Les SlovaKs dance collective
- Premiere: 20/11/2009 Kaaitheater, Brussels
- Choreography and dance by Les SlovaKs Dance Collective: Milan Herich, Anton Lachky, Milan Tomasik, Peter Jasko, Martin Kilvady
- Composition and live music: Simon Thierrée
- Set design: Les SlovaKs Dance Collective, Joris De Bolle
- Lighting design: Joris De Bolle
- Costume design: Mat Voorter, Pepa Martinez
- Production: Phileas Productions
- Coproduction: Kaaitheater (Belgium), Charleroi / Danses (Belgium), Teatre Mercat de les Flors (Spain), Hellerau – European Center for the Arts Dresden (Germany)
- Partner: DCJ – Dans Centrum Jette (Belgium)
- With the support of the: Ministry of the Flemish Community, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussels
- A warm thank you for their precious collaboration: Janka Ambrózová, Roberto Magro and Eleonor Bauer
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We create situations and atmospheres; develop the scenes around each five of us as lead characters; the folk dancer, the tough rock guy, two inseparable brothers or “crystal silence” dancer. In subtleties between such Easter European traditions and Western cultural references, we continue to create a playing field on stage, where dancing reigns free and in which a special kind of physical theatricality can emerge. Emotions, imagination, shared history and humor is all taking part in our amalgam of short dance vignettes.
Music is vital to our stage reality. Simon, as a careful tailor-kapelmeister, is instantly knitting his colorful music to a perfect fit for each dance scene.We sing! Right from the center of Slovakia, powerful and sensitive men voices sing about love and nature in folk polyphonic harmonies. Journey Home is a voyage further into Les SlovaKs universe. In the second creation “Journey Home”, which was premiered in November 2009 in Brussels, Les Slovaks continue working as a collective, developing the common skill in composing while performing.
Regarding each member as an irreplaceable asset to the whole, Les SlovaKs create a polyphonic dance that brings each dancer to the fore as a soloist and an instrumental part of a dynamic and familial collective. The characteristic feature in “Journey Home” is the direct inspiration and the use of Slovak folk dance, traditional polyphonic singing and playing with “Slovak sensitivity” and humor while performing. By making the basic principles of the individual and the group a dynamic part of their compositional system, Les SlovaKs’ work becomes utterly transparent and the audience is invited to witness the humor in disagreement, the momentum of consensus, and the rigor of personal investment that constitute the trial and error of creating a performance together.
The music is a vital part of their stage reality. It is a place where the references that hover in the dance are folded into a robust score that meets the dance from another perspective.
In Journey Home Les SlovaKs continue their rich collaboration with musician and composer Simon Thierrée.
TOUR SCHEDULE:
9th of October 2009 – House of Culture – Work in progress, Prievidza, Slovakia
10th of October 2009 – House of Culture – Work in progress, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
13th of October 2009 – House of Culture Stanica – Work in progress Žilina, Slovakia
15th of October 2009 – Festival 4 Days 4 You – Work in progress, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
17th of October 2009 – HYBAJ HO!|Festival Of Contemporary Slovak Dance – House of Culture Ceske Budejovice – Work in progress České Budejovice, Czech republic
19th of October 2009 – HYBAJ HO!|Festival – Archa Theater – Work in progress Prague, Czech republic
23rd of October 2009 – SIC! International Dance Improvisation Festival – Work in progress, Warsaw, Poland
20th of November 2009 – Kaaitheater – World Première, Brussels, Belgium
21st. of November 2009 – Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
8th of January 2010 – Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, Dresden, Germany
9th of January 2010 – Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, Dresden, Germany
28th of January 2010 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
29th of January 2010 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
30th of January 2010 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
31st of January 2010 – Mercat de las Flors, Barcelona, Spain
3rd of February 2010 – Culturcentrum Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium
12th of February 2010 – Kunstencentrum NONA, Mechelen, Belgium
23rd of April 2010 – De Stadsschouwburg, Groningen, Holland
8th of June 2010 – Festival June Events – Atelier de Paris – Carolyn Carlson, Paris, France
2nd of September 2010 – Festival Tanz Im August, Berlin, Germany
3rd of September 2010 – Festival Tanz Im August, Berlin, Germany
11th of September 2010 – Zart, Mol, Belgium
29th of September 2010 – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
30th of September 2010 – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
1st. of September 2010 – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
2nd of September 2010 – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
3rd of September 2010 – Association pour la Danse Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
3rd of November 2010 – Festival Dance 2010, Munich, Germany
4th of November 2010 – Festival Dance 2010, Munich, Germany
6th of December 2010 – Festival December Dance, Bruges, Belgium
18th of December 2010 – Teatro Viriato, Viseu, Portugal
21st. of January 2011 – Cultureel Centrum Lokeren, Lokeren, Belgium
28th of January 2011 – Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
29th of January 2011 – Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
6th of February 2011 – Festival Equilibro – Fondazione Musica Per Roma, Rome, Italy
8th of February 2011 – Festival TanzTage, Basel, Switzerland
26th of February – Festival Dantzaldia, Bilbao, Spain
2nd of March 2011 – 30CC, Leuven, Belgium
3rd of March 2011 – cultureel centrum Westrand, Dilbeek, Belgium
10th of March 2011 – Cultuurcentrum Berchem, Berchem, Belgium
25th of March 2011 – Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
26th of March 2011 – Dansens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
26th of April 2011 – Auditorio de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain
1st. of May 2011 – Festival Candiz en Danza, Cadiz, Spain
5th of May 2011 – Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
8th of May 2011 – Teatro Jofre, Ferrol, Spain
12th of May 2011 – Festival Dansa Valencia, Valencia, Spain
15th of May 2011 – Made Festival, Umea, Sweden
20th of May 2011 – Melkweg, Amsterdan, Holland
July 2011 – Deltebre dansa festival, Deltebre, Spain
13th of July 2011 – Szene Salzburg Festival, Salzburg, Salzburg
15th of July 2011 – Spiel Festival, Andorf, Austria
19th of July 2011 – Festival Plateforme Contemporaine, Kinshasa, Democratic republic of Congo
20th of July 2011 – Festival Plateforme Contemporaine, Kinshasa, Democratic republic of Congo
28th of July 2011 – Festival Bolzano Danza, Bolzano, Italy
9th of October 2011 – Festival Bratislava in Movement, Bratislava, Slovakia
11th of October 2011 – Archa Theater, Prague, Czech republic
30th of October 2011 – Tanzfestival Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
1st. of December 2011 – Festival Danse Emoi, Limoges, France
3rd of December 2011 – Centre Culturel Acte 2, Huy, Belgium
15th of December 2011 – Théâtre le Maillon, Strasbourg, France
16th of December 2011 – Théâtre le Maillon, Strasbourg, France
26th of August 2012 – Front@ Festival, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
14th of October 2012 – Dimitria Festival, Thessalonica, Greece
22nd of December 2012 – Cultureel Centrum Ostend, Ostend, Belgium
1st. of March 2013 – Bayer Kultur, Leverkusen, Germany
25th of May 2013 – Val De Marne, France
26th of May 2013 – Val De Marne, France
8th of November 2013 – Regensburger Tanztage, Regensburg, Germany
25th of April 2014 – KVS, Brussels, Belgium
26th of April 2014 – KVS, Brussels, Belgium
27th of April 2014 – KVS, Brussels, Belgium
20th of August 2015 – International Contemporary Dance Festival Xi’an, China
22nd of August 2015 – Beijing International Contemporary Dance Festival, Beijing, China
23rd of August 2015 – Beijing International Contemporary Dance Festival, Beijing, China
17th of November 2015 – Cultuurcentrum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
27th of October 2017 – Adey festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
17th of February 2018 – CCPE, Rosario, Argentina
22nd of February 2018 – Tucuman, Argentina
22nd of July 2018 – Kalamata dance festival, Kalamata, Greece