All that I left behind is here
Imagine a photo of a family of four. Early 90s, beginning of Spring. They are standing next to each other on the soon to be green bank of the Oder River, looking into a camera. They all wear similar, brand-new windbreaker jackets, the colors of their textiles blending into the landscape of a dirty urban Spring. Grey for the father, purple for the mother, red-blue and gray-brown for the sons. Everyone seems content, except for the youngest son, his face resting sour expressing disappointment and embarrassment, as if he would rather be somewhere else.
All that I left behind is here, by Romuald Krezel, is a solo performance drawing from his personal and artistic experience. He focuses on different aspects of classism in the context of the performing arts by returning to his very first dance experience – a ballroom dance class, the only one offered for free in his primary school. By relearning and critically evoking movements, steps, poses and different styles of Cha-Cha-Cha, rumba, jive, and so on, Krezel examines his social background and its relations to his current choreographic practice. Ghostly figures and post-punk music echo and guide the audience through the return to Krezel’s past, culminating in a vulnerable conversation with his mother about class, body, work, shame and dance.
Duration:
70 minutes
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY and PERFORMANCE: Romuald Krezel
SPECIAL GUEST: Irena Krezel
DRAMATURGY: Agata Siniarska
RESEARCH SUPPORT: Tamara Antonijevi
COSTUME: Maldoror
TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT, LIGHT: Patrick Faurot
SOUND DESIGN and MUSICAL DIRECTION: Miguel Caldas
SOUND DESIGN ASSISTANCE: Zach Hart
ARTISTIC ASSISTANCE: Louis F. Baca V.
PRESS WORK: Apricot Productions
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: Emmilou Roessling, Silja Korn
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Anna Konrad
ARTISTIC SUPPORT: Carolina Mendonça and René Alejandro Huari Mateus
A production by Romuald Krezel in co-production with Uferstudios in Berlin and HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts in Dresden. Funded within the framework of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media. Funded by the Capital City Cultural Fund. Supported by the residency program of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Station - Service for Contemporary Dance in Belgrade, Academy Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. The research project was funded by the Fund for the Performing Arts from resources of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR. With kind support from the Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte. The revival is supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
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