The performance based on Bruno Schulz's stories invites you to the abandoned and strange space-time of the Hourglass Sanatorium. The residents are subjected to a specific treatment: turning back time by one interval causes people who in the real world are considered dead to remain in suspension, stopping on the border between life and death. The authors of "The Republic of Dreams" construct an illusory world from fleeting visions governed by dream logic, where every desire can still come true. Using the poetic word as an impulse to create movement, and painting with light in the "mysterious fluid of darkness," they debunk the myth that Schulz's prose is inaccessible to the theater.

The premiere of the play "Republic of Dreams" is part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary season at the Polish Dance Theater, which will last until the end of June 2024.

"Instincts" - a performance from the current of new choreography - draws inspiration from the intertwining of wildness of nature and man. Its central premise is the desire to share with the audience the beauty and uniqueness of natural phenomena, and to encourage them to look at the surrounding reality as a space of magic and beautiful relationships.

REPUBLIC OF DREAMS

based on stories by Bruno Schulz

script and direction - IGOR GORZKOWSKI

dramaturgy of the living word - AGATA MASTALERZ

choreography - IWONA PASIŃSKA

performance assistant - JERZY KAŹMIERCZAK

music - ERICK FRIEDLANDER, DAVID KRAKAUER, RABBINICAL SCHOOL DROPOUTS, JAMIE SAFT, YVES WEYH, JOHN ZORN

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set design - ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI

costumes - ADRIANA CYGANKIEWICZ, ANDRZEJ GRABOWSKI

light production - DOMINIK DUDEK, PRZEMYSŁAW GAPCZYŃSKI

sound production - MICHAŁ BESZCZYŃSKI, ZUZANNA MAJEWSKA

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technical management - DARIUSZ SZYCH

stage staff - KRZYSZTOF LUDWICZAK

production coordination - MAŁGORZATA MIKOŁAJCZAK

poster - PIOTR ZDANOWICZ

creation - ARTISTS-DANCERS OF THE POLISH DANCE THEATER:

JERZY KAŹMIERCZAK - Father

JULIA HAŁKA - Mother / Joseph from the story Dodo

ALEKSANDRA KUŚ - Adela

ZBIGNIEW KOCIĘBA - Joseph from the story Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

BARTOSZ DOPYTALSKI - Dodo / Joseph from the story Edzio

DOMINIK KUPKA - Doctor Gotard / Jerome / Joseph from the story Treatise on Mannequins or the Second Book of Genesis

MOMOKO DEN - Nurse

SANDRA SZATAN - Perasia / Joseph from the story Birds / Joseph from the story Street of Crocodiles

ZOFIA TOMCZYK - Rheticia / Joseph from the story Birds

KACPER BOŻEK - Edzio / Joseph from the story Karakony / Joseph from the story Treatise on Mannequins or the Second Book of Genesis

EVELYN BLUE - Bianca

MATEUSZ KRZYSIAK - Joseph from the story Spring

The performance featured music by artists from John Zorn's Tzadik Records label in the Radical Jewish Culture series:

John Zorn

"Sheloshim", "Mahlah", from the album "Bar Kokhba Masada Chamber Ensambles"

"Teqiah", "Ruan", "Deseo", "Olvido", from the album "Film Works VIII"

"Trembling Before God", from the album "Film Works IX"

"Prelude of Light", from the album "The Gnostic Preludes"

Yves Weyh

"La Chêvre", "Wolf's Gang", from the album "Zakarya"

David Krakauer

"Der Gasn Nign", from the album "Music From The Winery"

Rabbinical School Dropouts

"Integretron", from the album "Cosmic Tree"

Erik Friedlander

"Batzal", from the album "Grains of Paradise" | Composition and performance by Erick Freidlnder, used with permission of ErikFriedlander.com

Jamie Saft

"Chet", "Blood on the Door", "Aveira Dub", from the album "Breadcrumb sins"

The performance is in Polish with translation into Ukrainian available.

The show has no age restrictions, recommended for viewers 14+

Duration: 65 min

Premiere: November 16, 2023, as part of the program of the 50th anniversary of the Polish Dance Theater

The show has no age restrictions, recommended for viewers 14+

Duration: 70 min