Hopecraft Ceremony
Somewhere between science fiction and reality, Hopecraft Ceremony seeks to immerse the audience in a utopian laboratory where survival is but a fleeting state. In a suffocating landscape, the performers wander in search of new connection strategies. Hopecraft Ceremony sees breathing as an act of sharing and explores its relational aspect as a condition for coexistence. In a hypnotic choreography, the performers oscillate between hope and abandonment, between breath of life and nostalgia. Each one lives in each other’s personal space. A relationship of interdependence collapses and renews itself constantly, creating a sensual reflection on vulnerability. Like a love poem in response to our time’s all-encompassing mourning, Hopecraft Ceremony aspires to livable futures of solidarity.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: Inside Job
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: Inside Job.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: ARSENIC.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: Inside Job.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: Inside Job.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: ARSENIC.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: ARSENIC.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: Inside Job.
Hopecraft Ceremony, scenography by Inside Job (Ula Lucińska, Michał Knychaus) for the choreographic performance by Natasza Gerlach, ARSENIC - Centre d'art scénique contemporain, Lausanne, CH. Photo: ARSENIC.
Directed by: Natasza Gerlach
Performing artists: Elie Autin, Natasza Gerlach, Rafał Pierzyński, Pierre Piton, Juliette Uzor
Scenography: Inside Job (Ula Lucińska & Michał Knychaus)
Costumes & makeup: Chaïm Vischel
Sound: Natasza Gerlach, Thibault Villard
Light: Jacqueline Sobiszewski
Technical director: Thibault Villard
Special thanks: Jule Flierl