We would like to invite you to watch unique short plays prepared by students from the Bytom-based Dancing Theater Institute of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Kraków. They will be performed on Saturday, December 5, at 7 p.m., in the HIGHER LEVEL PROJECT Zone (floor +2).
Young dancers are going to present two plays, “(In)visible” and “Light of Times – Nadar,” both of which constitute an interpretation of the pictures taken by the famous French photographer of stars in the 19th century Paris bohemian society – the key figures of the period commonly referred to as “La Belle Époque.” The plays accompany the third and final part of the “Light of Times – Photography Masters” exhibition in Negatyw Gallery.
“(In)visible,” directed by Małgorzata Czyżowska and Victoria Herczek, is a play in which light serves as an impulse propelling a human body. It changes a still figure into a living and grotesquely scary one, constantly alternating between what’s visible and invisible. The play was inspired by a clash between photography and movement, two concepts which are seemingly at opposite poles. The cast includes Paulina Chyra, Małgorzata Czyżowska, Victoria Herczek, Joanna Kremer, Wojciech Marek Kozak and Oscar Mafa.
The aim of the second play, “Light of Times – Nadar,” directed by Omar Karabulut and inspired by the French photographer’s works, is to get an in-depth analysis of the characters from pictures and present their stories based on the interpretation of the photos and the people’s psychological background. Actors understand the term “Light of Times” as a process of exposing a photographic film to light which brings back memories stored on the film . The cast is made up of Mateusz Bogdanowicz, Paula Gogol, Omar Karabulut, Karolina Kardasz, Paweł Kozłowski and Nicol Wesołowska.
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