Spektakle tańca na… Dworcu Fabrycznym - doktorant UŁ reżyserem

Next Sunday (08/08/2021) you will be able to watch two performances from the "Odyseja" [Odyssey] series prepared by the dancers from Teatr Nowszy. The shows will take place in a rather unusual place – in the space of the Łódź Fabryczna Railway Station, at 12:00 and 18:00. The director and co-creator of the choreography is Tomasz Ciesielski, a doctoral student from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Lodz, who, in parallel with his artistic activities, is writing a doctoral dissertation on the presence and participation of a man in a dance performance.

Photo: M. Andrzejewski, UL

 

"Odyseja" performance will take place as part of the new summer festival CHOREOGRAFIE MIASTA [CITY CHOREOGRAPHIES], co-organised with the Lodz Event Centre as part of the Przestrzenie Sztuki [Art Spaces] programme. 

- We invite viewers to a place where a journey begins or ends. At the railway station – between train arrivals and departures – we will experience the journey together at its various moments: just before "departure", in the moment of doubt and in the process of maturation – a ritual "death to a new life". Each participant will receive a headset, which will be a gateway to the intimate world created by the performers and inaccessible to random passers-by. Through the language of theatre and dance, we will investigate to what extent the archetype of homo viator – a man on the way is up to date – the organisers write.  

The premiere of the "Odyseja" project took place a year ago as part of the programme of the International Symposium "Laboratory of Dance/Dance as a Vantage point" in partnership with the University of Lodz. The performance is both an artistic proposal and a presentation of research results – "research" covering the issues of presence and participation in a dance performance. 

"Odyseja" / Teatr Nowszy
Director: Tomasz Ciesielski 
Choreography: Tomasz Ciesielski in cooperation with dancers 
Music: Sean Palmer, Kuba Pałys 
Dance: Natalia 'Sarna' Kladziwa, Oscar Mafa, Paweł Urbanowicz 
Costumes: Damian Kretschmer 
Production: Joanna Stasina 
Premiere: 19/09. 2020, Lodz 
Duration: 50 min.
 

Source: Teatr Nowszy, mgr Tomasz Ciesielski 

Edit: Promotion Centre, UL

Photo: Maciej Andrzejewski, UL