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About the show
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Like sepia-toned, "old-fashioned" photographs bathed in warm shades of brown, afterimages of past experiences jumbled by a memory that has its own subjective chronology, the choreographic images conjured by Jo Strømgren from a magic hat remind us that memories, though fleeting and existing immaterially, do not lose their reality.
Echoes and mirages of events, shuffled by the passing of time, snippets of what has passed, a nostalgic look back and from afar - the performance "The Hat" draws the viewer into a séance of memory, which allows one to penetrate the hidden meanings of what is old, past, not fully realized.
The hazy images, with slightly blurred contours, show phantasms of performances, interpersonal situations, rapprochements and distances, departures and returns, speak several languages of the world and more than a dozen languages, which are "spoken" by the bodies of the dancers of the Polish Dance Theater.
What else can be taken out of the hat? What action will this (un)ordinary object trigger?
Creators and implementers:
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Choreography, set design, lighting direction, sound direction, text: Jo Strømgren
Costumes: Bregje van Balen
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Assistant choreographer: Rebecca Hoback
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Dancer-artists: Evelyn Blue, Kacper Bożek, Momoko Den, Julia Halka, Patryk Jarczok, Jerzy Kazmierczak, Zbigniew Kocięba, Mateusz Krzysiak, Katarzyna Kulmińska, Dominik Kupka, Aleksandra Kuś, Daniel Michna, Jinwoo NamKung, Sandra Szatan, Zofia Tomczyk, Emily Wong-Adryańczyk
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Service and preparation of the performance: Michal Beszczynski, Adrianna Cygankiewicz, Dominik Dudek, Przemyslaw Gapczynski, Krzysztof Ludwiczak, Zuzanna Majewska, Dariusz Szych
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Music: Mr. Enirbod, Abe Schwarz, Bergmund Waal Skaslien, Kevin Keller, Shimon Dzigan, Carlos Gardel, Maria Tanase, Vaska Ilieva, Jørgen Knudsen
Production.
Production: Polish Dance Theatre
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Coproduction: Jo Strømgren Kompani
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Duration: approximately 60 minutes
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Following premiere performances: September 13, 15 and 16, Large Studio of the Polish Dance Theater, 8 Taczaka St., Poznań
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September 13 - link to tickets
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September 15 - link to tickets
September 16 - link to tickets
Tickets, priced at PLN 120 (regular ticket) and PLN 80 (concessionary ticket), can be purchased at www.bilety24.pl and at the Polish Dance Theater headquarters, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The ticket price includes the premiere screening of the documentary on PTT's 50th anniversary, "My Theater," directed by Radek Wysocki (7 p.m.), as well as a cake and anniversary toast (around 9 p.m.).
The event is held under the honorary patronage of the Royal Norwegian Embassy, in cooperation with Arts and Culture Norway.
Supported by funds from the Local Government of the Wielkopolska Region.
Photograph by Andrzej Grabowski
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