vr stage 360 premiere

En–Knap & Csaba Molnár, Emese Cuhorka

Masterwork for Six Dancers

20 min

#vr

The VR performance Masterwork for Six Dancers opens the door to a world of body parts and props that decompose, intertwine, and move beyond ordinary functionality. The body becomes an object (of dance), an object of becoming; its movement, its autonomy, and the use of props create a world that lives on its own. It is not imitation, nor alienation—it is play that surpasses meaning, agency without limitation, infinite sensibility, and the joy of abstract existence. Every movement is an exploration of freedom and potential, every object or prop a tool for transformation and discovery of new bodily dimensions.

In its segmented VR staging, the performance creates an intimate yet spatially expansive experience. The viewer enters a world where body, objects, and space merge, shift, and resonate in a multilayered choreography, while also becoming part of the play itself. Combining Bauhaus philosophy, the Triadic Ballet, and the concept of “objectification,” the VR piece opens a space for paradoxical freedom—where art is not only observed, but lived, felt, and actively co-created.

bio

Csaba Molnár was born in Lučenec (Slovakia) in 1986. He started his studies at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Accademy and continued in P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios, directed by Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Bruxelles) graduating in 2008. He has worked as a performer with Adrienn Hód, Eszter Gál, Wally Cardona, and with the Florence-based company Virgilio Sieni Danza. He is a funding member of the BLOOM! artistic collective, and he develops his interest as a choreographer independently as well as with the collective. In addition to his own works, he currently works for the Hungarian dance company Hodworks and teaches regularly at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy.

Dancer, teacher and choreographer, Emese Cuhorka graduated from the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. She has worked with Adrienn Hód since 2007 and has been a member of Hodworks since 2009. Together with Csaba Molnár, she develops artistic recontextualisations of subcultures. She is interested in experimenting with forms and performance formats. As a performer and co-creator, she has participated in six works which have received the Rudolf Lábán Award. The piece Sea Lavender was awarded the Special Prize by the Hungarian Theatre Critics. The documentary about the rehearsals of this piece, titled The Euphoria of Being, won the Main Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and the Human Rights Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

credits

Authors Emese Cuhorka & Csaba Molnár

Dancers En–Knap Group (Mattia Cason, Tina Habun, Davide Lafabiana, Tamás Tuza, Carolina Alessandra Valentini, Nika Zidar)

Music Ábris Gryllus

Sound Gal Škerjanec Skaberne

Lighting design Leon Curk (based on the original design concept by Kate Dézsi)

Costume design Emese Cuhorka, Csaba Molnár, Katarina Markov (Atelje d.o.o.)

360 Video Omar Ismail

Production Zavod En–Knap