Inside the minefield, they told me I would learn to dance

What time did you go to his house?

Did he invite you there?

What color was the sofa in the living room?

Where was the bedroom?

Are you sure it was on the right side of the hallway?

Did you resist?

What did you say?

Did you say it loudly?

Are you sure he heard you?

A performance about sexual trauma as a turning point in the subject’s biography and its imprint on the body, sexuality, psyche, memory, and relationships. A monologue that focuses on the system of power that evaluates, grades, and classifies victims as “ideal victims,” “lesser victims,” or “non-victims,” shaping the terms of their symbolic extermination. A monologue about strategies for empowering individuals who have suffered sexual abuse and about the transition from the identity of victim to that of survivor.

The work is inspired by a real event: the rape of a gay boy, which came to light in the context of the Greek #MeToo movement. With his consent, his testimony is dramatized through a fictionalized transcription. This allows for a broader socio-political reflection on the limits and violations of the body, as well as the processing and transformation of traumatic events, with a critical eye on systemic gender, class, and sexual power relations.

*The title of the work comes from Ocean Vuong’s poem “Tell Me Something Good” translated by Dimitris Mavros (Gutenberg Publications).

*We would like to thank Antipodes Publications for granting us permission to use excerpts from Édouard Louis’ book “History of Violence”.

*The performace is in the greek language.

*The performace is suitable for people over 17 years old.