2019-06-14 Záhrada - Centrum nezávislej kultúry, Banská Bystrica

 

It does not really matter where the prisoner of his own fear is. His cell does not have an exit, nor has his situation a resolution. By fearing our true selves, we constantly carry our cells with us and the only world which remains is the world of our images of what would happen, if…

The arabic word Habibi is a male connotation of darling or my beloved. The dance performance of an Austrian choreographer Helene Weinzierl Habibi Problem was inspired by a true story of two Iranian gay teenagers and their problems caused by the inacceptable otherness of their love. While one of them was killed by the authorities of his own country at the age of 17, the other lived in the UK exile under a constant threat of deportation back to his country.
Ten years later, Slovak choreographer Yuri Korec, who is the co-author and performer of the original version of this work, presents a renewed dance performance called Habibi 2196-18 within the context of the question of otherness in the Eastern European region.

Choreography: Yuri Korec
Dramaturgy: Jakub Turčan
Performance: Lukáš Zahy
Light Design: Jojo blue
Music: Oliver Stotz
Video: Markus Huber
Video Cut/Animation: Petra Hinterberger
Graphic Design: Ivana Kleinová
Video Recording: Katarína Kočanová
Trailer: Erik Zeman
Idea: Helene Weinzierl, Erich Rudolf & Yuri Korec

Co-production: CieLaroque/Helene Weinzierl
Production: Skrzprst

Premiere: 10 December 2018, TICHO a spol. theatre, Bratislava

 

Yuri Korec
While working in the pan-European space as a dancer and choreographer, he has collaborated with many renowned dance artists, including Helene Weinzierl (AT), Rafaele Giovanolla (DE), Stephanie Thiersch, Stephanie Schober (UK). He is the co-author of internationally acclaimed dance films, Day (2004), Darkroom (2008) and VoiceS (2010). He is currently a teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and presents his artistic collaborations under the label Yuri Korec & Co. Among his recent works we should mention the duet d-BODY-m (2017), which has had successful Slovak and foreign tours. Yuri is also the first therapist of the somatic method RolfingⓇ, structural integration in Slovakia. He used his doctoral research in the field of physicality and performance in his solo called Nesólo (2018). Habibi 2196-18 is a new version of Habibi Problem (2008, Cielaroque / Helene Weinzierl).

 

 

Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council - the main partner of the project O umení tela 2019.

Photo: Eva Rácová