Výmyselníci [Tanečno festival]

The Inventors project is a movement production intended for the youngest viewers, from 3 years old. On the way to explore space, outdoors, the inventors have to overcome several obstacles. They are interested in everything living and inanimate, they are cheerful and playful, they like to jump and laugh. Unfortunately, they quickly get tired when solving problems and doing physical activities. However, they find that children and their laughter will help them get back into the game. There is nothing better than having playful friends and helpers on an adventurous journey. The inventors find a solution to any problem, invent their own stories and love unexpected events that develop their improvisational skills.

The story is dominated by five cheerful characters. Three express themselves primarily through movement, large gestures and acrobatic stunts, one is a narrator who guides the child viewer through depicted situations from dreams and fairy tales, and the fifth character is a musical inventor. The characters’ costumes are covered with sticky spots, to which objects from the surroundings stick during their games, but all of them and potentially more curious little viewers can also stick to the cheerful ball. Stickiness is not only a playful principle and a trigger for actions, but also the reason why the inventors lose their energy. They have to bear the burden of overcome obstacles and any serious fun exhausts them. However, dynamic passages alternate with passages of sleep and rest, so necessary for the child viewer.

The production develops the fantasy and imagination of the child viewer through freely arranged images full of movement, singing and live music and work with minimalist colored objects that represent objects from everyday life and games. The world they explore is covered by a tarpaulin, which not only supports its magic through the play of sunlight, but also enlarges the microworld, previously unknown and unperceived by anyone, in great detail. In addition, the inventors will support the awareness of creative problem solving in children, the development of courage and cooperation.

Theme: Radoslav Piovarči
Interpretation: Radoslav Piovarči, Jana Ryšlavá, Lucia Bielik, Stanislav Štofčík,
Ján Gonda
Scenography: Michaela Pavelková
Costumes: Gabriela Čechová
Costume production: Jana Brezinová
Dramaturgical cooperation: Alexandra Rychtarčíková
Graphics: Veronika Šmírová, Alžbeta Galan
Project implementer: tanC o.z.