Carme(n)love

“Carme(n)love” is a story about a real femme fatale – evil, cruel, unhappy, free. The performance is an original interpretation of Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” about a woman tormented by various feelings: anger, hatred, and at the same time love and great desire. Did Carmen know true love? Could she love? Is she completely negative? Why did she end badly ?? Perhaps she did not know how to find herself in the surrounding reality ?? Perhaps the love she so desired did not satisfy her soul.

This type of woman is best described by Charles Baudelaire in “The Flowers of Evil”, presenting her as a demon, victim of reality, great mind, infinity seeker, a creature full of screams and crying. Carmen lives in every woman, perhaps she will be born again during the performance.

Intercepted/Przechwycone

Intercepted/Przechwycone touches on the subject of the way to the goal, that can be our dreams, ideas and passions. How to preserve our individuality and our needs on the path to fulfilment, when adversity, pressure, expectations, relationships, situations, stories, coincidences that INTERCEPT us on the way to our goal, divert us to other tracks.

The pieces’s choreographer – Wojciech Mochniej – poses an important question: can you persevere in your strive for the fulfilment of your dreams?

The first inspiration for the choreographer was hockey – the fastest team game with its unpredictability after capturing the puck. The performance was created with the use of ideas and dreams of the dancers that perform in the piece, which made it authentic and organic. The choreographic images depict the determination of the characters who have self-esteem and cannot be intercepted. It also depicts the power of the masses, the mainstream, which swallows the weaker, undecided individuals. The choreographic composition reflects the colour and duality of the personality. It reflects the way people carefully enter into the crowd and relate with the mass so as not to lose oneself, one’s goals, dreams, ideas and passions – although it is not easy, it is worth persevering!

In order to balance the immense amount of emotions, the performance will also include a humorous element, based on the improvisational task for dancers. In the finale of the performance, the audience will be able to see who managed to persevere and remain true to themselves and their values, and who was intercepted by the crowd, situations, history, thus giving up themselves and their dreams.

The choreography was created on the basis of contemporary dance techniques characteristic of the style of Wojciech Mochniej’s W&M Physical Theater.

Polish Dance Network – is the first formalised co-operation between institutions and organisations that support the development of contemporary dance in Poland. Each season, the Polish Dance Network Partners choose the most interesting works of Polish independent artists and institutional dance companies, which form a joint repertoire toured within the network over the next year.
The network supports mobility of selected productions, promotes artists and encourages the implementation of good practices in the professional dance environment. It contributes significantly to the creation of conditions and structures supporting the circulation of contemporary dance art in Poland and works towards integrating the dance scene through the exchange of different dance aesthetics.

Due to the pandemic, the current season of the Network has been extended to two years. PST 2020/21 consists of 14 Partners presenting 11 dance performances with the participation of almost 100 artists. All network shows that could not take place in 2020, due to the closure of theatres to the public or the effects of COVID, have been moved to 2021, by the end of which more than 50 shows are planned throughout the country, respecting restrictions and current guidelines. More: www.pst.info.pl.

The organizer of the Polish Dance Network is the Institute of Music and Dance. Funded by the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports