By the German playwright, Peter Handke, A Hora em que Não Sabíamos Nada Uns dos Outros (1992) is a play originally composed of 450 cast members walking in a square represented as a city with ongoing events.
“The trigger for the play was an afternoon several years ago. I had spent the whole day in a small square in Muggia, near Trieste. I sat on the terrace of a cafe and watched life go by. I entered a true state of observation, perhaps this was helped a little by the wine. Every little thing became meaningful (without being symbolic). The tiniest procedures felt significant in the world.” Peter Handke
His aim would be to create a day in the life of a plaza following a set of stage directions.
31 years after the creation of this play, Olga Roriz is interested in questioning what has changed in the world. “It seems to us that this title now wants to tell us much more. That what we know about each other and about ourselves is an increasingly dark well and that it is urgent to open channels for transformation, for the creation of utopia”, writes the choreographer.
