S.I.O. Sides of In and Out
The S.I.O. project was a cycle of research intensive stays resulting in the eponymous dance site-specific performance, workshops for the public, a series of artistic photographs and short dance films.
Its intention was to deepen attention to the living and social environment. To lead to deeper knowledge of oneself and the surroundings for personal development and transformation of place. To reflect the connections between IN (body, mind, emotions, volitional processes) and OUT (environmental environment) and point out their mutual dependence.
The project culminated in the debut presentation of 23Poems:
S.I.O. Sides of In and Out | May 16, 2024, DIY space ÚL, Prague 8, Ďáblice
Four female bodies/identities move together through dance and spoken fragments. Each identity brings a piece of their inner self, their own self, which is reflected in the collective space. They shed their masks to open up to themselves and others. The world of this performance is full of diversity and possibilities.
“Hey! Can you hear me? Do you see me? Do you feel me? I hear dance, I see music, I feel everything and nothing. I am in the space between – between mind and body – here I find freedom. In totality I find “nothing”. And from nothing, anything can bloom. And so we met and danced, experienced the harmony and cacophony of four bodies and waited until together we experience nothing – nothing that is absolute. From nothing it all began and in nothing it ends again… Together we dance through fragmented images so we can find each other again.”
- Concept: Eliška Benešová
- Choreography: Kristýna Peldová
- Creation and dance: Eliška Benešová, Tereza Krejčová, Kristýna Peldová, Karolína Šnajdrová
- Music: Kristijan Krajnčan
- Light design: Ondřej Růžička
- Sound, technical support: Jakub Kohout
- Production: 23 Poems Collective z.s.
- Duration: +/- 50 min
- Photography: Jakub Urban, Massimo Montechiaro
COLLABORATION 2024
- Project partners: DIY space úl, Adam Langer and Tomáš Žižka - Sladovna Písek, dance group T-dance, Petra Blau and ZŠ a ZUŠ Šmeralova, Tereza Dvořáková and Vzbuďme Vary, Věra Simeth and Imperial Spa in Karlovy Vary
- Musical collaboration: Kristijan Krajnčan , Žigan Krajnčan
- Photography and video: Karolína Šnajdrová, Jakub Štěpán Smrž
COLLABORATION 2023
- Project partners: DIY space úl, Prague 8, ZŠ a ZUŠ Šmeralova, Karlovy Vary
- Musical collaboration: Tomáš Martínek - TMA
- Photography and video: Karolína Šnajdrová, Jakub Štěpán Smrž
