vr stage 360 premiere

En–Knap & Csaba Molnár, Emese Cuhorka

Masterwork for Six Dancers

20 min

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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.

biografije

Csaba Molnár se je rodil leta 1986 v Lučencu na Slovaškem. Študij je začel na Budimpeški akademiji za sodobni ples, nato pa ga nadaljeval na P.A.R.T.S. (Performing Arts Research and Training Studios) pod umetniškim vodstvom Anne Terese De Keersmaeker v Bruslju, kjer je leta 2008 diplomiral. Kot izvajalec je sodeloval z Adrienn Hód, Eszter Gál, Wallyjem Cardono in florentinsko skupino Virgilio Sieni Danza. Je soustanovitelj umetniškega kolektiva BLOOM!, svoje koreografsko ustvarjanje pa razvija samostojno in v okviru kolektiva. Poleg lastnih del trenutno sodeluje z madžarsko plesno skupino Hodworks in redno poučuje na Budimpeški akademiji za sodobni ples.

Plesalka, učiteljica in koreografinja Emese Cuhorka je diplomirala na Akademiji za sodobni ples v Budimpešti. Od leta 2007 sodeluje z Adrienn Hód, od leta 2009 pa je članica skupine Hodworks. Skupaj s Csabo Molnárom razvija umetniške rekontekstualizacije subkultur. Zanima jo eksperimentiranje s formami in formati performansa. Kot performerka in soustvarjalka je sodelovala pri šestih delih, ki so prejela nagrado Rudolfa Lábána. Za predstavo Morska sivka je prejela posebno nagrado madžarskih gledaliških kritikov. Dokumentarni film o vajah za to predstavo z naslovom Evforija bivanja je prejel glavno nagrado na filmskem festivalu v Locarnu in nagrado za človekove pravice na filmskem festivalu v Sarajevu.

kolofon

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