En–Knap Group
10 May, Ljubljana (SI)
Duration: 60 minutes
Contains: nudity, strong light effects
Life imitates art. Object imitates dance.
Unfolding through a series of vignettes – borrowing inspiration from the philosophy of Bauhaus and the Triadic Ballet – Masterwork for Six Dancers explores the ways in which the body sheds cultural symbols and societal meanings projected upon it over time. By using objects as costumes that impede movement and give it a mechanical tinge, the body reshapes its autonomy in a flurry of functional obstacles. Its functions slip between the concrete and the abstract into choreography. Each and every body is a masterpiece in its own right, emerging from the entanglement of the self and the environment. By modifying the body, by “objectifying” it and extending it into space and surroundings, by submitting and submerging the body, a paradoxical freedom and autonomy emerge – that of art and artifice.
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Authors: Emese Cuhorka, Csaba Molnár
Performers: Nika Zidar, Mattia Cason, Tina Habun, Davide Lafabiana, Tamás Tuza, Carolina Alessandra Valentini
Music: Ábris Gryllus
Light Design: Leon Curk (based on the original design of Kata Dézsi)
Costumes: Emese Cuhorka, Csaba Molnár, Katarina Markov (Atelje d.o.o.)
Photography and Video: Sara Rman, Sašo Podgoršek
Production: En–Knap Productions
The programme of En–Knap Productions, administrator of Španski Borci, is financially supported by the City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, which also supports Španski Borci activities, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
With the Support: Liszt Institute Ljubljana.
