PolandDances/ Tournée: Krakow Dance Theatre to perform in Croatia, Slovakia and Sweden

In the coming days, there will be three performances of the show:

• September 16, 7:00 p.m., Puppet Theater in Zadar (Croatia)
• September 19, 7:00 p.m., Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Banská Bystrica, (Slovakia)
• October 5, 7:00 p.m., Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Art, Vitlycke (Sweden)

The performances are part of the autumn tour of the Krakow Dance Theater, which includes a total of ten presentations in seven countries.

Treatise, choreographed by Milan Tomášik, is inspired by the titular graphic score created by Cornelius Cardew in the years 1963-1967. It consists of 193 pages full of symbols, lines, and various geometric and abstract shapes. When publishing the score, Cardew did not explain how it should be performed. Although it concerned a musical piece, it surprises with its unconventional visuality, which is more reminiscent of abstract typography than familiar sheet music.

The visual richness – from simple broken lines, curves, dots and spirals to overwhelmingly complex structures – was the starting point for the dance performance Treatise. Cardew’s work poses an exciting challenge: how to interpret, transform (visually impressive) musical score into dance and choreography. The form of the performance is simultaneously an exploration of the physical, visual and aural representation of one of the possible interpretations of the score. Individual actions are based on Cardew’s work, but their final form and composition go beyond the source material. The Krakow Dance Theatre company creates its own spatial, temporal and unique universe.

Creators:

Choreography: Milan Tomášik
Co-choreography and performance: Agnieszka Bednarz-Tyran, Agnieszka Kramarz, Patrycja Marszałek, Yelyzaveta Tereshonok, Paweł Urbanowicz
Assistant choreographer: Agnieszka Bednarz-Tyran
Music: Piotr Peszat
Lighting: Michał Wawrzyniak
Costumes: Dominik Więcek
Graphic identification: Weronika Wawryk
Coordination and production: Paweł Łyskawa, Izabela Zawadzka

The performance is co-organized by the National Institute of Music and Dance as part of the PolandDances / Tournée program, co-financed by the Poland Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Show partners:
Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance, Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts

The performance was co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture – a state special purpose fund.

The performance was carried out as part of the Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery programme financed by the Creative Europe programme (2023-2026).

The programme was organised by Krakow Dance Theatre – Krakowski Teatr Tańca (PL), Central Europe Dance Theatre – CEDT (HU), Bunker (SLO), Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples – HIPP (CRO), M Studio and Moira Cultural and Youth Association (RO) and Vitlycke – CPA (SWE).

Financed by the EU. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA are responsible for them.

Premiere partners:
CRICOTEKA Centre for Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor in Kraków
Teatr Studio in Warsaw