threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský: IHOPEIWILL
IHOPEIWILL explores our shared future amidst ongoing political tensions and escalating climate challenges. It conveys a sense of expectation and hope despite the prevailing global atmosphere of fear and great uncertainty. IHOPEIWILL is an event that combines physical performance, sound design, and visual installation. Each of these media functions independently one next to the other and yet in synergy, which together form an organic whole. The inspiration for the piece came from conversations with people in which we were interested in the optics of personal family environment and relationships across generations. What do we envision for the future – not only for ourselves but for the generations to come? What kind of world do we wish for them, and what can we do to help fulfill those wishes? IHOPEIWILL thus becomes an artistic reflection of the current trajectory of society and our responsibility towards future generations.
Created by: threeiscompany in collaboration with Jaro Viňarský
Set design: threeiscompany
Performance: Soňa Ferienčíková
Sound: Never Sol, Alexandra Timpau, Lukáš Kubičina
Visual content creator: Maria Júdová Tichá
Light design and technical support: Ints Plavnieks, David Cartwright
Videography for installation: Richard Chomo
Produced by: BOD.Y ngo (Soňa Ferienčíková, Zuzana Frištiková, Romana Packová)
Executive production, PR: Romana Packová
Creative producer: Dirk Förster
Partners:
Main financial partner: Slovak Arts Council
Financial partners: ZSE foundation, EFFEA
Co-producers: KoresponDance, NuDanceFest, Tanec Praha / PONEC – dance venue, Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei, Záhrada CNK
Partners: Telocvicna – Dance Residency Center / PlaST – Slovak Contemporary Dance Platform, Cinetica
The IHOPEIWILL residency is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union.
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council.
Interview respondents:
Agi Ferienčíková, Andrea la Rose, Anna Biháryová, David Tišer, Gabriela Šallayová, Hale Doganci, Marek Keveš, Markus Hubr, Ronny Zangenberg, Samuel Černý, Václav Šíma, Yara Abu Aataya
Special thanks:
Antónia Tomalová, Christophe Henri Laurent, Gabriela Tomášková, Giseli Polávka Borduchi, Marcela Záchenská, Kubo Horničák, Lukáš Bobalík, Lukáš Kubičina, Mária Kačeriaková, Maťo Urban, Milan Sláma, Michal Šimečka, Norbert Čabala, Peter Tichý
Jaro Viňarský is a dancer, choreographer, and performer. He studied ballet and dance choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He has received numerous awards, including the SAZKA AWARD for Discovery in Dance, the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform, and the prestigious BESSIES NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARD in the Outstanding Performer category. In 2011, he founded the non-governmental organization SKOK! in Slovakia.
thereeiscompany is an interdisciplinary female collective with a strong interest in blurring the boundaries between different artistic fields.In 2017, dancer and choreographer Soňa Ferienčíková, digital visual artist Mária Júdová, and sound artist and architect Alexandra Timpau joined forces to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration and audience involvement can further expand the horizons of contemporary dance.