Spektacle with no age limit, suggested for audiences 14+
Premiere: September 12, 13, 15 and 16, 2023 at the Polish Dance Theater
Duration: 60 min
Creators and producers:
Choreography, set design, lighting direction, sound direction, text: Jo Strømgren
Costumes: Bregje van Balen
Assistant choreographer: Rebecca Hoback
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
Dancer-artists
Service and preparation of the performance: Michal Beszczynski, Adrianna Cygankiewicz, Dominik Dudek, Przemyslaw Gapczynski, Krzysztof Ludwiczak, Zuzanna Majewska, Dariusz Szych
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 - Polish Dance Theatre
Coproduction: Jo Strømgren Kompani
Supported by an earmarked grant from the Office of the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region
Supported by an earmarked grant from the Office of the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region
About the performance:
Like sepia-toned, "old-fashioned" photographs bathed in warm shades of brown, afterimages of past experiences jumbled by memory, which 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 that 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 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 set in motion?
What action will this (un)ordinary object set in motion?
