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EXTRACTION

Body is the first and the last environment you have ever had

creation the 20 and 21 of February 2007 in Theatre Ponec, Prague, Czech Republic

conception Pierre Nadaud
creation and dancers Zdenka Svíteková, Lenka Vokurková, Pierre Nadaud
composers and musicians Jan Dufek, Aleš Killián, David Vrbík, Ladislav Železný
light design Jan Beneš-McGadie

co-produced by o.s Tanec Praha / Divadlo Ponec, Praha

production o.s Tanec Praha / Divadlo Ponec and Mamacallas Co. / Pierre Nadaud, Prague, Czech Republic

supported by hlavní město Praha, Ministerstvo kultury ČR, Česko-německý fond pro budoucnost, Divadelní institut, SE.S.TA o.s., Divadlo 29 a Terra Madoda

The piece was created during residencies in Germany and France in cooperation with: cie Beau Geste / Dominique Boivin based in Val de Reuil (Fr) and the Schloss Bröllin e.V. International Research Location (D).

Technical

Next performance

October 10, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

About the film

Film by Hana Valentová

Presentation

A strongly visual and sensuous performance of multiple facettes and layers, inspired by the novel More than human by Theodore Sturgeon which displays a mode of existence beyond traditional roles in everyday society.

Out of the world, space and time, in a world where everything is full and exists through touch, through deep physical visceral relationships we discover the first environment we have - the body ; a body continuously molding and remodelling its powers and relationships to the micro and macro universes it is part of ; a body becoming a being that perceives and understands and reforges its relation to the consciousness.

Rediscovering long forgotten sensations, links that are yet to be forged, EXTRACTION starts a physical process, a trip into a universe extremely specific and solid, yet abstract at the same time.
The electronic and organic impulses blend in one single instant. The audio and visual components of the performance (lights, sound and movement) merge in an complete simultaneity.
Zdenka Svíteková, Prague, 2007

Extraction is an original joint project of Prague-based artists from three different countries

Lenka Vokurková (CZ) dancer and choreographer. She graduated from the conservatory Duncan centre in Praha and during 2001-2004 danced with company Dance studio in Banska Bystrica. Her collaboration include Julien Hamilton (UK), Zuzana Hájková (Sk), Marta Poláková (Sk), Zuzana and Milan Kozánek (Sk)… She initiated the civil association “Nerezavý inspiratif” supporting creation and interpretation development.

Zdenka Svíteková (SK) dancer and teacher. She graduated from Academy of Drama and Music in Bratislava. In 2004 she was awarded a scholarship for a stay at Centre Nationale de Danse and Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, in 2005 the danceWeb scholarship at ImpulsTanz Vienna. She collaborated with cie Dance studio in Banska Bystrica and artists such as P. Decina (Fr/I), K. Simson (UK), S. Ambert (Fr)… In frame of sloway.no she collaborates with Norwegian photographer G. M. Brungot. She writes for dance magazine Salto and art magazine Vlna.

Pierre Nadaud (FR/CZ) "choreographer and dancer, he became an inherent part of the Prague dance scene. After philosophy studies in Paris, he graduated from the Department of non-verbal theatre at HAMU, Prague. He specialized in contemporary dance techniques. His poetic and deeply thoughtful and elegantwork reflects a focused and personal research, enhanced by audacious experimenting.” Jana Návratová (Theatre institute, Praha)
In 2004 he created the Mamacallas company. At the moment he is involved in the project for an open space for creation. His collaboration includes works with P. Decina (Fr/I), K. Ponties (B/Fr), L. LeQuesne (UK).

Skupina© associates composers and musicians Ladislav Železný (Cz), Jan Dufek (Cz), Aleš Killián (Cz) who initiated internet radio Lemurie T.A.Z www. lemurie.cz, and David Vrbík (Cz).

Jan Beneš-McGadie (Cz) graduated from the conservatory Duncan centre in Praha and Laban centre in London. As dancer and technician he collaborated for several years with the international dance cie DEJA DONNE directed by Lenka Flory and Simone Sandroni. He created several pieces e.g. “Inappropriate for living”, Dr.Schreck Klinik – Das Blutig Kabinet”.... As light designer he creates lights for numerous performances and leads workshops on theatre lighting.

Recenze

The Prague Post, 18-24 April 2007, Czech Republic (En)

...What struck Nadaud most in this 1953 science-fiction tale, he says, was how children living outside of everyday society care for each other, knowing each other and themselves beyond traditional roles and teachings. Extraction presents the development of the human body as an organism in relation to others around it. The piece begins with two women (Zdenka Svíteková and Lenka Vokurková) and one man (Nadaud) on the floor. Over the course of the one-hour performance, they grow and mature in movement, forming relationships with the other bodies they encounter on stage. The audience is acknowledged by the performers only at the end.
“Extraction for me is something like a machine,” Nadaud explains. “It’s a kind of physical process starting, and the audience goes with us on the trip.” Bodies are pure potential, he believes, but people don’t know what to do with them. “Extraction comes very close to discovering what is in your body, and discovering that the body is the first environment you have.”
This new work broke from Mamacallas tradition in terms of choreography, as Nadaud collaborated with Svíteková and Vokurková. “I bring the inspiration, the obsession, the proposition,” to begin the process, he says. But with Extraction it started to be real teamwork, which included the musical group Skupina C. Nadaud had worked with Skupina C on previous dance compositions, and this time included the group from the piece’s inception to fully integrate dance and sound...
Brooke Edge

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