Réka Szabó / The Symptoms:
A Space for the Taking
work in progress
This space is welcoming. Even if your brain is different,
your body is different. Your difference invites for exploration. Here you don't
have to give up the complexity of your possibilities to connect. This space is
not a polite space, but an honest one. It doesn't want to hurt you, it just
wants to say out. It’s faithful to the volatile, sometimes barely audible,
unpredictable desires and impulses of the moment. Time passes here like a day:
chance is punctuated by preplanned actions. Eight very different people live in
this space. What they have in common is an intimate relationship with dance.
A letter from Réka Szabó to Bea Barda, artistic director of
Trafó:
"Dear Bea!
One year of The Symptoms's hiatus and another "first
adventure in my life".
I am involved in an Erasmus+ project with the Spanish
company Compañía Danza Vinculados. They have been working with inclusive groups
for decades. Their aim is to make dance accessible to all.
The inclusive team of young Hungarian dancers was selected
for the project through a four-day workshop, and they came from different
institutions. Some are still studying, some have already graduated.
After the selection, we had an intense period without
Spaniards still around, after initial doubts and uncertainties - who are they?
through what channels can they connect? what instructions can we work along?
how can we achieve what sounds so simple: equal opportunities, equal access to
dance? - our research took a direction that engaged the whole team. In a short
period of time, we went roughly deep and the team became highly supportive and
cohesive.
Already then we had the idea that we would like to create a
performance here in Hungary with this team of 8 people. The summer workshop
with the Spanish team confirmed this.
We will continue our work in the autumn, and the project
will be completed with our trip to Granada in the autumn break, until then we
have the support.
We would also like to create our rough draft of the
performance and conclude this phase with a work in progress presentation to
show the scene and the public what we have achieved.
What do you think?
Réka"
After the presentation, there will be a roundtable
discussion in the lobby, moderated by Krisztina Bakonyvári, permanent director
and educator at MáSzínház.
Director: Réka Szabó
Creative collaborators: Zsófia Szász, Péter Valcz
Creative performers: Balázs Dudás, Julcsi Farkas, Laura Holly,
Anna Horváth, Flóra Kovács-Papp, Gergely Marosi, Milla Noa Moskony, Johanna Szőke
Partners and supporters: Compania Vinculados (Granada),
Erasmus+ (Move to connect, connect to learn), Trafó Kortárs Művészetek Háza,
Gábor Csaba Márton, Krisztina Bakonyvári