Treatment of Remembering

2020

The premiere took place at Ponec - Theatre for Dance in Prague in 2020.

set design: Denisa Svachova

concept: Johana Pockova

direction: Sabina Bockova, Johana Pockova

creation and performing: Sabina Bockova, Johana Pockova, Inga Zotova-Mikshina

music: Lukas Palan

sound design: Jakub Stourac

light design: Michal Horacek

dramaturgical consulting: Petra Hauerova

Imagine you are breathing.

Nature is dead and there is no going back. Do you remember how it felt when we could breathe together? When we could bury our feet in the grass? When raindrops fell on us? Three performers lead the audience in a ritual of remembrance at a time when the natural world, exhausted by humanity, no longer exists.

Set in an artificial imitation of the universe, they reflect on the ever-increasing replacement of nature with the built environment. Treatment of Remembering encourages us to look inside and awaken long-forgotten memories; it draws attention to the uniqueness of physical and emotional experiences connected with nature. Minimalist choreography and scenography create a sense of timelessness, complemented by a complex and sensitive musical composition and intense lighting states, which offer a dense statement on origin and extinction. A delicate and expressive apocalyptic vision, the work is both a meditative social critique and a guide to shaping a new world. 

(text published on Aerowaves.org)