Dada von Bzdülöw Theatre – founded by Leszek Bzdyl – a director and a choreographer, and by Katarzyna Chmielewska – a dancer and a choreographer; on stage since 1993; an independent group of professional dancers and actors, which produces performances in cooperation with Polish and foreign cultural institutions As of today, Dada have produced around 40 performances. Since 2008 the theatre is represented by Dada von Bzdülöw Artists Association with its seat in Gdańsk, Poland.
Dada von Bzdülöw Theatre works at the interface between acting and dance expression. It uses poetics of pure nonsense, the elements of trivial everyday life, high culture clashes with kitsch. It also builds the climate of its performances through handling light and colour.
Red Grass
A story about male-female relationships expressed by means of dance. It would seem that they are very complex; that there are subtle nuances between the sexes which hinder mutual understanding. Meanwhile, the game between lovers is always the same and determined by biologism.
After reading a book by Boris Vian reality is no longer the same. His surrealistic vision is so compelling and opening that one would like to stay there and last, despite the bitterness and unspecified sadness. Be like a Senator dog, who is missing only Łapiti to be completely happy, or as Lil, who has two specially trained beetles to give manicure, or to dance to Duke Ellington’s...
Katarzyna Chmielewska
1 - this is a book of my life (I’ve read it for the first time when I was 22 years old and somehow I identified with the Wolf, which probably influenced my attitude to the world for the next 22 years)
2 - if one loves something too much, one becomes blind and loses the distance
3 - we dance and do not talk, and yet the whole Vian’s charm is in the language, so we should find a similar charm in motion
4 - it results from what was mentioned above that we have to start with Vian and than flee from him and autonomically act in a self-fulfilling performance
Leszek Bzdyl
director: Katarzyna Chmielewska and Leszek Bzdyl
choreography and performance: Katarzyna Chmielewska, Tatiana Kamieniecka, Ula Zerek, Leszek Bzdyl, Radek Hewelt
music: Mikołaj Trzaska
stage design: Maciej Chojnacki
video: Kamila Chomicz / in video sequence: Cezary Rybiński
lights: Michał Kołodziej
production: Wybrzeże Theatre, Gdańsk; Dada von Bzdülöw Theatre
supported by the Government of the City of Gdansk.
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