Milan Tomášik, the founding member of Les SlovaKs dance collective comes with his latest piece, the dance interpretation of the poem Carta de Creencia by O. Paz.
A stage portrayal of the poem by the Mexican Nobel Prize laureate, Octavio Paz, is a dance narrative of the masterpiece that is firmly set in present time. The language of the performance and forms of coexistence of two poetics of the dance encounter insist on an open dialogue with text, which breaks the coordinates of time and space from the outset. The text serves as the foundation for an intimate relationship in which we engage. It explores ontology of love that cannot be grasped (merely) by understanding the connection of the two.
Dance, choreography: Magdalena Reiter, Milan Tomášik
Dramaturgy: Anja Golob
Music by: Nenad Sinkauz, Alen Sinkauz
Costumes design: Alan Hranitelj
Prodution: Zavod Mirabelka
Coproduced by: Cankarjev dom, Dance Theatre Ljubljana
Partners: Mediterranean Dance Centre San Vincenti, Stara gara
Acknowledgements: Katja Somrak, CK Španski borci, Katja Šaponjić
Co-founder: Municipality of Ljubljana
The authors:
Milan Tomášik is a Slovak choreographer, dancer and lecturer. After graduation from the Ján Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica and the Academy of performing Arts in Bratislava, he went on to pursue further studies at the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels. He is laureate of a number of national and international awards. Mr Tomášik has collaborated with acclaimed choreographers and dance companies, including Eva Weissmann, the Iztok Kováč company En-Knap, Maja Delak and Mala Kline, Snježana Premuš, and Barbara Novakovic Kolenc. For the Theatre Dance Studio he made the performance The Joys of the Past. Mr Tomášik is co-founder of the internationally lauded Les SlovaKs dance collective, which he developed with fellow Slovak dancers based in Brussels. In 2014 he founded his own group Milan Tomášik & Co. he was made associate artist at the theatre Scenario Pubblico in Catalia (Italy) in the season of 2018 – 2020.
Magadalena Reiter, a native of Poland, is Slovenian-based choreographer, dancer and lecturer. She studied at the National Ballet School in Gdansk, and at the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels. Her portfolio includes over fifteen choreographies made for independent productions as well as larger theatres, including the Polish Theatre of Dance in Poznan, the Bodhi Project, residential group at the Salzburg Experimental Dance Academy, etc.. Her works featured across Europe. Ms Reiter also works as choreographer for theatre and operatic productions, and as movement consultant for film productions. She runs workshops, teaches and works as mentor.
Anja Golob is a Slovenian poet, theatre critic and dramaturge. She published four poetry volumes in Slovenian, the fourth one being translated into German. She also authored poetry digest, magazine texts and hundreds of theatre reviews. Her second and third books received the highest Slovenian poetry award. She is currently working on her fourth volume of poems and on her first novel. She is also columnist and translator. Ms Golob is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the VigeVageKnjige publishers that specialise in cartoons for children and adults. She occasionally works as dramaturge for contemporary theatre and dance productions.
Date & time: 21 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: Uros Abram
Date: 21.04.2018
Time: 20:15
Place: A4 – space for contemporary culture
City: Bratislava
