Dance performance “IHOPEIWILL” / threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský (Slovakia)

Created by: threeiscompany, bendradarbiaujant su Jaro Viňarský

Set design: threeiscompany / www.threeiscompany.org

Performance: Soňa Ferienčíková

Sound: Never Sol, Alexandra Timpau, Lukáš Kubičina 

Visual content creator: Maria Júdová Tichá

Light design and technical support: Ints Plavnieks, David Cartwright

Videography for installation: Richard Chomo

Produced by: BOD.Y ngo (Soňa Ferienčíková, Zuzana Frištiková, Romana Packová)

Executive production, PR: Romana Packová

Creative producer: Dirk Förster

Co-producers: KoresponDance, NuDanceFest, Tanec Praha / PONEC - dance venue, Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei, Záhrada CNK

Financial partners: Slovak Arts Council,  ZSE foundation, EFFEA (European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists)

Partners: Telocvicna - Dance Residency Center / PlaST - Slovak Contemporary Dance Platform, Cinetica

Interview respondents: Agi Ferienčíková, Andrea la Rose, Anna Biháryová, David Tišer, Gabriela Šallayová, Hale Doganci, Marek Keveš, Markus Hubr, Ronny Zangenberg, Samuel Černý, Václav Šíma, Yara Abu Aataya

Special thanks: Antónia Tomalová, Christophe Henri Laurent, Gabriela Tomášková, Giseli Polávka Borduchi, Marcela Záchenská, Kubo Horničák, Lukáš Bobalík, Lukáš Kubičina, Mária Kačeriaková, Maťo Urban, Milan Sláma, Michal Šimečka, Norbert Čabala, Peter Tichý ​

Presented by: Perform Europe (https://performeurope.eu/) ir Aerowaves The Twenty25 (https://aerowaves.org/)

Premier: 2024 April

Duration: 45 min.

Location: @Culture Factory (Bangų str. 5A)

RECOMMENDED for interdisciplinary art lovers and sustainability advocates

IHOPEIWILL explores our shared future amidst ongoing political tensions and escalating climate challenges. It conveys a sense of expectation and hope despite the prevailing global atmosphere of fear and great uncertainty. IHOPEIWILL is an event that connects physical performance, sound design, and visual installation. Each of these media works independently, one next to the other and simultaneously in synergy, which together creates an organic whole.

The inspiration for the piece came from conversations with people in which we were interested in the optics of the personal family environment and relationships across generations. What do we envision for the future, not only for ourselves but for the generations after us? What kind of world do we wish for them and what can we do to fulfill those wishes?

IHOPEIWILL thus becomes an artistic reflection of the current trajectory of society and our responsibility towards future generations.

Soňa Ferienčíková is a dancer, choreographer and founder of production company BOD.Y (www.bodyngo.com). She collaborated with many national and international artists and performed all over Europe, in Israel, Mexico and China. She was nominated for the DOSKY award in the category Extraordinary achievement in the field of dance theater. https://www.instagram.com/sonaferiencik/

Maria Júdová Tichá (https://www.mariajudova.net/) is a visual artist who focuses on the intersection of performative and digital art. She collaborated with Choreographic Coding Lab (DE), Rambert Contemporary Dance Company (UK) and YCAM (JP). Her works have been presented around the world and won awards from the Japan Media Arts Festival (JP), B3 Biennale (DE), Nexon Computer Museum (Korea) and Zealous (UK).

Alexandra Timpau (https://soundcloud.com/alotofkittens) is a Romanian musician, architect and photographer. She studied architecture and urban planning in Romania, but after graduating and moving to Prague, she was mesmerized by music and the practice of live sound coding.

Jaro Viňarský is a dancer, choreographer and performer. He studied ballet and dance choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He is the recipient of many awards, including the SAZKA AWARD for „Discovery in dance", the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform and the prestigious THE BESSIES New York dance and performing arts award in the „Outstanding performer" category. In 2011, he founded the non-governmental organization SKOK! in Slovakia.

 

Photo: from the company archive