IHOPEIWILL
threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský
How do we imagine a future for ourselves and future generations? In this solo, dancer Soňa Ferienčíková embarks on a powerful and hopeful search for forms of connection. She draws lines in a fragile framework in order to balance on them, establishes relationships, falls, is held. And thus imagines a shared future. The work is accompanied by sound fragments and video interviews in which the interviewees reflect on how we live together in the face of current crises.
Duration: ca. 1 h 15 min
Language: Slovakian with german and english subtitles
Audience Discussion following the work
threeiscompany is an interdisciplinary women’s collective that works at the intersection of dance, visual arts, architecture and sound design. Essential to their work is the re-evaluation of the relationship between audience and performers.
Soňa Ferienčíková is a dancer, choreographer and founder of the BOD.Y. platform. She studied at the Eva Jaczová Dance Conservatory in Bratislava, the Prague Academy of Performing Arts, the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and the renowned Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. She has worked with many national and international artists and has performed throughout Europe, in Israel, Mexico and China. In 2018, she was nominated for the DOSKY Award in the category “Exceptional Achievement in Dance Theater”.
Júdová Tichá is a visual artist who focuses on the intersection of performative and digital art. She collaborated with Choreographic Coding Lab (DE), Rambert Contemporary Dance Company (UK) and YCAM (JP). Her works have been presented around the world and won awards from the Japan Media Arts Festival (JP), B3 Biennale (DE), Nexon Computer Museum (Korea) and Zealous (UK).
Alexandra Timpau is a Romanian musician, architect and photographer. She studied architecture and urban planning. Since moving to Prague, she has been increasingly active in the field of music and is particularly fascinated by the practice of live sound coding.
Jaro Viňarský is a dancer, choreographer and performer. He studied ballet and dance choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He is the recipient of many awards, including the Sazka Award for „discovery in dance”, the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform and the prestigious The Bessies New York Dance and Performing Arts Award in the „outstanding performer” category. In 2011, he founded the NGO SKOK! in Slovakia.
Created by: threeiscompany in collaboration with Jaro Viňarský
Set design: threeiscompany
Performance: Soňa Ferienčíková
Sound: Never Sol, Alexandra Timpau, Lukáš Kubičina
Visual content creator: Maria Júdová Tichá
Light design and technical support: Ints Plavnieks, David Cartwright
Videography for installation: Richard Chomo
Produced by: BOD.Y ngo (Soňa Ferienčíková, Zuzana Frištiková, Romana Packová)
Executive production, PR: Romana Packová
Creative producer: Dirk Förster
Main financial partner: Slovak Arts Council
Financial partners: ZSE foundation, EFFEA
Co-producers: KoresponDance, NuDanceFest, Tanec Praha / PONEC – dance venue, Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei, Záhrada CNK partners: Telocvicna – Dance Residency Center / PlaST – Slovak Contemporary Dance Platform, Cinetica
The IHOPEIWILL residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union. Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
Interview respondents: Agi Ferienčíková, Andrea la Rose, Anna Biháryová, David Tišer, Gabriela Šallayová, Hale Doganci, Marek Keveš, Markus Hubr, Ronny Zangenberg, Samuel Černý, Václav Šíma, Yara Abu Aataya
Special thanks to: Antónia Tomalová, Christophe Henri Laurent, Gabriela Tomášková, Giseli Polávka Borduchi, Marcela Záchenská, Kubo Horničák, Lukáš Bobalík, Lukáš Kubičina, Mária Kačeriaková, Maťo Urban, Milan Sláma, Michal Šimečka, Norbert Čabala, Peter Tichý
