Combining physical theater, live music and clown; two actors and a cellist bring to life the ironic and astonishing poetry of Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska. More…
From the show:
Performed in three languages with original musical score throughout, the play awakens us to the poetic state of wonder and a fragmented humanity with incredible insight, humor and precision. From a tango to a devotion to onions; to conversation with stones and the stars above, This Is Why We Live is a celebration of the complexity of human existence and the poet herself, one of the greatest voices of the 20th century.
See it if Talented performances by the cellist and clown-dancers. Creative interpretations of the poems. Humorous and a bit morbid.
Don't see it if I guess I wasn’t a big fan of the poetry. After a while, I found it boring. Especially when it got existentialist & self-deprecating.
See it if you might like a pleasant evening of choreographed responses to several quirky, concrete yet philosophical poems of a Nobel prize winner.
Don't see it if you are looking for a play.
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See it if you would enjoy 19 vignettes based around poetry, wonderfully brought to life by two actors/dancers/reciters accompanied by a solo cellist.
Don't see it if you are looking for a play - this is performance art with some foreign language, most of which is interpreted on screen in English.
See it if you want to see performance art done at it's finest.
Don't see it if you want a curated show to true to the intent of author and not suppressed by the fears of the director.
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See it if you love poetry & will enjoy a theatrical delivery of 21 works by laureate Wisława Szymborska, so full-bodied it brings her back to life.
Don't see it if you dislike poetry, multilingual readings (English, French & Polish, w/ supertitles), mime, interaction w/ audience. 80 minutes
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See it if a brief (80 min) attempt at theatricalizing the ironic elegance of the Polish Nobelist through movement, music and dramatic recitation
Don't see it if perhaps wisely, doesn't attempt to limn Symborska's essential darker aspects
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See it if Show w/grt act abt the poems of NobelPrize win W Szymborska. Coreo music&minimalist set all work seamlessly w/exquisite poems abt ppl &life.
Don't see it if not fond of performing arts in SOME transl foreign lang;however another reaso to see show is to open up to a multicultural unique experience
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See it if You enjoy multidisciplinary story telling and "downtown" type theater
Don't see it if Looking for traditional theater and story telling.
See it if You are up for a fabulously refreshing piece of physical theatre which takes you on a delightful and moving poetical adventure
Don't see it if You don’t like devised intellectual theatre, even if approachable. But SEE IT! It is a work of art that nourishes the soul.