[ 4th Soros Studio Theatre Days ]
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[ 4th Soros Studio Theatre Days ] |
| 15 to 16 October 8 p.m. | Traf� | |
THE TRAGEDY OF MAN (Hungarian FP) Directed by L�szl� Hudi "The Mozg� H�z T�rsul�s handles Chekhov's comedy with the bravado and self-confidence of the creators of myths" - says L�szl� Bogn�r on the pages of 'Ellenf�ny' about the company's previous performance, The Cherry Orchard. The company led by L�szl� Hudi has made another brave choice when searching for something to adapt. At the request of the 49. Berliner Festspiele they appear at the Autumn Festival with the paraphrase of the Tragedy of Man, which they define as a "philosophical, encyclopedic journey in the history of ideas". "We came across Imre Mad�ch as an item of the reading-list on several occasions during our primary and secondary school years. We had to watch his Tragedy many times during compulsory theater visits. [...] But we are still uncertain about one thing: we have not been able to decide yet whether we shall regard him as an unparalleled genius or a talented amateur." - say the members of the company who are at the same time the writers of the performance directed by L�szl� Hudi. The provocative prelude seems to be the promise of another exciting performance which will probably be the subject of heated debate. (The performance was commissioned by the 49. Berliner Festspiele, in the co-production of the Theorem - Avignon, the Sophiens�le - Berlin, the Traf� - House of Contemporary Arts and the Budapest Autumn Festival. Supported by the Theater Board of the NKA, the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest and the Soros Foundation.) further performances: 17 to 19 October | ||
| 16 to 17 October 7 p.m. | F�v�rosi Nagycirkusz | |
Centre National des Arts du Cirque - Compagnie le Cirque D�saccord� (France)C`EST POUR TOI QUE JE FAIS �A! Directed by Guy Alloucherie Nouveau cirque: new circus - in France this is the name of the new approach of arena-art that emerged in the 60's. Its adherents have turned away from the traditional stunt oriented approach. It is not the usual circus-glitter that their performances impress the viewer with - their secret lies in the wide range of genres of which they provide a brave selection. The National Center of Circus Art (CNAC) - invited by the French Institute and the Autumn Festival - is a school of the progressive trend, which has been operating since the 80's . The members of a graduating class have decided recently to establish a company and go on with their career together. Guy Alloucherie, the director of their graduation performance - which is put on stage here - has created a virtuosic, acrobatic dance performance based on personal experiences with the young team.  (In joint organization with the French Institute. Supported by: AFAA, Ministry Of National Cultural Heritage, Theater Board of the NKA, CORA Magyar Hipermarket Kft., SERVIER Hungaria Kft., EGIS Gy�gyszergy�r Rt., Air France, Pannonia Hotels Rt. - the guests of the event spend their nights in Hotel NOVOTEL BUDAPEST CONGRESS.) | ||
| 20 to 21 October 8 p.m. | MU Sz�nh�z | |
CO-AX (world premiere) Performers: Csaba Horv�th, Gerzson P�ter Kov�cs, Veronika V�mos Choreographed by Gerzson P�ter Kov�cs The CO-AX is the second part of Cult, the previous performance of TranzDanz. The three-person performance is centered around the active and extroverted human being as "the cosmic axis holding the world, the benevolent and omnipotent energy preaching life". The CO-AX is about the intersection of the vertical axis of the individual and the horizontal axis of time, about their co-operation and about man acting in a spiritual and physical space. (Supported by the Dance Board of the NKA, Ministry Of National Cultural Heritage, Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest, MU Theater) further performances: 22 to 23 October | ||
| 23 October 7 p.m. | Th�lia Sz�nh�z |
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Szeged Contemporary Ballet WHISPER OF ANGELS Music: Gavin Bryars Choreographed by Myriam Naisy (France) B�LA BART�K: THE MIRACULOUS MANDARIN Choreographed by Tam�s Juronics The name and works of Myriam Naisy are not unknown to the Budapest audience, however, this time we have the chance to see a new side of hers: instead of playful amusement we are to expect the work of a lyrical contemplative artist: the calmness through which thoughts and emotions flow freely into the deepest regions is provided by the highest technical skill, the whirling dynamism of gestures and the simple, proportionate presentation of symbols. "To be a mandarin is a state of mind. It can happen to anyone who reaches a level of love and desire beyond which the rules of the outside world cease to exist, beyond which his or her life follows nothing but the laws of an existence driven by inner, sexual motivations... I am studying the inner events of a stormy love and the creation of that fundamental desire which enables a human being to - if necessary - tear apart the world around him or her and cross the line of realities." (Tam�s Juronics) (Supported by the Dance Board of NKA, Kort�rs Balett�rt Alap�tv�ny, D�lt�v Rt., Tiszavol�n Rt., MAL�V Rt.) | |
| 24 October 7 p.m. | Merlin Sz�nh�z |
Teatr Cogitatur (Poland)H�LDERLIN'S FOUR DREAMS (CZTERY SNY H�LDERLINA) Directed by Witold Izdebski Performance in English Strange energies swept the elderly H�lderlin towards his last love, Susette Gontard. Their relationship was deeply condemned by their contemporaries: this might have been the reason for the fatal, almost exalted transfiguration of this affair. The stigmatized love turned the poet's world upside down: he fought his last battle against his own emotional turbulence. "The performance's atmosphere is like that of a dream, in which there is no logic, there are no events. After all it does not make a difference what tricks Izdebski used when putting together this play so full of illusions, hallucinations and feelings of growing threat. The performance is precisely formulated and the actors are doing a wonderful job" - says a Polish critique about the H�lderlin. The company has been operating in Katowice since 1981. Similarly to their earlier works, the H�lderlin's Four Dreams is a spectacular production of special atmosphere: the Polish critiques awarded it with the Golden Masque for its spectacularity. (In joint organization with the Polish Institute, with the support of the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest) | |
| 25 October 7 p.m. | Th�lia Sz�nh�z | |
STRAVINSKY: LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS "There is no development in my version of Spring Sacrifice, there is no cause and result, there is only simultaneity. It is as if I was dealing with very moment in which the first germ of life appears. The performance is the analysis of this moment" - says Marie Chouinard, the dancer-choreographer about her piece which has become successful all over the world. She combined the Stravinsky score with the fine noise-music of the contemporary composer, Robert Racine. Marie Chouinard's intimately spiritual Sacre is a celebration of Life, what is more: it is a celebration of the inevitable anarchy, which prevails over all that lives. (In joint organization with the Traf�, and with the support of the Dance Board of the NKA) | ||
| 26 October 7 p.m. | Merlin Sz�nh�z |
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Duna�jv�ros Dance Theatre HUNGARIAN LIGHT 1. Age of Migrations (Choreographed by Istv�n �nekes) 2. Immigration Story (Choreographed by Attila R�cz) 3. Chest Drawer (Choreographed by J�zsef Bogn�r) Directed by Attila R�cz The company is a brand new patch of colour on the palette of Hungarian choreography: only a few months have passed since it was established. The experimenting young company - which has been progressing from the world of folk dances towards contemporary trends - will have its first large performance in Budapest within the framework of the Autumn Festival. | |
| 27 to 28 October 8 p.m. | Traf� |
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Compagnie Marie Chouinard (Canada) LES SOLOS 1978-1998 The selection of solos from the period between 1978 and 1998 is a real challenge for the viewers. The intimacy of Chouinard's solos created from a mixture of the movements of dancers, human beings and animals is shocking: the clip-like, fearless scenes of the loners of the stage are a real treat for the connoisseurs. the retrospective selection gives an insight into the creative work of two decades but it is as if we saw the moving series of solos of the figures of one, single performance. (Supported by the Dance Board of the NKA) | |
| 27 October 8 p.m. | B�rka Sz�nh�z |
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Budapest Chamber Opera ZSOLT SEREI: ONE MINUTE PIECES (one act opera / world premiere) - Based on One Minute Stories by Istv�n �rk�ny 1) Home 2) Immortality 3) Into a Book of Memories 4) A Speech of a Sigh 5) Grave Participants: Andrea Csereklyei, M�ria Horv�th, Edit K�roly, Hel�na Polomik, Tam�s Bubn�, the Tomkins Singers of Budapest, the Componensemble, the Company Canario Dance Ensemble Choreographer: �gota Aranyos Stage-designer: Zsolt Csengery Costume-designer: Domokos Moldov�n Conductor and director: Zsolt Serei (Production of the Budapest Chamber Opera) | |
| 28 to 29 October 8 p.m. | Katona J�zsef Sz�nh�z |
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Company Bozsik Yvette - Katona J�zsef Theatre AUTUMN IS HERE, SOON WINTER WILL COME (world premiere) STRAVINSKY: LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (world premiere) Choreographed by Yvette Bozsik The desire to cross the borders of genres and ages is a constant characteristic of Yvette Bozsik's work. The first piece of her new two part performance was inspired by the world of Chekhov's Three Sisters, which is an "impressionistic landscape of transitoriness, and the nice and empty world of Russian heroes and heroines". Since its 1913 premiere the Spring Sacrifice has been one of the most often treated pieces of music in the history of choreography. Bozsik's version - performed by a company enlarged with the members of the Honv�d T�ncsz�nh�z - is a pagan rite exploiting some elements of Hungarian folk traditions. The main characters of the spectacular dance are embodied by Yvette Bozsik and Tam�s Vati. (Supported by the Dance Board of NKA, the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest and the Sziget Szanat�rium) | |
| 29 to 30 October 8 p.m. | M�csarnok |
S�m�n Theatre HOUSE OF DEER (Hungarian FP) Stage- and costume designer: Alice Purcell Music: Andr�s Monori, G�bor Pusztai, Tam�s Kov�cs Performers: Alice Purcell, �va Magyar, Simon Vincenzi Choreographed by �va Magyar Upon the request of the Battersea Arts Centre the S�m�n Theatre prepared its latest performance in London with British and Hungarian dancers. The House of Deer was inspired by George Solti's last Hungarian interview in which he said that earlier he had thought Bart�k had written the story of his own life in the Cantata Profana, but then he realized that his (Solti's) fate was also identical with the story of the boys who turned into deer. "This is when I started thinking about what parallels could be found between the ballad, Bart�k, Solti and the attempts of contemporary Hungarian artists to find their place and means of self-expression." - says the choreographer who has been working more and more in Great Britain lately. The performance of the S�m�n Theatre paraphrases the parable of the ballad into a personal life's story. (Supported by The British Council) further performance: 31 October | |
| 29 to 30 October 7 p.m. | Bethlen Kort�rs T�ncm�hely |
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Central Europe Dance Theatre THE 'ANNA KARENINA' RAILWAY STATION The Central Europe Dance Theatre is 10 years old Choreographed and Directed by Istv�n �nekes Based on the Drama by Andr�s Nagy The 10 year old Central Europe Dance Theatre presents a performance based on a drama by Andr�s Nagy and choreographed by Istv�n �nekes, the company's founder and arts director. The dance that can be seen in the multiply divided space of the Bethlen Kort�rs T�ncm�hely is a special mixture of film and theater. The motion of the dancers - some of whom speak themselves, while others are dubbed by actors - is disrupted from time to time and the story is continued on the screen which is built into the setting. We are witnessing the unique combination of contemporary dance and contemporary theater in the evocative little theater of Bethlen Square. (Supported by the Dance Board of NKA, the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest, the Ministry Of National Cultural Heritage, the Soros Foundation) | |
| 30 to 31 October 8 p.m. | Traf� | |
TRISTAN TZARA: THE GAS HEART (world premiere) Directed by G�bor Goda Choreographed by G�bor Goda - Ildik� M�ndy "The gas heated heart is strolling in the large area. All the other characters come and go ad libitum. This is the single and greatest fraud of the century in three acts - it will make those nerds happy who believe in the existence of genius. The performers are requested to pay such a degree of attention to this play as a masterpiece of the weight of Macbeth or Chantecler deserves and at the same time to handle the author - who is not a genius - with little respect and to realize that the text lacks seriousness and does not contain any innovation in the field of stage technique." (Tristan Tzara) The Artus Theatre and the Israeli Vertigo Dance Company has maintained a strong connection since 1995 when the two companies presented a joint performance the title of which consisted of their names. Four years later the transcontinental formation is here again - with a 21st century reinterpretation of The Gas Heart, a production Artus first performed in 1987. (Artus-Vertigo production. Supported by: Soros Foundation, NKA, the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest, 77 Electronika, Ministry of Culture & Education - Israel, Municipality of Jerusalem, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Israel, Embassy of the State of Israel, Gerard Behar Center - Jerusalem, Suzanne Dellal Center for Dance and Theatre - Tel Aviv) further performance: 1 November | ||
| 31 October 7 p.m. | J�zsef Attila Sz�nh�z |
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CONTEMPORARY FOLK-DANCE EVENING The choreographers applying the traditions of Hungarian folk dance reinterpret the ancient rules, forms and language: they are building the modern from the elements of the traditional. Their language of forms is deeply imbued with the brave and adventurous intention of innovation just like the knowing appreciation of traditions. The Contemporary Folk-Dance Evening has become a traditional program of the Autumn Festival. (In the organization of the Martin Gy�rgy Folk-Dance Association, and with the support of the Dance Board of NKA) | |
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