Maciej Ku\u017ami\u0144ski’s Four Seasons is a celebration of life depicted in a kaleidoscope of images, unraveling in a mesmerizing and complex dance composition. Created for the company of seven dancers of Central Europe Dance Theater, one of the oldest dance theaters in Hungary, the work brings on stage the most characteristic elements of Ku\u017ami\u0144ski’s choreographic style, together with new endeavors into reinterpreting Folk tradition. In its ever-morphing structure, Four Seasons weave Nature and Culture, rebirth and return, becoming a wider metaphor for life as flux.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Four Seasons reaches back to the rites of Central Europe and reinterprets them in the context of the modern world. Four Seasons is also concerned with the subjective perception of time, and is thus dominated by repetition and pure, dynamic elements of contemporary dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The four seasons in the piece create four different atmospheres. Although the four parts are separate in terms of movement language, they are closely linked dramaturgically. The production first presents the Spring season, the birth of nature. Followed by the Summer season, where it deals with the relationship between community and the individual through the reinterpretation of tradition. The Autumn season presents culture, coexistence, permanence, the all-encompassing work, and the relationship between man and time. The Winter season presents themes of passing and rebirth, and the time of conscious reflection. Finally, we experience the season of Spring again, concluding with the theme of free will and a sense of new and promising beginnings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Four Seasons\u00a0<\/strong> art manager:<\/strong> Vir\u00e1g S\u00f3thy \u00a0<\/span> The project is funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Central Europe Dance Theater Foundation, Hungarian National Dance Theater, Beyond Front@, Polish Institute of Budapest, Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, The Municipality of Erzs\u00e9betv\u00e1ros, The Municipality of Budapest, University of Art and Design at Budapest\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The performance was presented within the scope of Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery project. 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\n<\/span>Central Europe Dance Theater dancers: R\u00e9ka Gyevn\u00e1r, Marcell Hov\u00e1n, G\u00e1bor Kindl, Edmond Kisbakonyi, No\u00e9mi Gizella Nagy, Berta Pucsek, L\u00eddia Sinka\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>choreography, direction:<\/strong> Maciej Ku\u017ami\u0144ski \u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>dramaturgy consultation:<\/strong> Lili Stern\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>lighting design:<\/strong> Merc\u00e9desz Selmeczi with Maciej Ku\u017ami\u0144ski\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>rehearsal director:<\/strong> Adrienn M\u00e1di-Horv\u00e1th\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>costume design:<\/strong> students of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design: Andrea Kovacs, Adam Ellenbacher, Laura Hoover, Laura Kokai, Zita Szimonetta Loki \u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>supervisor:<\/strong> Edit Sz\u0171cs\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>artistic director:<\/strong> L\u00e1szl\u00f3 M\u00e1di\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>company director:<\/strong> Csaba Sz\u00f6gi\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>general manager:<\/strong> R\u00e9ka Gerlits\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOn schedule<\/h3>\n[\/nectar_responsive_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"