Now Free is the public performance of the contemporary dance department of Budapest Circus Arts and Contemporary Dance College. The evening’s programme will feature invited choreographers and student works. Through a variety of different pieces, the evening will propose an approach on how dance as a living art form can speak, address and awaken thoughts.
Date: 25.04.2024. 19:00 (CET)
Venue: MU Theatre, 1117 Budapest, Kőrösy József utca 17.
SI’TUF (15′)
“In 2018, I completed the Ilan Lev Method course in Tel Aviv, which aims to restore trust in physical manners. After five years of practice last year, I started to realize that there is more to it than manual therapy: it can be a choreographic organising principle and a movement language at the same time. SI’TUF is the first etude made from this forming, non-dual movement language, where there is no leader or guide, but we participate in the “dance of dance.” Hence the name SI’TUF, which in Hebrew means participation, community, sharing.”
Choreographer: Sándor Petrovics
Assistance: Emese Cuhorka
Creation and performance: Jácinta Adél Benedek, Sára Csaba, Barbara Dabis, Niki Gelb, Dorka Guba, Réka Hofbauer, Kati Huszár, Lea Kiss, Simona Lazurová, Veera Laurila, Emese Murányi
Music: Yshai Afterman- Lomer, Yshai Afterman- The Stream
Every Second Counts (10′)
First thing in the morning I check the clock to know how much I’m already late.
I get ready in a hurry, careful not to miss the train, because missing one change means my whole day is delayed.
From the moment I arrive at school I keep myself to the strict schedule.
I check the clock constantly.
In the break do I have time to stand in the cue for the toilet or do I waste too much time with that?
Between excercises I unintentionally track time, I’m aware of how much time we spend on differnt parts of the class.
Getting closer to the end of the day I start to wonder, if nothing will interfere, which train will I be able to catch?
When I arrive at home how much time will it take to prepare dinner, when can I finally eat and at the end of the day how much time am I left with finally letting myself to forget about time and it’s passing.
At last I set my alarm for tomorrow morning and I dose off to the state of pleasant nothingness where the passing of time can’t catch me.
In this piece the dancers perceive the passing of time in several ways as their focus changes. Sometimes the physical clock and sometimes the cues of their partners segment the time. The focus gradually shifts from the individual to the group dynamics and connections, with the result that the numbers on the clock fade into the background.
Choreographer: Gelb Nikolett
Percormers: Csaba Sára, Dabis Barbara, Gelb Nikolett, Guba Dorka, Huszár Kati, Veera Laurila, Murányi Emese
Music: Capablanca, T. Keeler – No Hay Dub
Boat without name (7′)
The piece investigates situations in which bodies are subjected to different influences and are relatively powerless yet remain conscious, and capable of adaptation and decision-making. In this work, we examine the correlation between powerlessness and control. When and how does control manifest in powerlessness? Where is control born and what becomes control of what? Where is our responsibility in this relationship for ourselves and each other?
Choreographer: Barbara Dabis
Performers: Barbara Dabis, Lea Kiss, Réka Hofbauer
Music: Soundwalk Collective – Running on emptiness
Duetto (11′)
Our duet is an ever-changing relationship where play and discovery are at the heart of everything. That keeps us in motion within a framework that allows structured and the spontaneously appearing movements. The dance emerges from us as a multitude of words, stumbles of language, sentences, exclamations, and monologues.
Creation and performance: Dorka Guba, Lea Kiss
Music: Chopin- E-moll keringő, Kocsis Zoltán
Saiid- Hangerő
HERE & NOW – season 2. episode 2. (15’)
László Fülöp created a piece by stringing together solo works made by first-year students. He chose one of his favorite music compositions “Toilet Brushes” by Nils Frahm as a leading structure to create the framework for the piece. The materials used in the piece were created solely by the students, and the editing was done through compositional games developed by Timothy and the Things (a project-based company), grounded on their previous creations. The resulting piece has a loosely woven structure that does not aim for linear storytelling but instead for the joy or challenge of playing together.
Creation and performance: Jácinta Adél Benedek, Katalin Huszár, Emese Murányi, Sára Csaba, Simona Lazurová, Veera Laurila
Music: Nils Frahm – Toilet Brushes
Composition: László Fülöp
Music consultant: Zoltán Mizsei
Light design, lighting: Kata Dézsi
