Bethlen Theatre
The concept of Circul8 was inspired by Samuel Beckett's dramas without text. I was searching for certain movement schemas and patterns in order to reduce them and vary them with different characters moving through space.
Through repetition and highly constructed movements, the goal was to find new structures built on everyday gestures, resulting in a conceptual dance vocabulary.
Repetition is a recurrent element in my recent works – this time I was interested in working with multiple dancers to observe the connections and links created by the choreography. Beyond my attention to the strict structure of choreography I was looking for a diverse movement language, which relied greatly on everyday movements but nevertheless built up into a contemporary dance piece.
CREDITS
Dancers: László MÁDI, Mariann HARGITAI, Adrienn HORVÁTH, Zsanett JAKAB, Péter KOVÁCS, Bettina DUNAI, Csaba Mátyás NAGY, Csongor FÜZESI
Choreographer: Beatrix SIMKÓ
Design: Dániel DÖMÖLKY
Music: Levente BOROS
REVIEWS
“The dancers’ performance is both frustrating and beautiful. Self-discipline and self-control, the heartbreaking success of breaking down the individual.” Viktória Pintér
CENTRAL EUROPE DANCE THEATRE
Progressive. Stylish. Contemporary. The Central Europe Dance Theatre (CEDT) is one of the most powerful and impressive dance companies, and is unique in the region: besides their expanding and developing repertoire, the DTIE, IKF and DEEP programmes play an essential role in their mission.
Their repertoire is unique. In the past 28 years they have put on shows in 44 cities in 22 countries, had 120 premieres, and worked together with 55 choreographers.
The company believes that contemporary dance has to be up to date, and their shows are relevant and reflective. The base for their work is Hungary and the Carpathian Basin, and they are inspired by the various living dance traditions of the region, while remaining sensitive to international trends and open to the challenges of the present.
Several times a year – within the framework of the Young Choreographers’ Platform (IKF) – young and progressive choreographers are given an opportunity to work with the dancers of CEDT, bringing together exceptional professionalism and the untainted imagination of youth. In this way, something new, original and unusual is created year by year. Courage is welcomed – even if not every experiment is a success story – and everyone involved can learn immensely from these projects. Beatrix Simkó created her latest show within the framework of the IKF program 2017.
BEATRIX SIMKÓ
Beatrix SIMKÓ is a Hungarian contemporary dancer, choreographer and media artist. She graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest as a media designer. She spent 8 years with the Hungarian Eva Duda Dance Company. In that time she began to create her own performance and media works. In 2014 she won the Viktor Fülöp scholarship, and in 2015 she earned a grant from the Theatertreffen International Forum in Berlin. In recent years she has worked in many international theatre and dance collaborations, mainly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Since 2016 she has played in a contemporary duet called #Orpheus#Eurydice at Vígszínház Budapest. Her latest project (working title TERV.), based on the Finno-Ugric language relationship, is a multimedia dance duet supported by Life Long Burning, which will be premiered in 2018 at Trafó House. She is currently based in Hamburg.
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