A Literature Class out of the Ordinary

A Literature Class out of the Ordinary

A Literature Class out of the Ordinary

Poems and dance have always mixed in my world, one influencing the other. In this production the actor, Ferenc Sebő Jr and I wish to connect the worlds of poetry, theatre, music and movement. The writer and the actor both recite poems during the performance, they reflect upon each other, they perform some poems by dissembling them, and dividing them according to roles.

When I was at university renowned drama teacher, Katalin Gabnai taught me about the world of edited poetry programs. This edited program of poems also intends to be constructed in the same way as a play, including leading and introductory poems, alternating dynamics, longer and shorter works, an arc of thought, a build-up and a thought-provoking ending.

Music is an integral part of the performance throughout, serving as a joining element and a background for some poems. In the published anthology, many poems reveal the feelings of adolescents.
Self-consciousness says: "I close into myself like a cherry seed, my body is hard as a bone. One palm conceals me, the other palm leaves me. I roll myself towards me.”
Reciting these poems helps to raise questions about the socialization of young people. A sense of community, paying attention to each other and the poems themselves encourage immersion, just as we wish to create an opportunity for the introverted world of young people to open up a little, for them to turn to each other, and to have the courage to talk about their thoughts and feelings. Said Tichiti's music follows the performance in a variety of ways, alternating melodies and instrumental accompaniments. Actor Feri Sebő was strongly influenced by music thanks to his father, a well-known folk musician, who set many poems to music. Thus Feri has a refined sense of both poetry and music and he performs some of the poems in song.

The program contains 16-20 poems which we occasionally break up and vary. The program lasts 40 minutes and is followed by a discussion.
Ágnes Simor: Today I Make Merry with Ghosts (Ma szellemekkel vígadok), Jaffa Publishing, 2007