of women in Islamic countries who cannot choose the job they want because religion or current policies do not allow them to do so; and the interview and the real story of a girl from South Africa who was forced into prostitution and got infected with HIV.
Dancers: Agnieszka Fertala, Paulina Jaksim, Lukas Lepold, Katarzyna Kulminska, Josefine Patzelt, Zbigniew Kocieba
Music: PlasterSound
Production: Polish Dance Theatre Atelier – Young creators platform.
Premiere: Poznan, Poland – 2013
Duration: 30 min.
Publications:
http://www.bah.poznan.pl/maathai/





