ANIMAL EXITUS
Shock, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance or resignation. Those are five stages human beings undergo in the face of a trauma. “Trauma” is Greek for injury or wound. And one of the most painful wounds in our life is birth – in a way an expulsion from unity. The idea of our death or the death of our loved ones is close to this traumatic interpretation. It is at such moments that we fall apart in multiple selves which are then attacked by shock, experience anger, bargain with themselves, imprint into depressive traces and reunite in reconciliation.
No rational thinking at the beginning and the end of our journey, just an instinct turning us into ANIMAL EXITUS. After their acclaimed piece One Step Before the Fall dealing with the issue of exhaustion and Parkinson Disease, Spitfire Company are back on the thin line where we are brought to when fighting our inner self to prove our dignity.
Credits
direction:
Petr Boháč
AD:
Martin Špetlík
choreography:
Petr Boháč & spol
interpretation:
Miřenka Čechová / Markéta Jandová a Bára Látalová
constulancy:
Sabine Seume
set:
Petr Boháč
light design:
Martin Špetlík
video:
Chin Yew
music and vocals:
David Kollar Zpěv: Lenka Dusilová
photography:
Vojtěch Brtnický
production:
Tereza Havlíčková, Barbora Repická, Ludmila Vacková
coproduction:
Tanec Praha / PONEC – divadlo pro tanec
supported by:
Hl. město Praha, Ministerstvo kultury České republiky - odbor umění a odbor mezinárodních vztahů, Česko-německý fond budoucnosti
partners:
City of Brussels Contemporary Arts Centre for Movement, Hellerau - European Center for the Arts Dresden, České centrum v Bruselu, Institut umění - Divadelní ústav
premiere:
9. června 2014, Mezinárodní festival současného tance a pohybového divadla TANEC PRAHA
No rational thinking at the beginning and the end of our journey, just an instinct turning us into ANIMAL EXITUS. After their acclaimed piece One Step Before the Fall dealing with the issue of exhaustion and Parkinson Disease, Spitfire Company are back on the thin line where we are brought to when fighting our inner self to prove our dignity.
We do not perform this show anymore, the dates of our current shows are here
