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A kamera horrorfilmes zenére imbolyog a Trafó alagsora felé a Tünet Együttes A tünetegyüttes című filmre adaptált előadásában. Lent valami igazán szörnyű dolog várja: a független színház elmúlt harminc éve.

Kitika A tünetegyüttes filmváltozatáról. A film azonban olyasmit is tud, amit a színház nem: egészen közelivé válni. (...) Hozzám beszélnek, és csak nekem.

We don’t remember how we were born, and we won’t be able to tell the story of our dying. Giving birth is an equally elementalborderline event, outside real space and time — a rarefied experience. In their production, The Symptoms attempt to recall, unravel and articulate this experience of childbirth, using body parts, words, and images.

Founded in 2002, The Symptoms are among the most important independent dance and theatre companies in Hungary. Their pieces often raise awareness about burning social issues. Lena Megyeri met up with artistic director Réka Szabó and founder member Dániel Szász to reflect on the idea of sustainability – particularly in relation to their street performance You trash! – Big cleaning in the big outdoors, first performed in 2008 and revived in 2017. Filled with humour and melancholy, it drew attention not only to the ongoing global crisis of waste, but also to the trashed lives of people no longer needed by society.

From its inception, the company has stressed the importance of social involvement, regularly featuring in their repertoire street performance, structured improvisation, interactive fairy-tale plays for kids, as well as an Initiation program for high school students.

Until the moment we are born, we are never alone, and the desire for this ultimate bond may be lingering in our cells for the rest of our lives. Known as Hungary’s most likeable contemporary dance company, The Symptoms has managed to create a shared experience of what is deeply personal and individual – by means of articulated and silent confessions and through the primordial language of movement.