In their latest project, the Czech–Slovak creative duo Ondrová – Šavel set on a quest of exploring different faces of romantic relationships that know no gender or generational limits. Two people, two bodies, two independent entities fight for love and keep exploring the limits of modesty and loss of identity, dependence and sharing, honesty and pretence, love and hatred. They confront ideas about an ideal relationship with the reality of what it means to truly build a romantic relationship, as transformed into expressive bodily images.
The movement between Tereza and Peter emerges through incessant communication between “I and Thou”, in harmony as well as disagreement, with and without poise. With humour and passion, open to each other and one for another, together with spectators they set on a journey through relationships. Each seemingly dead-end situation is an impulse for the repeating question: Do you still want to hold my hand?
Concept, choreography, dance: Tereza Ondrová, Peter Šavel
Dramaturgy: Bram Smeyers
Movement supervisor: Lucia Kašiarová
“Outside eye”: Karolína Hejnová
Lighting design: Ints Plavnieks
Costumes design: Mariana Novotná
Produced by: Karolína Hejnová
Chief Producer: Tanec Praha
Coproduction: NorrlandsOperan Umeå, CNC Roubaix – Ballet du Nord, Plesni Teater Ljubljana, ALT@RT
With kind support by: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Accueil studio / Ballet du Nord - Olivier Dubois / Centre Chorégraphique Nationale de Roubaix Nord-Pas de Calais
The authors:
Tereza Ondrová is Czech dancer, lecturer, choreographer, a graduate from the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. As special performing artist she is often invited to collaborate with the Czech leading figures and companies – Jan Kodet, Lenka Ottová, DOT 504, Mirka Eliášová, Peter Mika, Věra Ondrašíková and others. Ms Ondrová is co-founder of the award-winning company VerTeDance and laureate of the 2010 Dance of the Year Award.
Peter Šavel is Slovak dancer, choreographer and dance teacher, a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and of the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels. His works were included four times in the final selections of the prestigious network Aerowaves: in 2006, 2012, 2013 (with Tereza Ondrová) and in 2014. Mr Šavel works and lives in Brussels, working with the choreographers Pierre Droulers and Salvo Sanchis, in addition to developing his own projects. From 2014 he is resident artist at the choreography centre Charleroi Danses.
Date & time: 22 April 2018 at 20:15
Place: A4 - space for contemporary culture, Bratislava
The performance is part of the 13th edítion of the contemporary dance and physical theatre festival NU DANCE FEST 2018.
Photo: Vojtěch Brtnický
Date: 22.04.2018
Time: 20:15
Place: A4 – space for contemporary culture
City: Bratislava
