
Jaz
Jaz, by Koffi Kwahulé, one of the most important contemporary writers who writes in French.
Although the text is written as if it were a play, it is actually a musical score. The language used is like jazz.
Kwahulé, whose music is based on aesthetics, is more of a vibration, a rhythm, than a story.
It features silences, explosions, repetitions, and improvisations – these are the elements of its dramaturgy.
It's a method that doesn's present a narrative to the audience; instead, it immerses them in a soundscape.
"Jaz," presented in a concert-theater format, explores themes of trauma, silence, and resilience.
The rhythm of shame and fragmentation is brought to the stage. The story is told with dramatic realism.
No, it's built through music. The language of the perpetrator and the language of the victim become intertwined, and the text becomes a...
It's like a spiral, delving deeper with each iteration. It's more than just a narrative; it's...
In jazz, the musician uses their body, voice, and rhythm as instruments.
Firdes Üçlertoprağı, rather than portraying a character on stage, creates a frequency.
It brings the vibrations of trauma to the stage, sounds that no one else can hear.
However, when we close our eyes, it reminds us of our own name, which we can then hear.






