Residence duration: 2024-04-06 / 2024-04-19
Performance date: 2024-04-17 at 18:30
(and then the boars entered) is a scream, liberating and excessive. It runs from the depths of the lungs along the trachea, invades the vocal cords, and mutates. Exaggeration becomes a tool of affirmation and exploration of freedom, involvement, and participation in the celebration of ambiguity. Everything is a hunger for an undefined sensation. It is a space for investigating one's different selves. It is a place of multiplicity, plurality, and potential misunderstandings. The air acquires a sound, is interpreted, travels through the epiglottis and pharynx, and as it exits the lips, it takes on color and tone. The body transforms, becoming a resonant chamber and stage for this scream. (and then the boars entered)
MIRIAM BUDZÁKOVÁ
Miriam is an established author of the younger-middle generation in the contemporary art and contemporary dance scene in Slovakia. Her creative work oscillates between seriousness, solemnity, and sentimentalism. She researches the experience of the body within the uncomfortable, intimate, personal, social, and public spheres and creates performative situations as a collective spectatorial experience. In last years she collaborated with artists and choreographers such as Manuel Ronda, Elina Pirinen, Mirjam Söegner, Jarrko Mandelin, Nicolas Vladislav and more. Miriam is an active member of the civic association "INSTITUT INSTITUT" as a co-creator and performer, as well as ArTemporis performative collective based in Vienna. Since 2017 she co-organizes a multi-genre dance festival "Tanečno" in Slovakia.
SIMONE LORENZO BENINI
Simone Lorenzo Benini (1992) is an Italian dancer, performer, and choreographer active in Italy, Austria, and Finland. Simone holds a degree with a major in Dance and Performance from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD) in Salzburg (AT) and a degree in Physiotherapy from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven (NL). In 2023, he created for the Kiosk Festival (SK) and was selected through the call for choreographers by Anghiari Dance Hub. In his artistic exploration, Simone incorporates elements of improvisation, theater, and somatic techniques. He uses these tools to delve into the complexity of personal experiences, bringing private elements into the public sphere. His creations often employ a language that balances ironic lightness with an exploration of the humidity of the human subconscious, seeking interaction and audience participation. Simone has studied and collaborated with various international artists such as Milla Koistinen, Oded Graf, Manuel Ronda, Elina Pirinen, Hubert Lepka, Adrien Hod, and Csaba Molnar. Since 2021, he has been collaborating as a performer with Finnish choreographer Elina Pirinen.