Release [Tanečno festival]

Choreography: Katarína “Chilli” Čillíková
Dancers: Anna Kertészová, Dária Praženková, Jasmína Miťková, Lena Prokešová, Lucie Leslie Sendlerová, Marta Blašková, Nina Melišová, Veronika Prieložná, Viktória Malá, Katarína “Chilli” Čillíková
Music mix, visuals: Michal Krištof
Text: Michael Papcun

Strawberry dancer
Vanilla summer
Driver pull over
Ice cream truck
Pumping the sweet tunes
I beg you to stop soon
Cause I cannot run anymore
And you’re the keeper of it all

Oklou

ANNA: Release.
To free oneself. From tension, pressure, social roles, expectations, performance demands.
Slowing down, even stopping, brings us back to what we are truly meant to be. It reminds us of an elemental sensitivity and attentiveness to the surrounding world. It renews our connection to the things that truly matter and reveals the real hierarchy, unburdened by the artificiality of constant civilizational acceleration.

Release explores these dynamics through a wide range of forms. Line dance, clubbing, all-American runway, deliberate cliché, and established ballet compositions with strict rules create an imagined colour palette of the present. Chaos, diaspora in every possible meaning, and entropy are confronted with release, bringing, unsurprisingly, unexpected outcomes.
And maybe, just maybe, a magician will appear.

Voluntary entry fee