Several Shifts - DIPLOMA PERFORMANCE
28 november 2013 godz. 20 Teatr na Plaży, Sopot
direction snd choregraphy: Katarzyna Chmielewska
music: Paweł Osicki
choreography and performance: Vaida Baltrušaitytė, Marek Elsner, Wojciech Jaworski, Przemek Jurewicz, Iwona Konecka, Saida Saldukaitė, Rosa Auf der Strasse
The creation of a dance performance based on The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, from the beginning seemed to be quite risky, but also an interesting challenge. After the first analysis of this text, we decided with a group that we would not tell the story in a narrative way, and the text would rather become more of an inspiration for the performance, and a starting point in search of dance material. The movement forced upon us some abstraction of events, and everyone had to figure out what their own transformation referred to, or actually, how to relate Gregor's transformation to themselves, or in what way it seemed close to them? During work we were thinking about small shifts, sometimes unnoticed by those around, but still relevant and necessary for those involved. Such a change often happens in relation to others, and then it becomes tangible and real, a kind of new opening and a chance to understand the complex mechanisms of our personality. In Several Shifts, the body is the main means of communication, with importance given to its energy and atmosphere, which builds a relationship with a partner and a group.
Katarzyna Chmielewska
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