{"id":24519,"date":"2022-05-25T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novisad2022.rs\/?p=24519"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T07:59:54","slug":"our-contemporary-heroine-mileva-maric-einstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novisad2022.rs\/en\/our-contemporary-heroine-mileva-maric-einstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Contemporary \u2013 Heroine Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein’s life<\/strong>, unique in all respects, was universal enough to take it as the backbone of the story of European women who, like her, followed an uncertain path of science at the turn of the century, when women were just gaining the right and access to higher education and academic careers. The path of the great Serbian scientist, the heroine who inspired the eponymous programme of the European Capital of Culture<\/strong> together with other great women, will be presented through the play \u2018Mileva\u2019<\/strong>, which brought together regional theatre authors, and the documentary \u2018Mileva Project\u2019<\/strong> by three Chilean directors.<\/p>\n

The play \u2018Mileva\u2019<\/a> by director Anica Tomi\u0107, adapted by Jelena Kova\u010di\u0107, will open Sterijino Pozorje Festival on 26 May at 8 p.m., on the \u2018Jovan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107\u2019 Stage of the Serbian National Theatre.<\/strong> The play was co-produced by the National Theater from Sombor, the \u2018Novi Sad \u2013 European Capital of Culture\u2019 Foundation and Sterijino Pozorje, which will be opened with a premiere for the first time.<\/p>\n

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The life of Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein was adapted both historically and artistically, but most often in the so-called psychological, familial, and personal key, whereas the play \u2018Mileva\u2019 tells the story of this scientist from a woman’s perspective. As the director Anica Tomi\u0107 points out, this play is a dedication to Mileva and her voice that was taken away from her, but also a rebellion against prejudices about her.<\/p>\n

\u2018While thinking about Mileva, I pictured a woman who would be strong and powerful today, who would give her voice to all women and represent their rights. When we received the scripts of one of the most compelling authors in the region, we tried writing a story that would give Mileva a new meaning, that would re-examine her suffering, and her desires, but which would also appeal to us who treat her as property and hide behind her name, as if it were ours, bragging about it in order to give ourselves importance\u2019, said Anica Tomi\u0107.<\/p>\n

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A special quality of this theatrical production is given by the interesting regional cooperation of notable and award-winning authors of the younger generation \u2013 Minja Bogavac<\/strong>, Olga Dimitrijevi\u0107<\/strong> and Tijana Grumi\u0107<\/strong> from Serbia, and Vedrana Bo\u017einovi\u0107<\/strong> and Vedrana Klepica<\/strong> from Croatia, who worked together on this script about life, destiny, and scientific work of Mileva Mari\u0107 Einstein.<\/p>\n

The round table<\/a> on the play \u2018MILEVA\u2019 will be held in the upper lobby of the \u2018Pera Dobrinovi\u0107\u2019 Stage of the Serbian National Theatre on the following day, 27 May, at 11 a.m.<\/strong> The authors will be present at the round table discussion, which will be open to the public. The round table will be led by Sterijino Pozorje\u2019s associates, director Vlatko Ili\u0107, PhD, and literary historian and theatrologist Isidora Popovi\u0107, PhD.<\/p>\n

On the same day, 27 May, at 12.30 p.m., on the Chamber Stage of the Serbian National Theatre, the audience will have the opportunity to watch the documentary Mileva Project | The Documentary: Nothing Is Seen Favorably the Moment It Is Seen by the Chilean Colectivo Hom\u00f3nimo<\/strong>, which consists of three actresses and directors, Cecilia Y\u00e1\u00f1ez<\/strong>, Melissa Brandt<\/strong>, and Valentina Parada<\/strong>. The film is comprised of three chapters that deal with three different topics: Mileva Mari\u0107, others like her, and the collective need to change the patriarchal paradigm.<\/p>\n

\u2018From the start of the \u201cMileva\u201d project until now, we have collected and created a lot of audio-visual material (photos, teasers, interviews, rehearsal videos, etc.) with the desire to make a documentary linking the case of Mileva Mari\u0107 with feminist collective processes aimed at demystifying traditional heroic figures\u2019, pointed out the directors from the Hom\u00f3nimo Collective.<\/p>\n