Marta Poláková and Co.: WALKING SONGS

Walking Songs was created through collective collaboration. It brings to the stage a visually striking projection, live music, and dance, blended together in a way that sometimes feels more organic and at other times less so, yet always performed with high artistic quality by dancers and musicians. The performance consists of three parts, each with a distinct poetics and atmosphere. The first part is dominated by metaphorical imagery, supported by movement, projections, and brief verbal reflections by the performers. The second part is playful, featuring brilliantly executed and vibrant interactions between musicians and dancers. The final section highlights the dancers’ interpretative performances, showcasing their virtuosity not only in movement but also in spoken expression. Marta Poláková’s ambitious project fully utilizes the potential of its creators, the spatial and technical possibilities of the Aréna Theatre, and conveys to the audience the necessity of collaboration and the freedom of choice.

Mira Kovářová

Walking Songs combines contemporary dance, live music, and visual projection into a unique artistic dialogue. Each medium contributes its own language to reveal the creators´ intentions, reflections, and emotions, translating them into metaphorical imagery. At times playful, at others urgent, they communicate the necessity of collaboration and free decision-making. The performance was created as a collective work and offers a unique insight into the possibilities of active perception – a play with body, space, time, silence, and words. It invites the audience to freely explore the infinite interconnections and the meanings that emerge from them. During the performance, both creators and performers intuitively respond to each other and to the dramaturgical structure, which allows them the freedom for creative decision-making in the present moment. Renowned Slovak dancers and dancers and exceptional Slovak musicians, dedicated to the open form of dance and music performance, collaborated on this production.