OPERNBALL
... panem et circenses ... or let us rejoice ...
photo Ctibor Bachratý
Concept, direction: Petra Fornayová
Creation and interpretation: Péter Cseri, Soňa Ferienčíková, Petra Fornayová, Monika Haasová, Adam Hanuljak, Richard Imrich, Jana Štefániková
Dramaturgy: Peter Šulej
Video: Adam Hanuljak, Jakub Pišek
Technical direction: Jakub Pišek
Light design: Ints Plavnieks
Costumes: Iveta Haasová
Texts: Michal Habaj_Capuut Mortum, Peter Macsovszky_ Santa Panica, Peter Šulej_Nodes
Music: Martin Burlas, Antonio Vivaldi, Jamka, Casi Cada Minuto, George Bizet, Phillip Glass
Production: AST
Premiere: Febr 12, 2016, Bratislava, A4 – space for contemporary art
Reprises: International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra 2016, Kiosk Festival 2016, A4 Bratislava, etc.
Project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of Slovakia, by the Centre of Choreographic Research SE.S.TA in Žďár nad Sázavou-Czech Republic, Literary Fund of Slovakia, Balassi institute in Bratislava and A4 – space for contemporary art in Bratislava.
Opernball is a metaphor of a closed system professing a special hierarchy and values. It is a critique of neo-liberal approach applied to anything without distinction. What it means to be / to work outside the system or vice versa - in a system offered by the society ? What / who is in ? Fear of finding ourselves outside the supporting system is influencing our decisions. Is the art something our society does need? Is this the art?
Trailer:
http://www.nitrafest.sk/domov/program-2016/hlavny-program-2016/streda/opernball/
Reviews:
“On the Slovak dance scene rarely appears so fresh, clever and - at the same time - thematically anchored work.”
Dáša Čiripová, KOD, contemporary theatre magazine, Slovak Theatre Institute, 09/2016