ZAMEK Culture Centre

OBECNOŚĆ/PRESENCE
June 4th, 2023 | 7 p.m.
Double bill: “Intermezzo”, dir. Janusz Orlik, performed by Teatr Klucz (PL) and „Aband(on)ed”, choreography by Ingeborg Sanders, performed by Dancelaboratoriet (NO)

The Grand Hall, tickets: PLN 30 (regular), PLN 20 (reduced)

Join us for an extraordinary encounter with Polish and Norwegian artists as part of Presence , our international collaboration project! On one night, the audience at CK Zamek’s Grand Hall will have the opportunity to see two performances: Intermezzo by Teatr Klucz of Poznań Aband(on)ed by Danselaboratoriet from Trondheim. There will be a short intermission between the performances.

Performance for all ages, translated into Polish Sign Language and Ukrainian.

“INTERMEZZO”

William Shakespeare is claimed to have said: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances.”

It may turn out to be funny and, possibly, dramatic—just as the real, ideal theatre should be—where in a seemingly consensual and idyllic artistic world everyone’s only  waiting for someone else to forget their lines and share the fate of a lead balloon.
All the signs are that the artists will the enter the stage to exit it eventually. They will probably do so on their own, although they may happen to be assisted or removed by force.

Not unlikely, only the memory of the artists will endure, while this play shall pass and find its honoured place in the deepest abyss of the theatrical quagmire; the spectator will be hoodwinked and made a fool of, remembering no more than the glass of wine they drank afterwards.
Tongue-in-cheek, Intermezzo is dedicated to all artists, especially those unfulfilled who continually hoping that “the next one” might finally be their big break.

This performance has been produced and presented to the public as part of the t performative arts programme "Presence", delivered by ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań in collaboration with CODA Oslo International Dance Festival and Teatr 21 of Warsaw, thanks to funding from the EEA and Norway Grants.

„ABAND(ON)ED”

„From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think there is only one practical consequence: we have to create ourselves as a work of art” – Michel Foucault.

„Aband(on)ed” takes inspiration from the idea of the human being and the body as a social construction, and is an investigation of the embodied relationship between captivity and freedom within the boundaries of society. „Aband(on)ed” is a re-staging of Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders’ final choreography project at LABAN / London, 2004.

„’Aband(on)ed’ has been lying in a drawer since my studies – as a work in progress with potential for further investigation. In the fall 2022 I finally took the opportunity to take it out and explore it again together with the wonderful dancers in the Dance Laboratory” – Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders.

Concept / choreography: Ingeborg Dugstad Sanders

Performers: Liv Karin Alm, Urszula Jadwiga Borowiec, Alex Haugen, Gunhild Løhre, Anna Thu Schmidt, Elen Øyen

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Graphic presents peacock's feathers and a picture of the performance „ABAND(ON)ED”.