ANOMALIE

A body that remembers. A movement that transforms.

ANOMALIE is a dance solo about pain, transformation, and the strength one carries—often invisibly. It is a body that opens like an archive and at the same time like an unfamiliar organism: it bears scars, reveals foreign parts, and remains in a constant state of reshaping.

The piece emerged from the question: What happens when we turn toward darkness instead of away from it? What if we allow the monstrous within us to emerge—what cannot be classified or explained?

The choreography arises from movement meditation, opening up altered states of awareness. From there, the process engages with the biography of the body—an archive inscribed in every cell, in the breath, in the space between tissues. Out of this comes a physical language that refuses known forms and begins to speak in its own voice—fragmented, ambiguous, but honest.

Rooted in queer sensibility, ANOMALIE questions what is considered normal, beautiful, or correct. Movement becomes a practice of integration—learning to stay in contact with what is fragmented, monstrous, or unintelligible.

ANOMALIE creates a space of co-existence—with tension and healing, with darkness and the generative power of difference. The audience is not merely a witness, but a co-being, invited to feel with the work. Their own bodies become witnesses and vessels for a transformation that cannot be fully named—but can be shared.

Credits
Concept & Choreography: Eva Urbanová
Performance: Agathe Tarillon
Movement Research: Eva Urbanová, Joana Simões
Music: Stroon
Lighting Design: Tasya Nafigina
Text: Sammy Metcalfe, Eva Urbanová, Tasya Nafigina
Voice: N I V V A
Costumes: Miriama Kardošová
Scenography / Production: Josef Malík
Lighting Technician: Miriam Čandíková
Production: Miriam Čandíková, Eva Urbanová, Nhung Company

Support and Partnerships
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
Supported by the Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre (BKIS). The creation of the performance was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic.

The project was created in partnership with:
KoresponDance At Work, Centre for Choreographic Development SE.S.TA, Estúdios Victor Córdon, KC Vozovňa, Platform for Contemporary Dance (PlaST), REZI.DANCE, Telocvičňa – Residency Centre for Dance