Choreography & direction: Žigan Krajnčan, Gašper Kunšek and Jan Krmelj. Principles of movement: Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek. Concept design: Jan Krmelj (DivinaMimesis). Performers: Sara Janašković, Žigan Krajnčan, Gašper Kunšek, Teja Modrijan, Kristýna Šajtošová and Alex Tesch. Music composition and performance: Kristijan Krajnčan. Lighting design: Borut Bučinel and Jan Krmelj. Producers:
Nataša Zavolovšek and Mitja Bravhar. CHORUS
Dance is a mode of transgressing the existent. Dance frees man from his political dimension. Movement connects our bodies, making dance the most elementary political gesture, which at the same time escapes politics. And yet, it is not about the body. It is about an absence. Dance is always located in between – just as the community. It has no proper position, it is a gift we receive without receiving, a gift we give without giving. We can exist together only in between. In the empty spaces, black holes, our constant misunderstandings, which constitute a reality. We are one only through a difference. Traditionally, the chorus explained to the community of viewers issues which have escaped their understanding, mitigating the cruelty of the story. Its function was rhetorical and informational. Our chorus keeps silent. There are all too many issues to address them. The Chorus thus distances itself from the human affairs, it re-enters its pre-tragic form, to touch with the non-human, with the unspeakable matter, lacking the need to represent or communicate. There is no biography. Someone was born, he lived, he died. The rest is experience. The rest is silence. The hero must keep silent. At the center point of existence, there remains
an Absence.
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Jan Krmelj
