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Mohammad / MMMD (GR), Rhys Chatham (US)
Forte Company / Sándor Tar – Tibor Keresztury (HU): Your Kingdom
DATE: 09/02/2017 8pm 10/02/2017 8pm
DATE: 11/02/2017 8pm
DATE: 22/02/2017 8pm
TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid.
TICKET PRICE: 1900 HUF in advanced booking: 1500 HUF (the first 100 tickets)
TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid.
Side Effects is a surreal performance that takes place in the mind of a delusional woman. What she imagines or dreams is what we, as observers, get to see. She invents her own reality, with rules, relationships and connections that have meaning only for her, but which she imposes on anyone who comes near her, and, as an accomplished control freak, she populates her world with characters which she leads from dream to dream.
Mohammad (Antifrost, PAN) have been forging their deep monolithic sound for the past 6 years, bringing together low frequencies, inter-modulations, dark textures, and distant folk nuances through custom made instruments and software. Rhys Chatham is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Manhattan, currently living in Paris, who fused avantgarde minimalism with the electric crunch of punk rock.
The rise and fall of Hungarian writer Sándor Tar (19412005) is one of the most tragic and controversial episodes in the country’s literary scene in recent decades. This performance does not intend to present his personal story, but instead, by adapting the writer’s finest short stories, focuses on the mental disintegration of the personality. (In Hungarian with English subtitles.)
Timothy and the Things (HU): Waiting for Schrödinger DATE: 22/01/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 1500 HUF General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought-experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. The scenario presents a cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. Neither the cat, nor Schrödinger will be present this evening, instead will the doubts and questions that this problem raised in the choreographer, together with six fabulous dancers.
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Volkova Sisters (HU), Terra Profonda (HU) DATE: 04/02/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF in advanced booking: 1900 HUF (the first 100 tickets) Taking their name from characters in William Gibson’s cyperpunk masterpiece Pattern Recognition, the London-based VOLKOVA SISTERS found each other through a shared passion for dark and melancholic 80’s New Wave music. They vowed to create their own visions, inspired by the shimmering distortions of My Bloody Valentine and the dreamy landscapes of Cocteau Twins and European ‘cold wave’, but with a sharper emphasis on industrial pop - adding their own unique twists of depth, space, beauty and dynamism. The compositions of the trio TERRA PROFONDA consist of tunes that come from the fertile lap of blues, jazz and folk music, which all twist around visionary poems. The songs give place to downtrodden sailors, sworn and rambling lovers, startled horses, scarred, berserk wayfarers, mad, edgy, flown Eastern European family men among others who all spread out in the night. As moths on strung up sheets they all swarm in the world of Terra Profonda.
The Symptoms (HU): Miracles of the Night DATE: 06/02/2017 7pm 24/04/2017 7pm TICKET PRICE: 2000 HUF / 1600 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid. The performance is inspired by the eponymous poem by Sándor Weöres, a poetic vision that is free-ranging, erratic and unfettered by rules, as Weöres’s poetry often is. In short, no age limit or PG rating applies. This special linguistic idiom is reenacted here on stage with the backing of paintings, drawings and animation by two artists, Ildikó Mezei and Éva Taskovics.
Anton Lachky Company (SK/BE): Side Effects
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Csaba Molnár (HU): The ox DATE: 03/03/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid. Five people try to survive in the imaginary reality created by the theatre. Their bodies and voices, and the objects around them, are the ruins of an imaginary disorder. They try to find meaning in the meaningless, and to arrive at the common ground of acceptance. They create a dreamworld for themselves where their minds, bodies and reflections can enter freely.
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Finnish National Theatre presents: just filming DATE: 09/03/2017 8pm 10/03/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid. World renown Finnish director, Kristian Smeds’ latest stage work brings together two formidable acting talents: Annamária Láng from Hungary and Juhán Ulfsak from Estonia. Their partnership produces a theatrical dance rich in passion, absurdity and humour. A highly visual and musical performance, just filming is also a heart-felt tribute to cinematic art. (Broken English.)
Jérôme Bel (FR): Gala DATE: 16/03/2017 8pm 17/03/2017 8pm 18/03/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid. “Take a different approach to dance. Open up theatre to those who are never represented there. Ask how art leads us to a common ground. A major artist of the contemporary scene, Jérôme Bel is returning with a proposal which came to the fore during a workshop with amateurs in Budapest. The gala, an art form that is both festive and collective, brings together dance professionals and amateurs of diverse backgrounds.” (Marie-José Malis)
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (US), The Best Bad Trip (HU) DATE: 25/03/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2900 HUF in advanced booking: 2400 HUF (the first 100 tickets) A free/punk/funk/experimental/psychedelic/post electronica collective. “Marc Ribot’s power trio, filled out by the remarkable versatile rhythm team of bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, is his rawest band in ages.” (TimeOut NY) “Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, whose style is experimental... though much more pleasing on the ears, was one of the best surprises of the festival.” AV Club review at All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival 2011 curated by Portishead.
Svalbard Company (SE): All Genius All Idiot
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DATE: 31/03/2017 8pm 01/04/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2400 HUF / 1900 HUF (student) Contemporary Circus Pass is valid. Svalbard bends the edges of contemporary circus and blends it with theatre, physical comedy and live music to create a truly original piece that you will remember for its surreal quality as well as its awe-inspiring skills. All Genius All Idiot features Chinese pole, aerial rope, hand balance and acrobatics, driven by a hauntingly beautiful and at times bizarre original soundtrack, played live by the performers. They will be all singing, all dancing, all flying, all crying, all rocking - all genius all idiots.
L-E-V by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar (ISR): OCD Love DATE: 13/04/2017 8pm 14/04/2017 8pm TICKET PRICE: 2800 HUF / 2200 HUF (student) General Season Pass and Twin Pass are valid. L-E-V derives its name from the Hebrew “heart” – OCD Love is in part concerned with matters of the heart. The other chief interest is the obsessive-compulsive disorder, which hinders love. Much of inspiration came from the text OCD by poet Neil Hilborn. This powerful dance performance throbs with Ori Lichtik’s techno beats.
Trafó Gallery Trafó Gallery is a 120 m2 exhibition venue in the basement of Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest. It is a middle-sized non-profit venue, unique in Budapest as it bridges the gap between the city’s large national art institutions and its smaller galleries and flamboyant offspaces. The program of Trafó Gallery focusses on the Central European region, creating a regional context for local emerging and more established artists. At the same time it allows fresh air of international art to enter the Hungarian contemporary art scene. At Trafó Gallery you can see the hottest local contemporary artists together with rising international stars, a combination which is definitely worth checking out! 41, Liliom utca, Budapest 1094. Tel/: +36 1456-2044 gallery@trafo.hu, www.trafo.hu Open: Tuesday to Sunday 4-7 pm, performance days 4-10 pm. Free entrance.
Trafó House of Contemporary Arts Groundbreaking Hungarian and international independent theatre groups, innovative circus performances, dancers working with elemental forces, smart technologies in the hands of artists, musicians you won’t hear on the radio, and a contemporary art gallery. Leave your comfort zone behind and check out the things you’ve been missing out on (and that everyone else has been talking about), that you promised yourself you wouldn’t skip again this year. International, innovative, contemporary – right here in Budapest. Trafó. It turns you on. 41, Liliom utca, Budapest 1094. | www.trafo.hu facebook, tumblr, instagram, youtube, twitter: @trafohouse