MALLEUS MALEFICARUM. The new pact
Iveta Pole (Latvia), Katrīna Neiburga (Latvia), Agnese Krivade (Latvia), Jette Loona Hermanis (Latvia), Anika Barkan (Denmark), Lea Blau (Croatia), Maarja Nuut, Martina Georgina (Malta), Irēna Grauda (Latvia), Kristiāns Aglonietis (Latvia), Anna Ansone (Latvia), Karolin Tamm
Premiere: June 3rd 2023 Riga Circus
The performance is in English
Produced by: INITIUM, Ieva Niedre, Minna Triin Kohv, Karīna Zeļonka, Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava
Supporters: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation (SCCF), Cultural Endowment of Estonia, KRASO foundation, British Council Latvia, Riga Circus
Written in 1486, the Malleus Maleficarum, also known as “Hammer of Witches”, was for centuries the world’s second best-selling book after the Bible.
It is a witch-hunting manual, one which develops a legal-theological theory on the nature of women and portraying the female world as a dark, inverted mirror to our “normal” world. Most evil among all women are the concubines, followed by midwives and the wives who dominate their husbands.
We’ve found a copy of the book. And, yes, we’ve read it.
