REPETITION
MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI COMPANY
Repetition, a visual essay about transitions of identity, questions the essence of repetition itself. The work, with it’s complex composition formed by recurring themes, begs a question – is repetition possible at all? As in Bergman’s “Persona”, here also the differences and similarities between two women seem to blur, to later become visible in detail.
There is also another layer to Kuźmiński’s work – a search for his own choreographic identity, seen through the lens of comparison and recycle. In Repetition a complicated choreographic score demands from the performers a near-impossible level of concentration, which is known from Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s work. “Thinking is a game of difference and repetition” says Deleuze.
Repetition is the second part of diptych Difference and Repetition which forms a full-length double bill evening of radically different, yet complimentary pieces. Inspired by Gilles Deleuze’s magnum opus – Difference and Repetition was Kuźmiński’s first full-length work. Repetition, selected out of nearly 700 applications, represented Poland at the biggest international dance fair Tanzmesse NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2016
In this work every element – choreography, performance, sense of space and timing – reaches independently a very high level
Adam Z. Kowalczyk, Lublin Courier
Each part of the diptych could function as an independent work, becoming a bodily manifestation of philosophical considerations. Combined, however, they form a succesfull whole, and the three performers differ enough, so that the repetition does not become boring, but on the contrary – alluring.
Hanna Raszewska, portal taniecpolska.pl
In this work every element – choreography, performance, sense of space and timing – reaches independently a very high level
Adam Z. Kowalczyk, Lublin Courier
Each part of the diptych could function as an independent work, becoming a bodily manifestation of philosophical considerations. Combined, however, they form a succesfull whole, and the three performers differ enough, so that the repetition does not become boring, but on the contrary – alluring.
Hanna Raszewska, portal taniecpolska.pl
REPETITION ARTISTS
Justyna Jakubczyk-Lassota
costume
Michał Mackiewicz
lighting design, scenography
Adam Hypki
dramaturgy, text & voice
Daniela Komędera
performance
Agnieszka Bednarz
performance
Dominika Wiak
performance
REPETITION
MACIEJ KUŹMIŃSKI COMPANY
choreography, concept, sound
Maciej Kuźmiński
performance & creation
Daniela Komędera, Agnieszka Bednarz or Dominika Wiak
dramaturgy, texts, voice
Adam Hypki
lighting & set design
Michał Mackiewicz
costumes
Justyna Jakubczyk-Lassota, Emil Wysocki
assistant choreographer
Tomasz Pomersbach
music
Antonio Vivaldi “the Four Seasons”, performed by Academia Bizantina
photos
#1, 2,3 Maciek Rukasz, #4,6 Jarosław Grudziński, #5 Andrzej Janikowski
duration
45 min
premiere
05 November 2014 (revised 24th April 2015)
Centre for Culture in Lublin, Poland
executive production
Maciej Kuźmiński, Maria Marcinkiewicz-Górna fundacja Cukier Puder
production
Centre for Culture in Lublin, Poland
Zduńska Wola Culture House, Poland
Dance Theatre Departament in Bytom of the National Theatre Academy in Cracow, Poland
supporters
2015 tourneé supported by the Institute of Music and Dance
as part of the Stage for Dance 2015 programme
produced with the financial support of Lublin Dance Theatre
Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage artistic grant
prints by KP Media
UPCOMING EVENTS
Every Minute Motherland | Darmstadt
01 November | 7pm – 8:15pm
Dance Festival Rhein Mein
Darmstadt, Germany