Les SlovaKs dance collective
- Premiere: 02/10/2012 Hellerau, Dresden
- Choreography and dance by Les SlovaKs Dance Collective: Milan Herich, Anton Lachky, Milan Tomasik, Peter Jasko, Martin Kilvady
- Music: Simon Thierrée
- Set design: Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, Joris De Bolle
- Lighting design: Joris De Bolle
- Costume design: Mat Voorter, Pepa Martinez
- Technical director: Joris De Bolle
- Technician: Jan Meuwissen
- Production: PHILEAS PRODUCTIONS (Belgium)
- Promotion: SEVENTYSEVEN, Bram Smeyers, bram@seventyseven.be
- Coproduction: Kaaitheater (Belgium), Teatre Mercat de les Flors (Spain), Hellerau – European Center for the Arts Dresden (Germany), NorrlandsOperan AB (Sweden)
- With the support of the Flemish Community
- Partner: DCJ – Danscentrum Jette (Belgium), Pulsar–Ensemble Dir. Steven Decraene
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Fragments is the third work, that came out of the “Les SlovaKs craftsmanshop”.
The premise of the piece was to work with an existing music. For one part, their long time collaborator, composer Simon Thierree wrote an original piece in four movements, performed by a string orchestra of 40 musicians. As a counter point Les SlovsKs decided to present yet another side of their background and intertwined Thierree’s composition with the selection of songs “Retro 50’s-80″s” from a renowned slovak singer Melania Ollaryova. The five creators choreographed with a close listening to the diverse musical proposition. Working as a team during the rehearsals, they rotated the roles as performers and directors. They crafted each separate part into the complete life movie scene, dance piece or a theater act. Without any boundaries of style, they managed to construct the worlds, that pop up into the fullness as soon the first moments of the scene unroll. The show is entertaining, full of skilled dancing, very expressive, humorous and touching, sparkled with references that disappear as soon the spectator tries to grab them.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
16th of March 2012 – XS Festival (Theatre national) , work in progress, Brussels, Belgium
17th of March 2012 – XS Festival (Theatre national) – Work in progress, Brussels, Belgium
21st of July 2012 – RPS rosas perfomance space – Work in progress, Brussels, Belgium
2nd of November 2012 – Hellerau – European Center for the Arts – World premiere, Dresden, Germany
3rd of November 2012 – Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, Dresden, Germany
16th of November 2012 – Kaaitheater – Belgian Premiere, Brussels, Belgium
17th of November 2012 – Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
18th of November 2012 – Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
23rd of November 2012 – Cultuurcentrum, With live orchestra, Bruges, Belgium
11th of December 2012 – 30CC, Leuven, Belgium
12th of December 2012 – 30CC, Leuven, Belgium
14th of March 2013 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
15th of March 2013 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
16th of March 2013 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
17th of March 2013 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
3rd of May 2013 – Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, Holland
20th of July 2013 – Svetvincenat Festival, San Vincenti, Croatia
11th of December 2013 – NorrlandsOperan, with live orchestra, Umea, Sweden
5th of October 2014 – House of culture, Česke Budejovice, Czech republic
15th of November 2014 – Slovak National Theater, Bratislava, Slovakia
22nd of January 2015 – Plzen 2015 – with live orchestra, Plzen, Czech republic
23rd of January 2015 – Plzen 2015 – with live orchestra, Plzen, Czech republic
2nd of May 2015 – Moment festival, Brussels, Belgium
20th of February 2016 – GC tervuren, Tervuren, Belgium