Sławek Krawczyński, Anna Godowska
"Bataille and the Dawn of New Days"
photo by Maciej Zakrzewski for Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk
written and directed by: Sławomir Krawczyński
choreography: Anna Godowska
performed by: Aleksandra Bożek-Muszyńska, Natalia Dinges, Paweł Grala, Bartosz Ostrowski, Łukasz Przytarski, Zofia Tomczyk
music, remixes, live music: Peter Łyczkowski
photography: Maciej Zakrzewski
graphic design: Michał Łuczak (photo by Aleksandra Osowicz)
technical director: Łukasz Kędzierski
produced by: Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk
co-produced by: 20th International Dance Theatre Festival / Centre for Culture in Lublin, Body/Mind Foundation
premiere: 29 May 2016, Studio Słodownia 3, Old Brewery in Poznań
duration: 70 minutes
Developed as part of the scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Project Partner: Ania Kuczyńska
What can a journey to the impossible be like? Six dancers in the poignant world of George Bataille, French philosopher and critic of contemporary culture.
Bataille challenges us. He leads us into places where "all turbulent emotions merge into one." His paradoxical philosophy points towards dance with a silent gesture. As we dance, we discover terror and new spaces concealed within its depth. As we dance, we jump into emptiness and discover laughter. As we dance, we plunge into the dark riddle of eroticism until we come across “the world of the festive, of kings and gods.” Dance becomes a test of sovereignty by expressing, both materially and intangibly, the uniquely dramatic nature of Bataille’s thoughts and his key question: Can we become anew?
Sławek Krawczyński and Anna Godowska have collaborated with each other since 1999. In 2001-2012, they led the Bretoncaffe Theatre. The programmatic synthesis of their research can be found in A Feast of Dreams, a project launched in 2005, inspired by contemporary psychological methods and devoted to the practices of dreaming and their application in dance. Anna Godowska and Sławek Krawczyński’s Nijinsky. The Rite of Dreams received two out of three main prizes at the Polish Dance Platform 2014 in Lublin: for the piece, and for the artistic performance (Tomasz Wygoda).
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