En–Knap & Tamás Tuza

Cogito

60 min

#en–knap group's repertoire

2021

How do we perceive the thinking mind? What is it to discover our "thinking" and our "doubts"? There are six very different characters inhabiting the same space under the box of their Ego. Can one thought affect the other? What do they have in common? During our lives we are confronted by many stages of personhood, from the school boy to the lover, the soldier, the judge, the jester, and finally old age. In all of this, we remain the same person, however, through time our thoughts and opinions change. It’s a whole process, becoming our true selves. The question is who is doing this thinking? Who or what is this entity that produces these thoughts, these opinions, and these doubts?

We are all Cogito.

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There is no answer. There are only good questions, questions we tire ourselves out with trying to answer, until we just don’t care anymore, and start enjoying... it is what it is. A step back from ourselves, out of the box we live in, to laugh and cry, to be melancholic and sharp. The piece is showing the big picture of one’s life through the ups and downs. We are all Cogito, the black box is our mind, six lives in one, and the absolute freedom to exist and become our thoughts. Before you there is a full evening performance as a concert of minds, a movie of thoughts, a dance of emotions.

bio

Tamás Tuza is a dancer and choreographer with a flair for contemporary dance – and the occasional dad joke. His journey began in 2005 at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. In 2010, he joined the En–Knap Group in Ljubljana, where he had dazzled audiences with his gravity-defying moves until 2016. After a brief hiatus (or maybe just a long lunch), he rejoined the group in 2019, and choreographed his full-length dance piece Cogito (2021). Besides dancing, he moonlighted as a movement consultant and choreographer at Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje. His passion for teaching has led him to share his wisdom in workshops and dance classes across Slovenia, most notably at the Alma Mater Europaea Dance Academy. While his moves are sharp, his sense of humor is just as nimble. From Romeo and Juliet (movement consultant) to crafting innovative choreography for secretive artistic projects (the less said, the better), his eclectic work keeps audiences on their toes – literally.

credits

Concept and choreography / direction Tamás Tuza

Performing Mattia Cason, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Tamás Tuza, Davide Lafabiana, Tina Habun, Nuria Capella Florensa

Original cast Mattia Cason, Luke Thomas Dunne, Katja Kolarič, Rada Kovačević, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Tamás Tuza

Text members of En–Knap Group 

Music Lav Kovač 

Musicians Ana Klem Aksentijević, Iva Majstorović, Miroslav Majstorović, Milica Svirac 

Light design Jaka Šimenc 

Set design Branimir Tomašević 

Costumes Katarina Škaper (Atelje d.o.o.) 

Make up Petra Hartman 

Hairstyle Rok Naranđa

Photography Andrej Lamut, Mirjam Čančer 

Poster illustration Katja Kolarič 

Special thanks to Sanja Anđelković, Tereza Gregorič, Rosana Hribar, Maša Kagao Knez, Gregor Kamnikar, Gregor Luštek, Amelia Rizzo, Sehad Plavotić, Uroš Škaper, Španski Borci, Aleksij Vukelić, Špela Trošt

 

Production En–Knap Productions

 

En–Knap Productions

Founder and artistic director Iztok Kovač

Managing director Marjeta Lavrič 

Executive producer Karmen Keržar

Heads of public relations and editors Nina Smerkol, Valerija Intihar 

Project and marketing coordinator Goran Pakozdi 

Financial associate and business manage Zala Česnik 

Programme coordinator and organiser Katja Gabrijelčič 

Designer Neja Engelsberger

Technical coordinator Jaka Šimenc

Technical team Leon Curk, Omar Ismail, Gal Škrjanec Skaberne, Špela Škulj

The programme of En–Knap Productions, administrator of Španski Borci, is financially supported by: City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, which also supports Španski Borci activities, and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia