Why do we have to see the cabinet of horrors?
Josef Tarrak and Else Danielsen - he is young, she is old - are telling the story on stage in Teaterhuset Filuren. It works really well. The scenography is as simple as the facade of Brugseni Paamiut. But it works, effectively. The two actors share stories from Greenland. He is the young and rebellious, the disaffected man who wants the Internet and a girlfriend. She is the old and abused woman who seeks peace and forgiveness. You are the Dane who must survive having the inflamed wound torn open. A syphilis wound created by the royal house and the church.
Why do we need to hear about it? I can hardly stand it!
Relevant stage art
Hanne Trap Friis directs 'Your story is also mine'. It is relevant stage art about the mistakes and mistreatment in the past. The young do not understand the old, and vice versa. Right through the people of Greenland there is a canyon.
On one side are the old Greenlanders who were brought up to be obedient to the Danes. The people who were forcibly removed and forcibly treated to not having children. The old who were sexually abused. They lost their culture and were crammed into ghettos.
On the other side are the young Greenlanders. They speak Danish, they have knowledge of freedom and oppression, they are taller and stronger. They want better and cheaper internet. They speak Greenlandic, they riot. They sing rap (listen to Tarrak here on youtube).
On both sides of the divide are people who have something in common, and that's the fine thing about the show. We can recognize each other across the generations.
The Danish Indian
Greenland is Denmark's oppressed Indian, and if we had decency, we would end it now. But we don't, we stick to their land. The UN determined the other day that Denmark still - 2023 - exposes Greenlanders to structural racism. It's bad of us. Life in Greenland is hard and unpleasant for many people, thanks to Denmark. Greenland has a world record for suicides. 80 out of 100,000. Number 2 is Lesotho in Africa with 70. In Denmark the suicide rate is 7, and we think that is a problem. There is something wrong with Danish colonialism. We are racists, and it's hard to realize on a random Friday in Aarhus.
Finding one's identity across the divide
Thanks to Teater Freeze Productions for giving space to the voice of the oppressed that speaks to us. 'Your story is also mine' is a super interesting performance about finding out who you are? Across generations and across cultures. Relevant and authentic story from Greenland.
Your story is also mine / Oqaluttuaatigut
Actors & Singers Josef Tarrak & Else Danielsen
Director Hanne Trap Friis
Lighting design Naleraq Eugenius
Sound design Hans-Ole Amossen
Rap lyrics Josef Tarrak
Scenography Paarma Brandt
Production Theater Freeze Productions & Naleraq Lights
Ambiorn Happy, Kulturnyt.net
★★★★★★
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