May 27th - - - 8:00 p.m. - - - Kana Theatre - - - Admission: 15 and 20 PLN
OFFenes Berlin
FIRE IS RAGING IN YOUR HAIR - dance piece by Anna Nowicka.
Program
MAY 2012
FIRE IS RAGING IN YOUR HAIR - dance piece by Anna Nowicka.
"Where now? Who now? When now? Unquestioning. I, say I. Unbelieving. Questions, hypotheses, call them that. Keep going, going on, call that going, call that on. Can it be that one day, off it goes on, that one day I simply stayed in, in where, instead of going out, in the old way, out to spend day and night as far away as possible, wasn't far."
[The Unnamable - Samuel Beckett]
"You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair"
[Taisen Deshimaru]
A contemporary human is in a constant movement: not limited by the space, nor time, he freely mores between reality and virtual world. This state of crack between "here and now" and "not-here" became the subject of this spectacle.
How can one find self in a incessant flow of stimuli and information? Can one find rest and embedding in a neverending movement?
A short promenade is the only stable element of the spectacle, around which a movements is built. Two basic activity fields: the body moving in space-time and the work with association (imagination, dreams and shamanism) are the starting point for the authors' attempt to understand: how to remain stable despite being involved in the ever changing reality.
Anna Nowicka, a dancer, choreographer, teacher and psychologist, graduate of Warsaw University and Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, contemporary dance instructor. She took part in many spectacles in Poland and abroad, she also continuously develops her own pieces. As one of the most important experiences she considers working with Mala Kline. In 2008/2009 she participated in Tomi Janezic's programme for performers in Slovenia and gave guests performances with En-Knap Group. She cooperates with Dragana Alfirević. In 2011 she received DAAD award and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes scholarship. In June of 2012 she is going to receive a master degree in choreography at HZT/Ernst-Busch in Berlin.
Weronika Pelczyńska, graduate from SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance and the Department of Production Engeneering at Technical University of Warsaw. In 2008/2009 as a member of Bodhi Project group she performed in Austria, Germany, Italy and Poland, and co-operated with: M. Kejzar, J. Nelson, V. Justice, R. Hayden, E. Braun, T. Williams and S. Sandroni. She gained her stage experiences working over 3 years for Studio Buffo Theatre and Mufmi Dance Theatre. In 2003 she won forst prize at European Championships of disco dance formations, performing with a group Volt. She also acted in a few television productions. Since 2009 she co-works with Stephanie Thiersch Mouvoir in Cologne and with Johannes Wieland's group in Kassel. From February 2010 she creates choreography and stage movement for theatrical plays and films. In 2011 she co-worked with Davis Freeman, Jozef Fruck and Evangelia Kapetanea. Her first solo piece was produced by Komuna Warszawa, and "Fire is raging in your hair"is her second solo, co-created with Anna Nowicka.
concept and choreography: Anna Nowicka
performance: Weronika Pelczyńska
music: Klaus Janek
light: direction Sandra Blatterer
dramaturgy support: dr Christiane Berger
production: Tanztage Berlin, with support of Art Stations Foundation (Poznań), Polish Institute in Berlin and HZT (Berlin)
opening night: 14th January 2012 Tanztage Festival Berlin 2012
OFFENES BERLIN
Project presenting the winners of 100Grad Festival of Berlin.
OFFenes Berlin signifies open/alternative Berlin and it allows to watch oznacza "otwarty/OFFowy Berlin" i pozwala przekonać się, czym żyje pełna humoru i wyobraźni stolica współczesnej sztuki niezależnej.
Project is realised in co-operation with Hebbel am Ufer and Sophiensaele, with the financial support of Polish-German Co-operation Fund (FWPN/SDPZ).
100Grad Festival has been organised since 2003 on all stages of Hebbel am Ufer i Sophiensaele. This theatrical marathone is called "the hottest festival in the city"and presents app. 130 shows and performances, every hour over four days. The winners awarded by 5 jury teams are young contemporary avant-garde, freely and with sense of humour exploring creative fringe of performative arts.
