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Against Forgetting Political Prisoners in Belarus: “Connection” at Playhouse Vienna
Belarusian artist Maryna Yakubovich presented her solo performance “Connection” at Schauspielhaus Wien. This one-woman play focuses on the courageous resistance against political oppression in Belarus and sheds light on the dramatic situation of the opposition. The performance occurred as part of the Artists Solidarity Program Europe (ASoP) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry.
At the premiere, Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg highlighted the importance of cultural initiatives in support of artists who are repressed in their home countries. / Picture: © BMEIA/Gruber
The play was developed with the Austrian Foreign Ministry's project partners, the Mozarteum University Salzburg and the Schauspielhaus Wien. The artist's powerful words again emphasized the importance of freedom and democracy: “With this performance, I want to remind the world how important democracy is and how easy it is to lose it.”
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