"You see... I can't really do without my friend Stevan. For more than thirty years he has been there to listen, hear, embrace, embrace, love us all. I know that he would resent me today if I said that his physical absence to separate from him - because he won't. Crazy and sly at the first, and everything else. A spiritualist of the stage. He saw everything good. He found goodness in every damn human being, because he himself was goodness... Podgorica, Montenegro, don't forget Stevan Radusinović, said to him a special person, Nela Krnić, at today's commemoration dedicated to Radusinović, in the Montenegrin National Theater (CNP).
The artistic director of CNP and Radusinović's classmate, Vesna Vujošević Labović, said that this institution was "his true theater house".
We were greeted by two pictures of him, one next to the other, his smile and eyes that radiate kindness. And a bicycle with a ceger, flowers... that's all. In the background, you could hear the light sounds of the piano, the music from the movie Gladiator "Now we are free", which was the theme throughout the commemoration. "Now we are free," says the poem in translation, which follows Maximus' end and his embrace towards heaven. Is death like that? Farewell and a gentle approach to a new beginning - Stevan Radusinović still believed in the eternity of the soul and rebirth in a new form.
At the very beginning, a video was played that made everyone laugh out loud while Radusinović tried again and again to say "did your thoughts clear up?" Scenes that show how he lived the theater followed: he sang, shouted, played, danced, changed costumes, facial expressions, the most diverse roles, breathed life to the fullest, was free, and the applause from the recording on the screen... melted with applause at his commemoration.
"Cheerful, sincere, joyful", says Radusinović at the end of a short series of shots, as he really was, after which his family, colleagues, friends and all those who loved and respected him paid their respects with a minute of silence.
In the read telegram sent by the Minister of Culture and Media, Tamara Vujović, it is reminded that Radusinović will be remembered as a man of unique artistic handwriting, loved by his colleagues and the audience, who devoted his entire life to the acting profession and enriched the Montenegrin theater scene with unforgettable roles and dedicated work.
The word of the International Alternative Theater Festival - FIAT, of which Radusinović was also a part, was also conveyed. They said that they were unsuccessfully consoling themselves with the fact that "Stevan (Steve Radus) is giving us the words of Henry Scott-Holland in his manner":
"Death is nothing.
She doesn't count.
I just slipped into another room, to other scenes.
Nothing happened.
All is well.
Nothing hurts; nothing is lost.
One moment and everything will be as before
Oh, how we will laugh at this when we meet again!"
He was talked about by his classmates, the first acting class at FDU Cetinje, his friends, actresses and actors who shared the stage with him.
"I am facing a very challenging task. I am speaking on behalf of the CNP and I am also talking about another classmate," said Vujošević Labović, asserting that it is more natural to start from "this other", guided by what, as she says, Radusinović appreciated: without pathos, to the very core, "take it easy".
She remembered her student days. She believes that "even today, he is in every favorite corner of the theater, laughing like a sheep because he brought us together and connected us."
"This world has become narrow for you, so according to the old custom, you transferred your backpack and bag and moved on to new knowledge and vastness," said Vujošević Labović, her voice full of love emphasizing each word.
Marina Bukvički and Jelena Đokić, also classmates, sent letters to the CNP regarding Radusinović's departure.
Literally, she said that she would try not to be pathetic, because she knew how much he himself did not like it and that he would be offended if everything he was going to say resembled pathos, as did all those who knew him well.
She recalled his enrollment in directing, which, as she says, came as a crowning achievement for his giftedness, versatility and investigative childlike spirit.
"A lot of unspoken words get stuck in my throat and for all the good things that are yet to come, I miss you already... I hug you and I love you," said Bukvički.
"The number 067511621 has been silent forever," begins the letter from Đokić, which continues: "In my phone under the name Prvak. Prvak, because it simply belonged to him, because he could humorously look down on us, because he was adorned with an intellect unfathomable to many , because his talent allowed it".
"You, my friend, have risen to the heights where you belong and you continue to watch us jokingly from above. And even though I no longer have the first number I call when I come to Podgorica, you will be my first when I cross over from the other side. To guide me. To respect each other. I embrace all of you mourners, my tribe!", are the words that Đokić dedicated to her colleague and to the mourners.
Dean Edin Jašarović and Dubravka Drakić spoke emotionally about him on behalf of the FDU from Cetinje, where Radusinović enrolled in his master's studies in directing, and in front of the Actors' Association.
"What adorned Stevan, in addition to his immeasurable charm and a very perceptive and curious mind, was his passion for the artistic process in which he was an irreplaceable colleague and collaborator to all those with whom he worked and who remember him fondly today. Always present and awake, he knew that he added a specific and witty point of view to every process, which always seemed objective, thoughtful and logical," said Jašarović.
The fact that life disrupts all our plans is also shown by the fact that Jašarović reminds us, which is that Radusinović's path was soon to lead him to his first professional and significant engagement in the role of assistant director in Boris Liješević's author's project "D(r)ugovi". , which will open the 71st season of CNP.
"May he rest in peace and with a smile. And we who remain, we will remember him for a long time and recount his unforgettable roles, countless jokes, but also virtuoso and shrewd jumps on stage, on the street, around town, in the park with his dogs, carrying it in my heart full of memories", said Jašarović shaken. Then Drakić spoke:
"We know that you didn't like formalities, that everything that was usual was not your choice, that you ran away from everything that had the smell of the province and superficiality. And now, we should say goodbye to you, without skipping over what you did not like in acting , and that's pathetic? That should be the last challenge you gave us."
She also reflected on how much elegance, lucidity and charm unique to him, as Drakić says, "ran away from the pride and striving of the omnipresent", and describes that everything with him was fluttering, smiling, different...
"And today, you made us all sad," she said and called him a boy with a desire to change himself and the world around him.
The director who worked with Radusinović, Dejan Projkovski, compared him to the Little Prince, referring to Exiperi's thought: "A pile of stones ceases to be stones at the moment when a man looks at it and sees in himself the image of a cathedral."
"For me, Stevan was the Little Prince of the Montenegrin theater. Stevan loved the theater as Exiperi's Little Prince loved his rose. In one place, the Little Prince tells his rose that he will love her forever, even if she is neither young nor beautiful , when it withered. That's how Stevan loved the theater and what he did...he loved the theater even when it was withered. Stevan loved and lived in the name of the theater," he said.
He ended his correspondence with Njegoš by saying "Blessed is he who lives forever, he had plenty of time to be born."
Also one of the directors who worked with him is Niko Goršič, who noticed that in life we easily agree that we are replaceable, "and in the world of art, on the stage of the theater, that is by no means true".
Goršić asked himself: "And what do we know about your pain, which you carried inside yourself? You didn't tell anyone that, on the contrary: you cared about the pain of others. That's how you were! And you know, you left a piece of pain with us too. Thank you artist, thank you Stevan".
There were also Stevan Radusinović's special people, his friends - Nela Krnić and Marina Čavić.
"On that day when you were laid to rest in our beloved land of Montenegro and heavy rocks were placed on your tender being, your mother was cut by a dull pain in her womb, in the solitude of the old people's home, where a person comes not to be alone. And a strange wind blew. .. something like lahora. The forest rustled loudly, and I knew it was not your soul. It asked Sanja to hug her beautiful face, and you somehow extended them all long and tangled. Yes, you are an actor, but you cannot deceive me. Your hands were wiping away the tears in the sky and our faces were crooked with heat, disbelief and pain, and she... a long black dress to see off her only brother. Then she stopped at the entrance to the village cemetery, and cried. There was no way, mother, I was alone in this world. The sky is torn apart. It's not a joke. Please tell Sanja. You tell her. That the beginning and the end do not exist. I'm standing on these boards today, but believe me, this is some twisted, poorly directed show. I will try to be clear: my friend, Stevan Radusinović has no end. It doesn't end," said Krnić, as emotional as it can be.
Čavić said that she is sure that her, as she says, her dear spiritual brother, Stevan, would now say to us 'What's wrong with you? What are you sad about? I told you that you are eternal. The soul is eternal, and you are souls. I am eternal. I am a tiny point of light that has now only changed its costume and address,'" to which Čavić added:
"Our beloved actor left to play a new role".
She reminded how Shakespeare said that the whole world is a stage, that all men and women are only actors, how they go on stage and come off the stage, "and in his lifetime one human being plays many roles". She explained how Radusinović immediately took it to heart and thus became a double actor in his life.
She pointed out that during the second class of the meditation course, he began to translate, and that is how his translation service began.
She also said that Stevan was not religious, but that he loved God very much, "they had a close relationship. God was his main director and most beloved companion," she said, trying to hold back tears in order to finish what she wanted to say.
In addition to the CNP, Stevan played significant roles, among other theater institutions, in the performances of the City Theater from Podgorica, which expressed its gratitude and respect, saying that it will be remembered for its love for the theater, loyalty to its colleagues, professionalism, and as a man with the most wonderful sense of humor and that they will tell future generations about him, his impeccable intelligence and his wonderful being.
The Tivat Cultural Center, where he also played significant roles, said that they will miss Radusinović's presence immensely, but that his legacy will continue to live on through his roles, as well as through the memories of all those who had the privilege of knowing him and working with him. him.
"Do you remember how you once told me that there is no need to mourn because we surely return in another form and that our souls continue their journey in relation to how much and how they deserved. If we have more lives, then I ask you to return your beautiful and pure to come back just like that and say you were joking... You won't? Well, Stevenson, you know better why it has to be like this. But, yes I ask how can I play a show without you? How can we start a new show for which we were preparing together? Smile and tell me how!" said Radusinović's colleague, who invited the audience to applause - "yes now let's see off Stevan with a big and last round of applause from this stage".
The applause was really big and long. There will be no compensation for all the applause that could have been, but it still means something, because during the commemoration everyone was there with heart and soul. They did not hide their tears, nor should they hide the emotions with which Radusinović adorned the world inside and around him. And every word was sincere and true, just as he lived the truth.
He is like "The Immortal Poem" by Mika Antić, which says:
"If they tell you:
i died
don't believe it
I can't do that".
Radusinović can't do that. He is an immortal song.
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