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Breakfast Dialogues opens a simple space to think together - an informal encounter where artists, citizens, and guests share questions, ideas, and perspectives before the day unfolds. Over coffee and conversation, we gather to listen closely, challenge assumptions, and let the festival's themes resonate through voices in dialogue. Towards Documentary Choreography: Performing Human Rights Between Theatre and the Public Sphere In this talk, Zaides proposes a series of insights into the challenges that arise when navigating this complex terrain, drawing specifically on recent projects such as Archive (2014) and Necropolis (2018). Special attention will be given to the theatre space, where the spectator's seemingly privileged position is brought into question and reconfigured, and where the conditions of witnessing, responsibility, and implication are critically examined using performative and choreographic means. At the same time, Zaides will reflect on how the processes surrounding these projects extend beyond the theatre setting, operating within the public sphere and gradually shifting toward activist terrains, where artistic practice functions as a tool for civic engagement, institutional critique, and the emergence of new forms of collectivity.