“One could go on for a long time about the genius and wonderful execution of Anna Krzystek’s dance performance- she was absolutely superb!This is a work that plays with our perceptions and perspectives of performance as well as the concepts of transformation or resolution. Playfully and perplexing we are engaged with ideas current in contemporary field theory and as ancient as medieval alchemy.”
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BIOGRAPHY Anna Krzystek is a choreographer & performer based in Glasgow. Anna is also a core member of Helsinki based performance company OBLIVIA Anna is currently engaged in developing ideas for No End. No End is to be the 5th in her series of solo pieces based on the premise of waiting. No End will continue to evolve and develop throughout 2011/12 and premiere in 2013. Anna continues to tour Figure This and Face On internationally. |
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CURRENT BODY OF WORK TEST, STILL, FIGURE THIS and FACE ON form a series of work based on the premise of waiting. Waiting, in all degrees of ambiguity, is experienced by everyone everyday. In these pieces the performer is referred to as the figure. Her presence is at once both immediate and distant as she is placed in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The carefully deliberated juxtapositions of the various elements forming these works create space for individual experiences to arise. FORTHCOMING PERFORMANCES AND PRESENTATIONS FACE ON FACE ON FIGURE THIS FACE ON (premiere) FIGURE THIS FACE ON In Figure This the figure, the central element in the series, was brought closer to the viewer through her physical acts of doing and suspended periods of not doing, opening up the possibility for a shared space. Face On looks at exploring ideas of shared space further by inviting the viewer to experience a sublime state of intimacy as the figure ontologically connects to a sequence of changing situations. Imbedded within this state of intimacy the figure comes face to face with the implications of performing and performance, of being observed and observing, of exposing the mechanisms and dealing with the consequences. Face On is co-produced as part of the Open Latitudes network in co-operation with partners in Lille, Brussels, Warsaw, Lausanne and Mons funded by the European Commission EACEA, Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency culture Programme. Additional funding & support from Creative Scotland, The Work Room, Dance Base, The Nightingale, Tramway, New Territories and Oblivia. FIGURE THIS FIGURE THIS aims to observe the figure more closely, unveiling newly found aspects of her presence. The objects that surround the figure are remains from TEST and STILL, they quietly hold their own presence within the whole. Commissioned by New Territories. Co-commissioned by Les Halles. Premiere: New Territories 2009 STILL As TEST presents an ongoing prelude to something that may or may not happen STILL visits the next phase of anticipation. "(STILL) certainly side-stepped the mainstream with persuasive conviction, producing work that rewarded necessary concentration by sending our thoughts and imaginings into energising freefall." The Herald Commissioned by New Territories 2007. Additional funding & support from Scottish Arts Council, CCA, Tramway, Dance Base, Dance House and Balance. Premier: New Territories, Tramway, Glasgow 2007 TEST TEST exists as a series of in between moments. TEST was made possible with funding & support from Scottish Arts Council and CCA. Premier: CCA, Glasgow 2005 |
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