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PORTFOLIO MARIJA FARMER "I use improvisation, movement, images, spiritual urges and visions, poetry, playing with the rhythms, memories and personal fascinations in my work. I believe in the power of Art and Beauty to heal the world. My devotion is to create touching, provocative and beautiful performances that will raise emotions in the audience and connect them to their dreams, losses and desires. I would like, through my art, to make the world more tender place to live in." Marija Farmer

MARIJA FARMER (1972, Belgrade, Serbia), theatre director and performer, theatre trainer/teacher, poetry writer and trainer of programs for personal, social and organizational development through theatre and creative expression. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND M.A. in PSYCHOLOGY, University of Belgrade (1997); MAPA Moving Academy for Performing Arts, Netherlands/Serbia (2007-2008); Developing Creative Potentials and Intuition Development - Sandra Mussey, Expressive Arts University of California / Belgrade (2000-2004); Expressive Arts Techniques Theatre, Visual Arts and Poetry EGS, Italy (2003), Germany (2002); Theatre of the Oppressed, Forum Theatre and Rainbow of Desire - Adrian Jackson, Cardboard Citizens, London, UK, Pula, Croatia (2002/2008); From 1995. onwards participated in many national and international trainings, seminars and conferences: Peacework, Conflict Transformation, Bioenergy Work With Actors, Theatre and Shamanism, Playwriting, Improvisation theatre. VISION AND ARTISTIC STYLE Dream-aims to create Centre for Contemporary Theatre and Performing Arts in Belgrade. Her own artistic approach she calls Theatre of Tenderness. Theatre of Tenderness is devised theatre, based on an artistic concept/idea of a director/coach, using the personal stories of performers and other associates, their fascinations, symbols, emotions and unique talents to come to the final product. In style it is physical theatre (rhythmic, movement based, visual, poetic) and non-narrative (poetic, postdramatic) theatre. CONSULTANCY AND TEACHING Founder and director of the consulting agency Magic Agency which creates and delivers theatre training programs for personal and company development as well as theatre events for different purposes. Developed her own brand of Business theatre. Trainer and author of numerous applied theatre programs for development of individuals, teams and communities using theatre and creative expression since 1996. and author of numerous applied theatre performances (theatre for social change & human rights). Author and trainer of The Small Academy of Physical, Expressive and Devised Theatre. Works throughout Serbia and Europe. THEATRE PERFORMANCES & WRITING Author and director of 20 performances (art productions & applied theatre). Published 3 books of poetry Last Remains of the Poetry in the City (LOM, Belgrade 2005), Her Secret Life (LOM, Belgrade, 2010), "I Hear the Drum" (MF, Belgrade, 2016). Writes, directs, dreams, has a cat, is clairvoyant and loves passionately. CONTACT DETAILS MARIJA FARMER Cara Urosa 28/2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia www.marijafarmer.com www.magicagency.rs +381 64 1757737 marijamiracle@gmail.com 2

Content 1. ART PRODUCTIONS After Wakening I hear the Drum Me and You, the Same Who is Your Soulmate? Her Secret Life Love so True The Love Affair of Sun and Moon 2. APPLIED THEATRE AND ACTIVISM PERFORMANCES Mund Harmonica Hit that Jive The Naked Truth 3. BUSINESS THEATRE Improvisation Theatre for Entrepreneurs Always Look at Bright Side of Life 4. STREET INTERVENTIONS Pink Umbrellas 5. THEATRE TRAININGS The Small Academy of Physical, Devised & Expressive Theatre Creativity Ventures 6. POETRY 7. MY COMPANIES InterArt 2003-2007 Magic Agency 2010 - current 8. LIST OF PERFORMANCES 9. DIPLOMAS Devised Theatre Performances 3

Art Productions (Directing) After Wakening Belgrade, 2017 Final Performance The Small Academy 2017 Physical theatre performance, theme "My Alternative Life" about crucial decisions we made (are making) and how they influence and frame our life, about longing, fire and ice. 4

I hear the Drum Belgrade, 2017 Final Performance The Small Academy 2016 Exploration and deconstruction of monomyth of Joseph Campbell The Hero's Journey, who is the Hero and what heroism means, where we hold our courage and our fears, how we switch from one narrative to million other narratives and about the drumming we hear in our lives. Humor as a way of Creative Hero. 6

Me and You, the Same Belgrade, 2014 Physical performance based on concept and text of Who is Your Soulmate (description next chapter). Research project on the level of movement how to combine precise movement and improvisation, how to generate movements (visuals, words, objects, emotions, dance...), how to direct shamanic part of movement and be able to repeat high energy and presence of specific sections. These are eyes of my soulmate I want you to scream more then you can imagine. Do you understand? 8

Who is Your Soulmate? Amsterdam, 2012 AWA Gallery, Artist in Residence Developing concept, text and visuals for performance that explores three main kinds of partners love: soulmate relationship, earthmate love and twinflame, as combination of both, connection of souls and simple earth happiness. Performance examines existing clichés about those loves and it offers view of perfection as possible and resists common definition of man as someone who can long for, but never actually achieve the perfect state. 9

She smokes (parts of poem) She smokes She walks like a snake And she Smokes She loves to smoke... My woman In white shirt He used to tell me In the mornings Then When I smoked After that We drank we laughed Made love beat each other cried And then All over again It never became Boring It just started to hurt Too much She smokes She has deep eyes And tall legs... She writes poetry she laughs She speaks on the phone Late at night She allows different men To touch her Down... She is depressed She doesn t have anything to lose She lives She cries She dies every day She has broken heart She has delusions... She moves her hips like a cat She breaths like a snake She laughs like a queen She smokes He looks at her With his hungry eyes Strong and enchanted She smokes... She came tonight To me And said We can do it Without cigarettes too I am here. Her Secret Life Belgrade, 2010 Physical performance based on my 6 poems. *My poetry is lost in translation. Still searching for English rhythm that will express the same beyondness my poems contain in Serbian. 10

Poem: Cheating Poem: Pregnant and happy Poem: Enchanted 11

Love so True Belgrade, 2008 This is a story about girl who has been forgotten. This is a story of girl becoming woman. This is a story of dancing with betrayal. This is a story about small cat, old cat, art, longing, waiting, growing, loneliness and courage. Story about fulfillment, peace and about love, so true. Solo performance finishing MAPA Academy, 2008. 12

The Love Affair Of Sun And Moon Belgrade, 2006 Theatre performance The Love Affair of the Sun and Moon is theatrical encounter with our capacities for intimacy. Performance goes through falling in love, friendship, reality and phantasms, desperation and faith. It uses personal stories of performers. 13

Applied Theatre and Activism Performances Mund Harmonica Performance about discrimination, stigmatization and exclusion from society of victims of sexual violence in the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Aim of the performance is awareness raising about this sensitive issue and call for empathy and support. Approach taken was love & tenderness - light that can help us to contain unimaginable horror. 14

Hit That Jive Human Rights for Youth Cultural Centre Novi Sad Fabrika, Novi Sad, 2014 15

Naked Truth Puttin on the Ritz Nansen Dialogue Centre and Resurs Centre Majdanpek, 2012 16

Business Theatre Improvisation Theatre Event Impact Hub Belgrade, 2015 Always Look At The Bright Side Of Life Applied performance of the company Magic Agency, opening of regional health conference Future Of Primary Health Care In Balkans. Organisation: City of Belgrade, Ministry of Health of Serbia and Canadian International Development Agency CIDA (Belgrade, 2008) 17

Street Theatre Pink Umbrellas - street performance, creativity and tolerance, Nis, Serbia, 2009 18

Theatre Trainings The Small Academy of Physical, Devised & Expressive Thatre (since 2016 - current) 19

Creativity Ventures International theatre training in advance development of creativity competences of trainers and artists, Belgrade, 2010. 21

CAN YOU IMAGINE There is love here. And winter. And shyness. There is the wave without the wind And the wind without the wave There are lie and truth There is running and running There is easiness and heaviness In the same time Is it real? Is it ours? Can you imagine, dear One place far away Where we peacefully sleep In the afternoon Together? Your body doesn t lie Your body is my last remained resort There are questions here Nobody will ask And words to destroy What could be destroyed Before leaving There is sense of never again There is unadmitted cloud Sadness in laughing There are strings to be cut None of us will say We ll pretend it s not there It s only cloud on the sky We say And Anyway Then I will fly And fly And fly Maybe in some movie I will cry In this one It s only cloud on the sky Dear I bought perfume and stones At the airport And drunk coffee smiling It s only cloud there Nothing else A little bit of cloud around the heart We were just playing the game Called can you imagine? Can you imagine passion, dear? Can you imagine fear? Can you imagine love, dear? 22 Poetry writer

My Companies 2003-2007 Founder and director of NGO InterArt, Center for Creative Development, aimed to personal and community development through arts and creative expression. TheatReality Theatre as Rehearsal for Reality, 2003 2010 - current Magic Agency is devising theatre/performance company and consulting agency. www.magicagency.rs 23

THEATRE & CREATIVITY TRAININGS (Author & Trainer/Teacher) 2017 GoodBye to REX - Theatre Workshop - recapitalisation of theatre projects done in KC REX, belgrade - 14th of December - Belgrade, Serbia Practical Magic - creative exploration of rituals, paganism and fairytales - October, MF Creative Living, Belgrade, Serbia The Artist's Way - 3 months program for opening creativity - May-July 2017, MF Creative Living, Belgrade, Serbia Training for Trainers for Theatre of the Oppressed (Theatre Based Education, Applied Theatre) for Youth Leaders - 2 TOT modules and creation of final performance for social change, November 2016 - February 2017 - UNFPA & UNICEF, Bosnia & Herzegovina The Small Theatre Academy of Physical, Devising and Expressive Theatre Marija Farmer Method - 4 modules, author of concept and methodology and trainer January, February, March, April 2017 and final performance Belgrade, Serbia 2016 The Small Theatre Academy of Physical, Devising and Expressive Theatre Marija Farmer Method - 4 modules, author of concept and methodology and trainer November 2015, January, February and March 2016 and final performance Belgrade, Serbia 2015 Power of Your Dreams Theatre Workshop - Impact Hub Belgrade, 1 day 2014 Wild Woman workshop exploring woman archetypes, rituals, mythology and power using theatrical tools, 25-26. January, 2 days, Belgrade. The Artist s Way creativity development, from dreams to realisation, 3 months programme, Belgrade Body Flow Intuition Theatre Programme for Personal Development 3 months, 10 workshops (days), Belgrade Human Rights Youth Theatre Training and Performance - SKC Novi Sad, 28 th of March 7 th of April, and playing performance from 9 th of April 9 th of May in theatres of 24

Vojvodina. Project is financed by the Delegation of the EU to the Republic of Serbia through the EIDHR programme. MoVE Moving Values of Europe Theatre Training on Mobility and European Values - 14-22 February, REACH, Youth in Action. 2013 The Wilderness and Magic Inside of Us creativity & theatre workshop, ACES Academy of Central European Schools Bratislava, 9-12 April, Senec, Slovak Republic 2012 Creative techniques and Creation of Participative Theatre TOT for Youth Leaders, Majdanpek, 6-8 of May, Resource Centre Majdanpek and Nansen Dialogue Centre Theatre of the Oppressed Training for Youth theatre for dialogue and human rights, 5 days, CARS and ISC. Body Flow Intuition theatre workshop for personal development, Belgrade, 1 day. 2011 Theatre of the Oppressed - Training for Trainers - Forum theatre, Image & Elements of Rainbow of Desire - Gent, Belgium, 24 th of February 1 st of March Human Rights, Antidiscrimination and Theatre Resource Center Majdanpek and Nansen Dialogue Centre, Subotica, 3 days. 2010 Human Rights, Antidiscrimination and Theatre Performance Creation - Resource Center Majdanpek and Nansen Dialogue Centre, Cultural Centre REX, Belgrade, November and December. Created performance on tolerance and antidiscrimination Naked Truth Puttin on the Ritz and played in 10 cities in Serbia. Creativity and Personal Development - 3 - months program, Belgrade. 2009 Creativity and Tolerance - InterculturArt, Youth in Action, intercultural dialogue using theatre, trainer for making theatre-street performance, international, 4 days, LDA, NIŠ, Serbia. 25

Passion and Killers of the Passion - Open P - Platform and Collective Meeting for Renewing Fresh Initiatives in Streetwork and Street Interventions, Kortrijk, Belgium, 1 day; Improvisation for Actors and Non-actors Impro Wisdom in Life Belgrade, 1day Characters Within Us And Stage - workshop at Infomat - International festival of Making Theatre, Athens, Greece, 5-12 July 2008 2nd European Seminar, Children s rights and Theatre of the Oppressed (CoE 2008-12.0), 26 30 May 2008, 2 days, Directorate General IV : Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Division for the European dimension of education, "PESTALOZZI" Programme, Training Programme for education professionals. Everybody Wants to Be a Cat Theatre of the Oppressed Training and Final Performance for Youth - Centre for Nonviolent Conflict Resolution, 5 days, Belgrade. Exploring Problems and Looking for Solutions through Theatre in LGBT Movement in Serbia meeting of LGBT representatives, 2 days, organized by Women in Action, Belgrade. 2007 Power of Dialogue Long-term Training of Trainers for Theatre of the Oppressed and Rainbow of Desire, Formaat, Netherlands, 2x5 days training + project practice phase; Local coordinator of the project, expert/assistant and manual writer, Belgrade, Serbia How Much Tenderness You Can Stand theatre empowerment training programme for women victims of violence and women working with victims of violence; Women in Action, Belgrade, 2 days. Theatre for Empowerment Fair on Ideas of Art in Education, Zrenjanin, school teachers, university teachers, 1 day. Fasten Your Seatbelt, Please! opening creativity, 3 - months program, Belgrade. Lecturer of Theatre for Personal Empowerment healing power of creativity; REX, Belgrade 2006 The Artist s Way 3 months program for opening creativity, Belgrade. 26

Creative Weekends using theatre and painting as tool for self discovery and empowerment, 2 days x 2 trainings = 4 days, Belgrade Expressive Arts Training How to Live in Serbia with Full Capacity painting and theatre; Peace Studies, Group MOST, Belgrade, 2 days. Passion and Killers of the Passion - theatre training, Cultural Centre REX; Belgrade, 4 days. 2005 Youth Camp Tools for Action (Group Let's Belgrade) - using theatre in youth campaigns, Rajac, Serbia, 1 day. 2004 I m a Woman Do You See Me - InterArt Belgrade & Canadian Embassy, Theatre of the Oppressed workshops for women NGO activists, exploring gender issue, 8 days. Communication Through Theatre - European Congress of Students of Psychology Kopaonik, Serbia, 1 day. 2003 My Town (Post Pessimists Belgrade) - Conflict Resolution and Intercultural Understanding for youth, using elements of Theatre of the Oppressed, 7 days - Novi Sad (Serbia) Dialogue is Key - Theatre of the Oppressed training (Group MOST, Ruma Theatre), 15 days training, 4 modules. 2001 Resisting Violence (Post Pessimists Belgrade) - Interactive theatre techniques for practicing resistance to the oppression - Belgrade (Serbia), 1 day Psychology of Democratic Mind Theatre of the Oppressed (Next Stop Serbia), 1 day Interactive Theatre Human Rights Workshop Post Pessimists, Novi Sad (Serbia), 3 days Youth Camp Theatre of the Oppressed (Post Pessimists Belgrade), Herceg Novi (Montenegro), 1 day Drama Workshops And Amateur Public Performances On Constructive Resisting Oppression Youth Club, Novi Sad, 4 days (Serbia) 27

THEATRE PERFORMANCES Art productions 2017 "After Wakening" - physical and expressive theatre performance, director and writer, Small Academy final performance, KC REX Belgrade, Serbia. 2016 "I Hear the Drum" - physical and expressive theatre performance, director and writer, Small Academy final performance, KC REX Belgrade, Serbia. 2015 Me and You, The Same physical theatre performance, director, writer, performer - Krug, Serbia. 2012 "Who is Your Soulmate?" solo performance, director, writer, performer - AWA gallery OT301 residency programme, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2010 "Her Secret Life" - visual/rhythm performance based on my poetry book Her Secret Life, director, writer, performer - REX, Belgrade, Serbia. 2008 "Love so True" solo performance (20min), director, writer, performer - DAH Theatre, final product of MAPA Procession of Icons Workshop, Belgrade, Serbia. 2006 "The Love Affaire of Sun and Moon" - director, co-leader of the process - KC REX, Belgrade, Serbia. 2005. "Passion and Killers of the Passion" director, leader of the process, expressive arts theatre performance- KC REX, Belgrade, Serbia. 28

Community Theatre, Theatre for Social Chnage, Applied Theatre Performances 2017 2014 "Mund Harmonica" - performance based on physical & expressive theatre about discrimination, stigmatization and exclusion from society of victims of sexual violence in the war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. Aim of the performance is awareness raising about this sensitive issue and call for empathy and support. Leader of the process, writer & director - Sarajevo, Mostar, Brcko, Sanski Most - UNFPA, BiH Can Youth Revitalise Democracy? final performance with youth from all over the world for closing session of World Forum for Democracy - director, leader of the process, writer - Strasbourg, Council of Europe and European Youth Foundation. Hit that Jive! Youth for Human Rights director, leader of the process, writer - SKC Novi Sad, EIDHR, played in 5 cities in Vojvodina, Serbia. 2012 Naked Truth Puttin on the Ritz Antidiscrimination and Promotion of Tolerance - director, leader of the process, writer - Nansen Dialogue Centre and Resource Centre Majdanpek, played in 10 cities in Serbia. 2010 "Everything is Easy when You are Young? Theatre of the Oppressed performance, high school students, prevention of violence among youth - director, leader of the process, writer, Joker - CARS (Centre for Alternative Conflict Resolution), Belgrade, Serbia. 2009 Pink Umbrellas and the Rest - street performance with international youth participants, developing creativity and tolerance - director, leader of the process, writer, Niš, Youth in Action Project, Serbia. 2008 Everybody Wants To Be a Cat Theatre of the Oppressed performance for Youth - director, leader of the process, writer, Joker - CARS, Belgrade, Serbia. 29

2007 Who is the King of VIP? - street theatre, antidiscrimination, within campaign All Equal All Different Council of Europe, EXIT, director, Novi Sad, Serbia. 2004 Be Yourself in Your Leisure Time Woman Human Rights and Gender Issue -Theatre of the Oppressed performance; director, co-leader of the process, Joker -InterArt & Cultural Centre REX, CIDA Canada, Belgrade, Serbia. 2003 I don t Like Carrots, But I still Eat Them Forum Theatre performance, director, co-leader of the process, Joker Festival of Alternative Theatre, Ruma, Serbia. Do Not Watch Participate! Forum Theatre Performance - director, leader of the process, writer, Joker - SKC, Belgrade, Serbia. Children Performances 2004 Be What You Are! director, writer, performer - InterArt, Belgrade. 1998 Love Makes You Beautiful codirector, writer, performer - theatre Maja & Natasa Marjanovic, Belgrade. Business Theatre Performances 2008 "Always look at the Bright Side of Life" - applied performance, opening of regional health conference Future Of Primary Health Care In Balkans - City of Belgrade, Ministry of Health of Serbia and Canadian International Development Agency CIDA. OTHER ART Poetry writer - published 3 books of poetry. Last Remains of Poetry in the City, LOM, Belgrade, 2005. Her Secret Life, LOM, Belgrade, 2010. "I Hear the Drum", MF, Belgrade, 2016. 30

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It Is What It Is. 34