"Clever Dreamland" by CLEVER TEAM - updates

 
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“Tonight we’re going to stand the ground…

Tonight there is no way back…

My brothers, my sisters,

I see your trembling hands

I see the shadows in your eyes

It's fear...

But i see also something else

I see rage...

I see rage in your hearts…

Hear your hearts…

Hear them beating!

We're on the good side

We’re fighting here a good war!

On this one we have the gods on our side!

Hear your hearts!

Hear your hearts!

Take their rhythms with!

And fight!

Fight...

Tonight maybe we’re all going to die...

But we will survive,

We’ll survive in the songs,

We'll survive in the legends,

We'll live in the stories that are being passed from a generation to the generation.

We will inspire our children and the children of our children,

Our folk!

Because we'll fight! We will fight until the end!

So take the rhythm of your hearts and fight!

Fight!!!

Fight!!!!!

Fight!!!!!!!!”

In their new project the team will dig into the universe of hollywood movies in order to motivate the spectators to follow their dreams, change their lives and leave the past behind.

The performance “Clever Dreamland” will reflect on:

*the phenomenon of motivational speech in hollywood movies; by mastering the art of affecting oratio CLEVER TEAM will inspire the audience’s new visions and heroic actions to make a difference to the society, in general, or to their own lives, in particular.

*Pathos; Pathos is a quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions (like pity, sympathy and sorrow). It represents an appeal to the audience’s emotion as a communication technique. CLEVER TEAM believes that only through emotional involvement the motivation for major life transformations can be created. In the modern culture pathos has very pejorative reception while at the same time it might determine happiness and make the dreams come true. The team is interested in this ambiguity: from one side pathos often refers to the “bad” taste and kitsch, from the other side it can provoke the desired life changes and improvements.

*a passion-evoking stage presence; great motivational speeches present in Hollywood productions will serve as a point of reference and inspiration for the performative modus of the performers. The passion-evoking narratives will consist of the typical cinematic themes like man versus nature, man versus himself, loss of innocence, revenge, death as a part of life, the battle, individual versus society, triumph over adversity, love conquers all, good versus evil.

*the overwhelming power of cinematic apparatus; by using very defined and aesthetic picture in connection with epic music and sound effects the cinema has highly affecting impact on the spectator. It is often immensely manipulative art form. By deconstructing the cinematic tools (like picture, music, distance from the spectator, light, costume, scenography) and juxtaposing them in different contexts CLEVER TEAM will construct its own form of manipulation in order to inspire the audience to follow their dreams… as well as to expose the mechanisms of manipulation itself. 

*a movie language versus stage performance; CLEVER TEAM is aware that the type of expression and communication as well the relation: art work exhibition <—> spectator differs significantly between film and live performance. The team’s interest lies in the dramaturgical tension while applying certain cinema tools and modes of expression typical for film in live stage performance.

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Production related facts:

CLEVER TEAM’s new project is supported by Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien – MA7, Polnisches Institut Wien and d.id/dance identity. CLEVER TEAM is a member of Arbeitsplatz Wien – new studios for dance and performance in Vienna.

3rd residence at Arbeitsplatz Wien

Time flies! Arbeitsplatz Wien is getting ready for the third residency opportunity for vienna based artists. 5 weeks rehearsal space and 6 months continuous desk space in between July 2016 and December 2016!

Let us know how you would like to use the facilities at Arbeitsplatz Wien and send us your application to arbeitsplatzwien@gmail.com

What we need:
- 1 A4 page: motivation, short CV & description of your work
- preferred rehearsal dates
- contact details

Deadline to apply is May 2nd

The residency welcomes research as well as the creation of a new production. Priority is given to artists who have not received any official funding yet.

www.arbeitsplatzwien.com

Arbeitsplatz is supported by the MA7 - Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien

"Clever Project" at festival Kalejdoskop in Bialystok

CLEVER TEAM have a pleasure to present again their performance "Clever Project". This time the work will be presented within festival "Kalejdoskop" in Bialystok/Poland.
The performance will take place at Teatr Lalek on Thursday 7th April at 20:00.

"CLEVER PROJECT" focuses on the status of the stage performance in the circumstances of economic crisis.

 Following the market current demands, Clever Team - Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski - proposes the audience an attractive program of 10 performances for the price of one regular evening ticket. They also come up with an additional scene in Valentine's day promotion, Eastern action or summer holiday's offer, depending on the year's season and show's location...

​Clever Team functions like the low-cost quality airline - disposing low budget they provide high quality product.

Clever Team is completely independent and autonomous on the level of performance's realization.

Clever Team proves that the crisis is an inspiring and positive phenomenon.

Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski will take the audience for an adventure proposing a contemporary dance show, opera, group therapy and many other attractions...

​CREDITS:

Artistic Direction and performance: Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski

​Dramaturgy: Michał Kotański​

​Musical supervising: Günther Berger
​Graphic design: Agnieszka Gantz

​Scenography: Luke Baio

​Choreographic supervising: Julia Mach

​Costumes and light design: Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski

PRODUCTION:

Production: Visitores - Verein zur Projektion künstlerischer Ideen  

Co-produktion: WUK Wien, Klub Żak Gdansk/Polen

Co-operation: Polnisches Insitut Wien
Thanks to: d.id dance identity/Liz King

The production with the support of Culture Department of the City of Vienna (Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien - MA7)

Links:

http://festiwal-kalejdoskop.pl/index.php?id=clever-project

https://www.facebook.com/festiwal.kalejdoskop/?fref=nf

CLEVER PROJECT premiere on 9 February at WUK/Vienna

CLEVER PROJECT

(Radek Hewelt, Filip Szatarski)

9, 11 and 12 February 2013, 20.00 o'clock

WUK Theater/Tanz

Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Wien 

 

"CLEVER PROJECT" focuses on the status of the stage performance in the circumstances of economic crisis. Following the market current demands, Clever Team - Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski - will propose the audience an attractive program of 10 performances for the price of one regular evening ticket. They will also come up with an additional scene in Valentine's day promotion, Eastern action or summer holiday's offer, depending on the year's season and show's location... Clever Team is completely independent and autonomous on the level of performance's realization. Clever Team functions like the low-cost quality airline - disposing low budget they provide high quality product. Clever Team proves that the crisis is an inspiring and positive phenomenon.  Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski will take the audience for an adventure proposing a contemporary dance show, opera, group therapy and many other attractions...

Concept and performance: Radek Hewelt and Filip Szatarski

Dramaturgy: Michał Kotański

Graphic design: Agnieszka Gantz

Scenography: Luke Baio, Radek Hewelt, Filip Szatarski

Musical supervising: Günther Berger

Costumes: Radek Hewelt, Filip Szatarski

Light design: Radek Hewelt, Filip Szatarski

Eine Produktion mit Unterstützung der Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA7)

Produktion: Visitores - Verein zur Projektion künstlerischer Ideen

Koproduktion: WUK Wien, Klub Żak Gdansk/Polen

Kooperation: Polnisches Insitut Wien

Dank an: d.id dance identity/Liz King

Tickets: Vorverkauf 12 Euro, Mitgliederpreis 8 Euro

WUK Theater/Tanz, Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Wien

T +43 1 401 21-70

Follow CLEVER PROJECT online:

facebook.com/clever.project

                        

     

CLEVER PROJECT teaser

Today we released a teaser of our new performance "CLEVER PROJECT".

Just follow a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wArkCBYC4rA

Premiere will take place on 9 February at WUK in Vienna at 20:00 o'clock. Further shows in WUK on 11 & 12 February.


We would like to thank the institutions that supported us:

The performance can be realized thanks to a kind support of  the Culture Department of the City of Vienna, Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA7)

Co-production partner:

WUK in Vienna

Co-operation partners:

Polnisches Institut in Wien

 d.id/dance identity

Klub Zak

TONIGHTS TUNE trailer!!!

Dear guests,

I strongly encourage you to watch a trailer of my last piece TONIGHTS TUNE that I have just finished to edit.
TONIGHTS TUNE had its premiere on June 2nd 2009 at WUK in Vienna.
Video-recording was made during our 3rd performance at WUK on June 4th.



TONIGHTS TUNE

Artistic direction: Radek Hewelt

Choreogarphy and performance: Gabri M. Einsiedl, Dominik Grünbühel, Radek Hewelt, Linda Samaraweerova

Light design: Nicole Kropiunik

Special thanks to: Johannes Maile (WUK)

TONIGHTS TUNE could be developed thanks to the kind support of Culture Department of the City of Vienna (Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien - MA7) and WUK


TONIGHTS TUNE is a score composed for 4 instruments. The performers are the musicians and the instruments at the same time. They act on according to the score. It's a concert. They play using their bodies and voices.
It's about singing physicalities and dancing voices. It's about physicality and voice tuning in with each other.

But it's also about pitch of movement,
... a rhythm of the thought,
... a timbre of emotion,
... a loudness of imagination,
... a melody of attention,
... a polyphony of different levels of perception,
... the musicality of the presence.

All in all it's about tuning... again and again.
And it's about particular tune of tonight.


Original video was made by Werner Sohajek / kulturvision
(www.kulturvision.at)

You can view TONIGHTS TUNE trailer also on YouTube under:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGrgPezj1iI

New production TONIGHTS TUNE starts now!

From today together with Gabri M. Einsiedl, Dominik Grünbühel and Linda Samaraweerova I start to work on the new production.
The working title is TONIGHTS TUNE.
It'll be presented at WUK (Vienna) between 2-4 June 2009.
Every some time I'm going to publish the updates from our process.

Artistic direction: Radek Hewelt
Choreography and performance: Gabri M. Einsiedl, Dominik Grünbühel, Linda Samaraweerova, Radek Hewelt

Support: Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA7), WUK








TONIGHTS TUNE (working title) is going to concentrate on the relation between physicality and voice. What concerns this project in particular is a point where they both meet. It’s in the way the continuation of one of the aspects that were present in my last piece “Close-up” where in some point we connected quite abstract body forms with all sorts of verbal sounds that were related to breathing. All those sounds, together with choreography, created interesting emotional paths and tensions. In this new project I’d like to extend and enrich both: physicality and voice.

In this work we’re going to circulate around few topics:

Dance influence on the voice.
Each body can be seen as a particular music instrument. Our genetic abilities, physicality, forms we make, tensions have obviously an impact on our voice. We want to experiment with different forms and physical tasks and see how they affect and modulate the voice. Part of the material and the artistic output should come out of this research.

Voice influence on the physicality.
It’s an opposite process to the one I described above. The starting point in this case is the voice that leads to the dance. For instance singing very high tones creates very interesting physical patterns in the body that can be use as an input for dance/choreography.

Deconstruction of the material and puzzling the elements.
I’ve made once experiment while watching the movie. I watched quite emotional scene where the actor was slowly executing very physical task. Then I did it again with the sound turned off. Third time I put my own sound on it. The result was very intriguing and interesting. It changed the way of perceiving the scene. In new project I want to use similar method with the material we create. I can see it in quite a big range as the process of extracting the elements and juxtaposing them with each other in different relations. It leads to the next point that I describe below.

Abstraction and concreteness, abstraction and emotionality (Contrast).
The dance understood as making forms in time very often stays in the abstraction (or eventually brings some emotional output). The voice is much more related to concreteness and rather clear emotionality. In this work I’d like to achieve at the end a specific tension between those two. I’d like to create some kind of vibrating stream that would be open for interpretation or reading, a stream that would contain abstraction, concreteness and emotionality – and all those elements being in ongoing interaction.

Strong focus on musicality.
The artistic output of our work will be rich with different musical elements like sounds, rhythms, melodies and songs. I’d like to work with four dancers (including myself). Each of us can be considered as a different unique instrument. The aim is creating a performance that could be described as physical and musical concert.