CLARITY. IN THE BURNING HEART OF THE DARK SKY (BIRTH)

"CLARITY. IN THE BURNING HEART OF THE DARK SKY (BIRTH)"
SYLWIA HANFF & ALEXANDRE YTERCE
Concept: Sylwia Hanff & Alexandre Yterce
Direction, butoh dance: Sylwia Hanff
Acousmatic music: Alexandre Yterce "AU COEUR EN FEU DU CIEL OBSCUR - NAISSANCE"
Video feedback art: Damian Żak
CLARITY.
In the darkness of the body I see
The burning heart of the dark sky
A drop of blood falling into the Emptiness
We don't know what to do with our hope
Do you want to cut me in half to see infinity?
Do you want to cut me in half to see the light?
A drop of fire falling into the Emptiness
Birth
„Suppose that we said yes to a single moment, then we have not only said yes to ourselves, but to the whole of existence. For nothing stands alone, either in ourselves or in things; and if our soul did but once vibrate and resound with a chord of happiness, then all of eternity was necessary to bring forth this one occurrence-and in this single moment when we said yes, all of eternity was embraced, redeemed, justified and affirmed.”
F. Nietzsche, Friedrich, The Will to Power
Photo: Sylwia Zawadzka & Krzysztof Skarżyński
SYLWIA HANFF - a pioneer and the most recognizable butoh dancers in Poland (based in Warsaw) who has studied butoh with the greatest masters. She has an M.A. in philosophy, witha theoretical background in Theatre Anthropology. Sylwia is a choreographer, director, dance therapist, yoga teacher and cultural manager. She has also studied Western and Eastern, contemporary and ancient techniques of body control. The practice of meditation is a crucial element of her training. She was an actress in the Warsaw Mime Theatre, and worked with the National Theatre and National Opera. She is a curator of projects in the field of artistic and cultural education as well as socio-cultural projects, initiator and Artistic Director of Butohpolis. International Butoh Art Festival. On stage for 27 years, so far she has performed in over 40 institutional and independent theater performances. Since 2002, she has been running the Limen Butoh Theater, where she has created over 25 solo and group performances as well as many etudes and improvisations. Her artistic work and method were described in the book by J. Majewskiej „The Body Revolving Stage. New Dance in New Poland” ( Theatre Institute, 2011) and in "Intense Bodily Presence: Practices of Polish Butō" by Magdalena Zamorska (published in English by Peter Lang GmbH, 2018), as well as in the book "Something called Butoh" / "The current situation of Butoh outside of Japan", published by the NPO Dance Archive Network (Japan). She was scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. For 21 years she has been running body and movement workshops. She collaborates with physical and experimental theaters. For 22 years, she has been cooperating internationally, organizing artistic events - presentations of performances and workshops by guests from abroad and inviting foreign artists to participate in her projects.
ALEXANDRE YTERCE is a total artist - musician, painter, photographer, poet, actor, filmmaker. He is an independent composer for whom music is not an area isolated from reality, but one of the primary means of renewing consciousness. He composes regularly at the Accès Digital studio in Rouen. He performs in concert, performing his own compositions on the acusmonium, as well as works that are part of the worldwide repertoire of musique concrète/acusmatique and electronic sound poetry. For ten years (together with actress Florence Gonot) he organized Brûlures des Langues and LICENCES (for 16 years) - festivals of art, electronic and electroacoustic music, literature, sound poetry, and poetic performance - in Paris. He lives and works in France.
Damian Żak is a 2D and 3D animation designer, graduate of Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. In his work, he focuses on a hybrid combination of analog and digital 3D animation techniques, striving to discover new, fascinating visual forms. In the design process, he balances on the thin line between unpredictable results of experiments and precise, conscious design. He utilizes motion imagery to create interactions with the audience on multiple levels. Currently, his professional path is directed towards designing animations for broadcasts and stages at the world's largest gaming tournaments for ESL Faceid Group. His previous video and animation projects include: Graduation project "Revolt of Body" - an animation illustrating the philosophy of butoh, trailer promoting the music album Oleś Brothers, mapping on mural "TO TU", animated typography of Dorota Masłowska's literary text, animation on the theme of Insideoutside - "Soul of Bakongo", VR Unreal Engine music video for the Japanese band Candle's song "Linguistics", animated 3D teaser for the "Chopin and His Europe" festival.
BUTOHPOLIS. 6TH INTERNATIONAL BUTOH ART. FESTIVAL
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