towards the good silence

towards the good silence

choreography: Ryszard Kalinowski
music: Ruth von Mengersen,
Louis Sclavis, Kroke
dancers: Anna Żak, Ryszard Kalinowski
duration: 20 min.
premiere: Tanz Schritt Weise in Graz,
March 2002

 
The personality and the work of Bruno Schulz had a great influence on the piece. The choreographers are delighted with the atmosphere of Schulz's world and would like to share some moments with such a great personality, by expressing their sympathy and being closer to everyone and everything that he loved.

"Ku dobrej ciszy (Towards the good silence), influenced by the work and personality of Bruno Schulz (1892-1942), the Polish writer and artist, was wonderful. The male-female duet was strong both in the treatment of the theme and the performances, particularly from Ryszard Kalinowski whose intense, twisted movements were performed beautifully."
Vicki Costello " Dance Theatre Journal" (Great Britain)

„There is a man in the centre and a woman next to him. She emerges from his imagination and becomes his inspiration and saviour. He is an artist - full of anxieties visible in each of his movements and gestures. Without the woman he is helpless. But also her existence is completely dependent on him: she is always in relation with him becoming his goddess, muse, mother."
Jussi Tossavainen, "Helsingin Sanomat" (Helsinki, Finland)

"Towards good silence" is a very delicate, almost lyrical, story about man and woman who can be close and far away from each other, about their mutual deceptions, fascinations and humiliations. It's about the artist and his real or imagined muse. A woman is standing on open book, her feet are crumpling its leaves: is it a novel or maybe a diary, a book completed or not yet..."
Grzegorz Józefczuk, "Gazeta Wyborcza - Lublin" (Poland)

design & creation ASIT 2006