“The solo performance Close-ups is like a poem. It is composed in five sentences, on which the author bases the body as a carrier of human entity, as a controlled tool and as an independent organism.”
– Petra Tanko, ARS
Choreography and performed by: Magdalena Reiter
Music:Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar
Dramaturgy: Andreja Kopač
Space design: Ajda Tomažin
Choreography assistant:Lada Petrovski Ternovšek
Produced by Zavod Mirabelka
Co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana
Co-funded by City of Ljubljana – department for culture
Premiere: 02.03.2017, Dance Theatre Ljubljana
The solo performance Close-ups works on the materiality of the body. This does not stem from psychological motivations but from physical principles and practices. The performer/choreographer treats the body as an object filled with particles of information and references. In each of the five parts of the performance the focus is placed on a single physical task, through which the link between the materiality of the body and the potential materiality of emotion is being explored. Choreographic “close-ups” are tools for construction and deconstruction of potential new bodies, composed of illogical functions and connections.
In the space without references, the architecture of movements is composed in the moment, constantly falling apart and re-assembling, thus create unforeseeable course of events.
photo ©Darja Štravs Tisu
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