In 2024, the Duna Dance Workshop is once again going to present a new performance directed by the company's artistic director, and this time again the production will be born through the collective creative process of contributors from different artistic fields.
Zsolt Juhász strongly relied on relativising the role of female dance forms and choreographies subordinated to male dance in the authentic folk dance of Hungary (and several other nations) already in his performance The tenth bride in 2021. The seven female actors portray seven different characters, their individuality shape the choreographies and vice versa.
The choreographer wants to continue this path with his new play titled Singles – but the focus of the performance is on the feminine principle itself instead of the initiation rite and the girl becoming a woman. The number of performers refers to the number of seasons and cardinal points and, through this, to the close relationship between women and nature.
At the same time, the four female actors come from different artistic fields, dance, folk music, jazz and prose performance, so, in fact, the Duna Dance Workshop is preparing for its strongest multidisciplinary performance to date.
Performed by Izabella Caussanel, Anita Kovács, Lilla Orbay, Anita Vrencsán
Music: Ephemere - Izabella Caussanel, Lilla Orbay, Lajos Papp, Ötödik Évszak, Claude Debussy Text: Dorota Masłowska, Magda Szabó
Dramaturgy: Anita Németh
Visuals: JuZso
Light: Károly Lendvai
Assistant to Director: Ifj. Sándor “Sündi” Csoóri
Production Manager: Fanni Nánay
Choreographed and directed by Zsolt Juhász