RESISTANCE MOVEMENT | ANOMALIE
Ritual solo by Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval. This suggestive testimony of a woman affected by war won the Audience Award in the international section of the Solo Dance Contest at the Gdańsk Dance Festival 2023.
Both physically and mentally demanding performance by the brilliant French dancer Agathe Tarillon in the Slovak choreographer’s acclaimed production, explicitly communicating the festival’s motto.
Ritual solo by Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval. This suggestive testimony of a woman affected by war won the Audience Award in the international section of the Solo Dance Contest at the Gdańsk Dance Festival 2023.
Both physically and mentally demanding performance by the brilliant French dancer Agathe Tarillon in the Slovak choreographer’s acclaimed production, explicitly communicating the festival’s motto.
M. KUŹMIŃSKI & D. KOVAL: RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
Based on conversations between choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński and Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval and their joint movement research, this intense dance solo begins as an honest revelation of the dancer’s personal story. However, it gradually evolves into a ritual where the dancer, half-naked but wearing an embroidered skirt and a traditional Ukrainian necklace, uncovers the strength behind her sensitivity and the power in emancipating her cultural roots. A riveting personal account of the destructiveness of war and the incredible resilience and will of human beings to resist it.
The production Рух Oпору / Ruch Oporu / Resistance Movement won the Audience Award at the Solo Dance Contest 2023 within the Gdańsk Dance Festival and another Audience Award at the 6th Solocoreografico Festival held in 2023 in Frankfurt am Main, where Daria Koval also received the Jury Award for her dance performance.
choreography, music remix, dramaturgy, video, lighting design Maciej Kuźmiński; music Max Richter; video, photography, graphics Aleksander Joachimiak; performance, costume design and collaboration on choreography Daria Koval
M. KUŹMIŃSKI & D. KOVAL: RESISTANCE MOVEMENT
Based on conversations between choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński and Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval and their joint movement research, this intense dance solo begins as an honest revelation of the dancer’s personal story. However, it gradually evolves into a ritual where the dancer, half-naked but wearing an embroidered skirt and a traditional Ukrainian necklace, uncovers the strength behind her sensitivity and the power in emancipating her cultural roots. A riveting personal account of the destructiveness of war and the incredible resilience and will of human beings to resist it.
The production Рух Oпору / Ruch Oporu / Resistance Movement won the Audience Award at the Solo Dance Contest 2023 within the Gdańsk Dance Festival and another Audience Award at the 6th Solocoreografico Festival held in 2023 in Frankfurt am Main, where Daria Koval also received the Jury Award for her dance performance.
choreography, music remix, dramaturgy, video, lighting design Maciej Kuźmiński; music Max Richter; video, photography, graphics Aleksander Joachimiak; performance, costume design and collaboration on choreography Daria Koval
E.URBANOVÁ: ANOMALIE
The dance solo Anomalie is about the desire to stand firm while being crushed and the hope for harmony in the midst of crisis. It is a quest for destruction, limits and extremes, as well as an opportunity to let new and old shapes and forms penetrate the skin, muscles, bones and soul. From the observation of a body that is tormented by negative experiences, a body marked by trauma, a body in convulsion, we follow its transformation towards rebirth, purification and shedding of the deposits of unwanted experiences. A journey of the body towards its free breathing again. However, Anomalie is also a brilliant, physically and mentally very demanding performance by the only performer in the production, who shatters the comfort zone of all participants.
concept and choreography Eva Urbanová; collaboration on choreography Joana Simões; music Stroon; lighting design Tasya Nafigina; text Sammy Metcalfe, Eva Urbanová, Tasya Nafigina; voice N I V V A; costumes Miriama Kardošová; scenography production Josef Malík; lighting technician Miriam Čandíkova; production Eva Urbanová, Nhung Company; special thanks Svetlana Kozlova, Michal Klodner, Aleš Němec, Ondra Mikula; performance Agathe Tarillon
E.URBANOVÁ: ANOMALIE
The dance solo Anomalie is about the desire to stand firm while being crushed and the hope for harmony in the midst of crisis. It is a quest for destruction, limits and extremes, as well as an opportunity to let new and old shapes and forms penetrate the skin, muscles, bones and soul. From the observation of a body that is tormented by negative experiences, a body marked by trauma, a body in convulsion, we follow its transformation towards rebirth, purification and shedding of the deposits of unwanted experiences. A journey of the body towards its free breathing again. However, Anomalie is also a brilliant, physically and mentally very demanding performance by the only performer in the production, who shatters the comfort zone of all participants.
concept and choreography Eva Urbanová; collaboration on choreography Joana Simões; music Stroon; lighting design Tasya Nafigina; text Sammy Metcalfe, Eva Urbanová, Tasya Nafigina; voice N I V V A; costumes Miriama Kardošová; scenography production Josef Malík; lighting technician Miriam Čandíkova; production Eva Urbanová, Nhung Company; special thanks Svetlana Kozlova, Michal Klodner, Aleš Němec, Ondra Mikula; performance Agathe Tarillon