Tańcząc ku korzeniom

"Tańcząc ku korzeniom" (translated as "dancing to the roots") brings people closer to the world of nature and blurs the boundaries between life and the stage. It is based on the search for a natural movement at the interface between human and nature, the expression of emotions, and engaging in dialogue with the Universe. Following the internal images and impulses related to the life of flowers, trees, their relationships with human life will allow you to plunge deep into the body and reveal what emerges in the depths of the subconsciousness. The dance that draws from the subconsciousness, like the ritual - gives the possibility of transgression, becomes a cosmic activity undertaken on behalf of the community.

Through flowers and trees from our imaginarium (symbolically and physically close) we will search for what is human, life, theater, dance and who are you? "Trees, flowers" are a special metaphor and inspiration - not only vivid, intense or colorful, but also fleeting. Each of us has a dance encoded in us, which is an expression of his deepest self. Butoh dance is the process of discovering this "inner" dance, this time rooted in a garden during the Midsummer. Through theater and dance, we will meet real plants, hidden in recesses of memory, awakened by reading, reflections and wandering. By shedding their petals and leaves, flowers will offer a constantly rejuvenating life to future generations, and pass on the memory of their souls and bodies. This game with memory, a peculiar journey in time and into myself, will take place in my body-mind at the interface between man and nature.

Eco-performance will refer to the theory of Gordon Craig's "Über-Marionette", especially through the multifunctionality of the actor, stylization of the acting by puppetising the characters, as well as acting without selfishness, devoted to the rapprochement between the world of nature and the human world on the threshold of the beginning of autumn.

"Tańcząc ku korzeniom" was created thanks to the cooperation of Anna Ługowska and Katarzyna Markowska from Sztuka Ciała and Marek Kowalski from Akt Theater. The musical setting is created by Bartosz Ługowski.

Cast: Anna Ługowska, Katarzyna Markowska, Marek Kowalski, Bartosz Ługowski