Walking and Talking

Concept | Choreography
Jiří Pokorný – Dancer with NDT, Kidd Pivot / Crystal Pite; Freelance Artist
Lighting Designer
Jiří Pokorný
Costumes
Enzo Toma
Production
Equilibrio Dinamico
Running Time
20 minutes
Dancers
Five
Created during
the choreographic residency “Experimental”, supported by Teatro Pubblico Pugliese and Regione Puglia – FESR Funds 2007–2013
An interpersonal “mono-dialogue” that draws from various kinds of intention while presenting itself in a unified form. We explore the motivations underlying mental health and madness, the silence in the face of danger, and the desire to avoid silence itself—memory, and our inner path. We walk and talk as though we were sleeping and dreaming.
“There is no point in having to restate the same things over and over, simply to find justification or the strength to move forward each day. And yet, if we were to stop and reflect or ask ourselves the same questions, we would realize that time is so little, and the things to be done are either too many or far too few. Moments pass, a lifetime passes, and the fixed thoughts we cling to keep changing every time. The result of experience? Who knows.”

