More or less

42Bitef08 began in a more or less usual way – the grand opening in Centre Sava in front of, give or take, 3000 guests and, naturally, with a dancing performance which, more or less, have been coming to Bitef from France. It is, more or less, a spectacle similar to those performed in Berlin by Blue man Group which is, more or less, the most popular product of German pop culture.
The opening itself was, more or less, not a pompous one. Milena Marković opened the festival in a, more or less, nervous fashion, sharing an anecdote concerning her visiting Bitef as a student and the change of fate – from the times when she jumped over a wall to see a performance till the present day role and, more or lass, a honour to announce the festival opened.
The performance was, more or less, ok. Several rounds of applause during the performance given to, more or less, virtuous dance of the performers, were the only ‘incidents’. More or less, the authors achieved what they had intended. It turned out that this kind of performance can satisfy, more or less, the entire audience. All of us, more or less, came because of the more or less spectacular announcement of the more or less spectacular performance. The audience was well-dressed, more or less. More or less without tracksuits. I guess they’d had time to go home after work and dress up for the occasion.

The audience was, more or less, filled with famous people – artists, bankers, politicians. All of them were, more or less, smiling – both while entering and while leaving the performance. The rounds of applause during the performance were more or less insignificant anyway. We are more or less used to them. Those moments might more or less represent the division within the society. The difference between educated audience and the one which is considered uneducated is, more or less, characterized by the spontaneous reaction. While the ‘uneducated’ more or less enjoy the performance, the more or less educated are appalled. We could, more or less, pose a question of different expectations. While some see this as a, more or less, ideal opportunity to be seen with a new hairstyle or in a new piece of clothing, the others expect to see some, more or less, new theatre tendencies. The question which, more or less, arises is – how long are we going to have such divisions? More or less infinitely?

Dušan Milojević