A dance creation inspired by Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s and Max Neumann’s book by the same name

 

A suite of poem like stories by a figure who seems to be able to augment the dimension of himself in time and in space, which drastically shifts his relationship to the material world, larger than all things, caught in a tautening moment. But then there is this suffering demon’s relationship to men, which adds a psychological layer to the shifting axis of this thing’s capability.
ANIMALINSIDE is a display of the understanding of two humans who share the acceptance of the power in oneself that is even stronger than domestication he must impose on himself as a desire to be among others. It is a belief in this deeper power, a dark magic in the play of sublimation. At its core, it is a faith in the body’s ability to speak a true language. 

Body language painting called forth by the apocalyptic battle
with memory thoughts ideas and imaginations
on human kind on power on God on senses on beauty on dreaming
on love wolves and other animal forms inside us
the howling in bodies in the space of cruel time.
Physical images from fine arts and a textual world
of the unspeakable emotional states of mind
languages and bodies pushed over the borders of their own comprehension
the game of arresting the audience's nervous system.

 

Concieved, choreographed and directed by: Jaro Viňarský (also performing),
in collaboration with:

Performance: Marek Menšík
Light Design: Tomáš Morávek
Original Music Score: Jan Burian
Costume Design: Martin Kratochvíl
Translations from English to Slovak: Dana Gálová
Recorded Text and Voice: Henrietta Rab and Matthew Rogers

Production: SKOK! non - profit organization
Co-production: Záhrada - Centrum pre nezávislú kultúru (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia), Stanica Žilina-Záriečie (Žilina, Slovakia), Archa Theatre (Prague, Czech republic)
Financial Support: Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, Tatra Banka Foundation, The City of Banská Bystrica

Run time: 70 minutes, no interval
Premiere: 13 & 14 December 2012 at Záhrada - Centre for independent culture (Banská Bystrica, Slovakia)

 

 

Photo: Ján Chmelík