15 May {Wednesday}
8:00pm
Na Grobli Studio (Studio Space), 30/32 Na Grobli Street
Awkward Happiness or Everything I Don’t Remember About Meeting You
Studio Matejka performance
Tickets: 10 PLN
Performance in Polish, Anglish, French and Slovak
The journey of two couples in their struggles to discover happiness. Four different perspectives on the nature of happiness and how to reach it (or not).
The performance is a reflection on the futility of happiness, inspired by Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Pascal Bruckner’s Perpetual Euphoria.
Was born in Switzerland, and graduated from Scuola Teatro Dimitri in 2005. Before this, he performed with TPR and Théâtre Circus Junior school ensembles. He has collaborated with groups such as Twof2, Palin Teatro, Teatro Paravento and DschungelWien, and is currently a member of the duo The Sunny Side Up. Other artistic experience includes film, dance and cross- disciplinary collaboration. He is co-founder of Compagnie T-d’U with Zuzana Kakalíkova, which presented its first play, Silence..., in 2008, and is currently touring their latest production Ôkô.
Was born in Poland, where she studied at the Academy of Physical Education. She qualified as an instructor in contemporary dance at the National Centre of Culture in Kraków under the Polish Ministry of Culture and Heritage. From 2003-2006 she was a member of Experimental Dance Studio, and later worked with Krakowski Teatr Tańca, before joining Teatr Capitol Scena Tańca in 2009. In 2008, she represented Poland in the 13th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean in Bari, Italy.
Is the founder and leader of Studio Matejka. He studied acting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava, Slovakia, and then at JAMU University, Brno, Czech Republic. In 2000–2005 he was an actor with the theatre studio Farm in the Cave, Prague, and co-creator of the projects and performances Dark Love Sonnets, Journey to the Station and Sclavi/The Song of an Emigrant. Since 2005 Matej has been collaborating with the Grotowski Institute where he is engaged in research of physical expression in the theatre.
Was born in Slovakia, and studied acting at the Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica from 2000–2003, and later at the Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, where she completed her MA in dramatic arts in 2005. Her interest in movement led her to Scuola Teatro Dimitri in Switzerland, where she practiced pantomime, tai-chi, dance and acrobatics from 2005–2006. She is co-founder of the multicultural ensemble T-d’U, with which she has created Silence... and Ôkô, two performances which toured Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
