The Meriments of the past

The Studio Dance Theatre, Banská Bystrica

About performance

Two worlds that are linked in the reconstruction of past and the punch of contemporary dance - both dominated by space dynamics and the joy of dancing. The Incentive of the performance is inspired by the English Renaissance dance of 17th century - Parson's Farewell. The elements that combine the original and new version of Parson's Farewell are spatial dynamics and the joy of dancing. The current performance is characterised by a unique movement-sound matrix Comprised of individual parts of the body hitting the ground in repeated time intervals, each dancer has their own a motion and hence resonant structure that follows. Another element is a silent dance performance during which dancers in low creeping positions create a unique movement-sound matrix. The gradual and graded multiplication of dancers creates a complex visual-aural scene where at first glance it is not clear whether it is sound that affects movement, or vice versa. As a whole, the result of this section is a symphony of moving bodies, at the exact time and in the given space on stage.

Production team

Choreography Milan Tomášik
Music, recording production Katarína Máliková
Costumes Marek Gašpar Šafárik
Mixing and mastering Dušan Ivan
Lighting design Ján Čief

Cast

Tibor Trulik, Lenka Rajchmanová, Marie Knapová, Denisa Benčaťová, Jakub Jeňo  

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1. categoey 10 €

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