Description
Choreographers and Authors of Visual Image
Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia
Dramaturg
Ana Kržišnik Blažica
Composers
Silence
Light Designer
Matjaž Bajc
Sound Designer
Stojan Nemec
Designer of Scenic Elements and Props
Gorazd Prinčič
Seamstress
Marinka Colja
PERFORMING
Dancers
Alexander Belin, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Nicoletta Carenzi, Hsiang - Yen Chang, Nathan Dhugues, Anneya Gelis, Rebecca Granzotto, Iva Ilievska, Uhaina Montet, Eri Nishibara, Alessandra Russo, Michal Rynia, Petra Seruga, Maria Sousa, Luka Vodopivec, Lucy Woodhouse, Elia Zahnd
Recorded Voice
Boris Benko
COPRODUCTION
Producer MN Dance Company. Co-producers SNG Nova Gorica and GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica. The event is a part of the official programme of GO! 2025.
Financial support Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, EU-Japan fest
One must lie low
»In the third part of the triptych, the choreographers draw on a quote by Franz Kafka from the novel The Trial, juxtaposing his character Josef K. with the myth of Prometheus. Last yers's production of Prometheus was also partly inspired by Kafka. So what do Prometheus and Josef K. have in comon? At first glance perhaps nothing: the former is a mythological hero from prehistoric times, while the latter is the embodiment of modern man. However, they share something eternal and significant that strongly characterizes humanity, especially our culture, and that is quilt, which causes both heroes to sufer terrible torment. Prometheus is guilty and punished for bringing fire to humankind – a symbol of consciousness, creativity, and inner light – even though he merely returned to humans what had already been theirs, but was claimed by the selfish and unfriendly gods. His guilt is thus both real and absurd, much like that of Josef K., who becomes ensnared in a web of authorities that persecute and condemn him without ever clarifying the nature of his alleged wrongdoing. In the performance, these two figures meet on a conceptual level, united by the fatality of guilt: Prometheus’s guilt – or the guilt of humankind that accepted fire, a divine gift – condemned to eternal suffering unleashed from Pandora’s box, marks every individual, each of us, as well as Josef K. Life thus unfolds in the shadow of guilt and in a constant struggle for fire and for freedom — the eternal legacy of Prometheus.
Ana Kržišnik Blažica
Time and time again, dance enchants us, especially in the creative process – our body offers us so many different possibilities and solutions.
Michal Rynia and Nastja Bremec Rynia