LUSH BLAST: Tasting the untamed // Bazaar festival

❃ The dance performance of the choreographic duo Dorota Michalak & Alice Minar, which is set in the land of the Carpathian heights. Lush Blast: Tasting The Untamed examines the cultural representation of nature and relationships between natural and artificial, wild and domesticated. Trees and limb trunks, crumbling mountains, vibrating chains. Performers accompany the audience through various atmospheres, from suggestive songs to sour humor, and ask what remains in us and around us. Using corporeality and voices, they 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 as vital strength, not as a tool of control. Since then, from the old forests and wildlife, it has been constantly learning what power and relationship mean. They listen to the stories of natural disasters, interspecific cooperation and ongoing political struggles on the ecological management of the landscape. Zielińska, VI Huyen Tranová
dramaturgy: Maikon K
Scenography, Costumes: Natalie Rajnišová Chwilkowska

partners: Co.labs Brno (CZ), Theater Radost Brno (CZ), Bazaar Festival Prague (CZ), Studio Alta Praha (CZ), Teatrul Andrei Mursan Sfant Gheorghe (RO) (De). us: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, National Renewal Plan and the European Union, Culture Moves Europe and Goethe Institute, State Fund of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, Czech-German Future Fund, IDU Prague and Performczech, Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin


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❃ and Dance Performance Grounded in the Soils of Carpathian High Altitudes by Choreographic duo Dorota Michalak & Alica Minar.

Lush Blast: Tasting the Untamed Explores The Relationality Between Natural and Artificial, Wild and Domesticated and Cultural Representations About Nature. Tree Trunks and Limbs, Crumbling Mountains, Vibrating Chains. The Performers Guide The Audience Through Varying Atmosper, from Evocative Songs to Acidic Humor, Asking What Remains of the Wilderness in and Around us. Using their Physicalities and Voices, They Morph Their Presences in a Quest to Become Something Other Than Human, Inviting US into and Sensual Feast and A 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.

The Project Began in the Summer of 2022 Young Bear and An Over 800 Year Old Arrolla Pine. Since Then, They Keep Learning from the old-grrow forest and wildlife about what 'Power' and 'Relatedness' Mean. They Collect Local Stories About Natural Disasters, Cross-Species Collaborations and the Ongoing Political Struggles for Ecological Land 'Management'.
Sxton, Ola Zielińska
Music: Ola Zielińska, VI Huyen Trana Co.labs
Photo: Joanna Chwilkowska
Partners: Co.labs in Brno (CZ), Theater Radost in Brno (CZ), Bazaar Festival in Prague (CZ), Studio Alta in Prague (CZ), Teatrul Andrei Mursan in Sfantu Gheorghe (RO) Dock 11 in Berlin (de)

Thanks to: Erik Baláž, Alina Hriscan, Ondrej Kameniar, Anna Poppa and the Team of Foundation Conservation Carpathia Exchange Perspectives on the relationship of science and art. Future Fund, IDU Prague and Performczech, Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin