Po víťazstve (It All Started with a Winner)

In the organizer's words:

Based on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Slovakian national uprising in 1944, Cuban choreographer Judith Sánchez Ruíz and dancers from Divadlo Štúdio tanca in Banská Bystrica, the only contemporary dance center with a permanent ensemble in Slovakia, explore the phenomenon of the uprising in the context of today's societies. They pose questions about identity, gender roles and power dynamics and expose entrenched notions of masculinity and patriarchy. In "Po víťazstve (It all started with a winner)", a culture focused on the winner and the glorification of male power becomes a critique of social structures and the dynamics of competition. On stage, a colorful formal language of various dances, sculptural elements, soundscapes, video and text fragments merge into a choreography of repetition - a loop of history that raises questions about understanding and dialogue.