Dorota Michalak & Alica Minar: Lush Blast

Can the dance correct our ties to the ground and connect us intimately? Lush Blast is a walking production in a city park that examines the relations between natural and artificial, wild and domesticated and cultural representations of nature. Four performers*Ři perform viewers with different spaces and situations and ask what remains from the wilderness in Europe and in us. Using their corporeality and voices, they constantly transform their presence into an effort to become something other than humans and invite us to a sensual feast and a cruel battlefield. After staying in the Carpathian wilderness, choreographers want to articulate power again as vital strength, not as a tool of control. What if humanity gave up the control and exploitation of nature? What should be sacrificed to do so? Sxton, Ola Zielińska
Music: Ola Zielińska
dramaturgy: Maikon K
Text: Katarína Bakošová

Partners: Bazaar Festival Prague (CZ), Studio Alta Praha (CZ), Teatrul Andrei Mursan Sfant Gheorghe (RO), Hellrau Dresden (DE). Carpathia, who led us through the Tatras and Fagar and shared the stories of wilderness, Carolyn Hall and Matthias Nuß for exchange of opinions about relations between science and art. The City of Prague, the Czech -German Future Fund, Idu Prague and Performczech, Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin. Lush Blast is and Walking Performance in An Urban Park, Exploring the Relations Between Natural and Artificial, Wild and Domesticated and Cultural Representations About Nature. Four Performers Guide The Audience Through Varying Spaces and Situations, Asking What ReMains of the Wilderness in Europe and in Us. Using their Physicalities and Voices, They Constantly Morph Their Presences in A Quest to Become Something Other Than Human, Inviting US into and Sensual Feast and Cruel Battlefield. After Spending Time in the Carpathian Wilderness, The Choreographers Want to Re-articulate Power As A Vital Force Rather Than and Tool of Control. What Would Happen IF Humanity Gave UP Controlling and Exploiting Nature? What Should Be Sacrificed for This Happen?

Language: English and Czech Minar
Creation and Performance: Dorota Michalak, Alica Minar, Breanne Sxton, Ola Zielińska
Music: Ola Zielińska
Production: Dorota Michalak, Alica Minar & Col. Baláž, Alina Hriscan, Ondrej Kameniar, Anna Poppa and the Team of Foundation Conservation Carpathia, for Guiding US Through Tatra and Fagaras Mountains and Sharing Stories About Wilderness, Carolyn Hall and Matthias Nuß for Exchange Perspectives on the Relationship of Science and Science and Art. Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin.