Krakow Dance Theatre "Glamour"

photo Katarzyna Machniewicz

premiere: 28 April 2016, Małopolska Garden of Arts, Cracow

concept and dramaturgy: Eryk Makohon
performers: Katarzyna Pawłowska, Dominika Wiak, Paweł Łyskawa, Dominik Więcek
choreography: Eryk Makohon, Katarzyna Pawłowska, Dominika Wiak, Paweł Łyskawa, Dominik Więcek
stage design, lighting: Eryk Makohon
stage set production: Borys Grzegorz Roman
costumes and styling: Dominik Więcek

The work’s formal explorations of movement are a reference to Erving Goffman’s theory of a network of overt and hidden rules guiding human behaviour in different situations. Face-to-face interaction is a type of show, with interlocutors playing their roles in order to influence the other person. They publicly present only one of their faces, the frontstage, while the backstage is hidden from view. Goffman's façades – appearance, manners – take on different forms, all adjusted to the goal the person wants to achieve in the interaction.

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