conversations in ten questions 24 : Cherish Menzo
Interview with one of the four Netherlands-based theatermakers in PerformLab exchange programme in Istanbul. Ayşe Draz & Mehmet Kerem Özel [The Turkish translation of this interview is published on unlimited ] © Mélanie Musisi What is the essence of performance in your opinion? How do you define contemporary performance? ‘’For now…’’ I see it as an ongoing process and or attempt to reflect on the time. The past, present, future and all the grey speculative areas in between. A tool, an arena and or platform where beauty, grotesque, chaos, structure, realism and surrealism can clash, collide, transform, connect, find friction, resolve and transcend to then bring us back to earth again. Do you believe in the transformative power of art? How? I believe in the transformative power of art. For me performing arts or any art form in that matter gives us a playground to make space for our individual and collective imagination. This can be in the form of transformation of physical...