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THEATER OSNABRÜCK | MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI

beginningend by Maciej Kuźmiński draws a contemporary link to the works of the Polish pioneer of concrete poetry Stanisław Dróżdż (1939-2009). Dróżdż deconstructs sentences and words, removes them from their origin and thus creates new contexts in terms of content and visuals. Kuźmiński takes this as a source of inspiration and combines it with the element of the body. Language helps to identify who we are, to understand the world, but also to deconstruct it. The body as a means of communication creates community and enables one to differentiate oneself. For Kuźmiński, this balance between disruption and community, between individual and society, is closely linked to his home country of Poland.

It is more about the general, fundamental tension between the individual and the society [...] and yet it is something unique, never seen, opening up spaces for interpretation.

Bold and powerful [...] language-poetry translated into dance movements.

We would watch this performance a second time, in order to experience it again in more detail.

Christime Adam , NOZ
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Magnifficant fragile balance between unity and community, the public is impressed.

Hans Butterhof , tanznetz
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Beginningend is catchy and understandable, a thunderous applause.

Werner Hülsmann , ON Nachrichten
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THEATER OSNABRÜCK | MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI

choreography, staging, sound design
Maciej Kuźmiński

set design
Margarita Bock with Maciej Kuźmiński
inspired by work 'między' by Stanisław Dróżdż

lighting design
Paweł Murlik

costume design
Lucia Frische

assistant choreographer
Monika Witkowska

rehearsal director
László Nyakas

stage manager
Kiki Timm

assistant lighting design
Annemarie Niehaus

assistant set design
Magali Heibrock

performance & creation
Ambre Twardowski, Ayaka Kamei, Barbara Minacori, Bojan Micev, Emanuela Vurro, Jeong Min Kim, John O'Gara, Luigi Imperato, Richart Nagy, Sander Los, Francesco Di Feo, Chiara Sorrentino

company director, curator & dramaturg
Britta Aliena Horwath

music by
Murcof, Matthew Bourne

photography
Oliver Look

filming
Siegerbusch Film

duration
30min

premiere
30th march 2024
Theater Osnabrück, main stage

part of double-bill evening DWA/ZWEI
shared with choreographer Adi Salant

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