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Genius Loci: Weittenhof

site-specific dance performance

"Genius Loci" is a site-specific project in the dramaturgy of Miroslava Kovářová, which is an accompanying event of the festival Bratislava in movement 2021. Four spaces, four artistic teams, each of them created an independent project in the form of a performative format close to them with the task of using genius loci and spatial disposition of the selected site.

 Genius Loci

 Location:  GMB Pálffy Palace

 Concept and choreography:  Barbora Janáková

 Music:  Juraj Čech

 Performer and co-creator: Lucia Kašiarová

 Costumes:  Michaela Mokrá

 

 The Other Side

 Place:  Summer Reading Room at the Red Crab

 Choreography:  Lucia Holinová

 Music:  NOXORI

 Dance:  Katarína Matúšová, Renata Ptačin, Katarína Chilli Čillíková

 Costumes:  Veronika Keresztésová

 

 Weittenhof

 Location:  GMB Mirbach Palace

 Concept and choreography:  Yuri Korec

 Choreography and performance:  Karol Regeci, Michal Toman, Lukáš Zahy

 Scenography:  Tomáš Hubinský

 

 Water Project

 Location:  Primate's Palace

 Concept, music:  Jozef Vlk

 Choreography:  Stanislava Vlčeková

 Performers:  Ján Dzonald Minárik, Michal Noga, Radoslav Piovarči and others...

 During its twenty-five-year history, the Bratislava in Motion Festival has constantly tried to cultivate the taste of the public and create opportunities for contact and getting to know contemporary dance even outside the classical spaces of theaters. We initiated the creation of site-specific projects that gave artists the opportunity to create and enliven the streets and squares or other public places of Bratislava. 

 As part of the festival's anniversary celebrations, we decided to approach three generations of Slovak creators, from the oldest to the youngest, for cooperation. When choosing, we took into account their artistic qualities and experience with this kind of projects. They could choose one of four locations. Each team created a separate project in the form of a performative format close to them with the task of using the genius loci and spatial layout of the selected location. 

 The creators made overlooked places and corners vibrate with movement and sound, found a way to connect with the space and its atmosphere, and combined the past with the present in the form of a contemporary artistic intervention. The addressed team leaders are distinctive artistic personalities, they have their own specific creative handwriting and a different movement vocabulary that distinguishes them from each other. This selection of artists by the author of the concept and dramaturg Miroslava Kovářová is also a kind of mini sample of the Slovak contemporary dance scene.

 The project was supported from public sources by the Slovak Art Council, the Bratislava City Foundation and the Bratislava Self-governing Region

 Co-organizers of the event:  Bratislava Cultural Information Center, Bratislava City Gallery, City Library.

photos Juraj Žilinčár

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