Lívia MM Balážová: Camille
OFF PROGRAME/PREMIERE
::eu.genus. In 2018, the Slovak artistic group Honey and Dust created the scenic piece titled eu.genus (libretto and direction: Andrej Kalinka), which oscillated between studio, open rehearsal, educational concert, installation and performance. A wide range of Slovak and foreign performers and co-creators performed in it: Zebastián Méndez Marín, Lívia MM Balážová, Daniel Raček, Ján Morávek, Juraj Poliak, Andrej Kalinka. And it was Lívia MM Balážová who remained fascinated by the experience of the creation process and the resulting performance. In this work, among other things, she drew inspiration from the life of the French sculptor Camille Claudel, whose story left a deep impression on her. A recent collaboration with a student from the SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance) brought her a renewed immersion
in movement material, where the movement dictionary created during the research for the scenic piece eu.genus served as a starting point for the preparation of her individual solo. Lívia decided to rediscover and deepen the experience brought to her by the creation process and to create a new original performance/movement installation.
Concept and performer: Lívia MM Balážová
Dramaturgical collaboration: Monika Kováčová
Directorial assistance: Zebastián Méndez Marín
Producer: Rafa Ávalos
Set design: Juraj Poliak
Music: Matej Sloboda
Technical cooperation: Lukáš Kubičina
Main partner of the project and supported by the Fund for the Support of the Arts from public funds.
Space and residency partners:
Divadlo Štúdio tanca (Studio Dance Theatre)
Akadémia umení (Academy of Arts)
Dance Days Chania – IP12 House
Divadlo Pôtoň (Theatre Pôton)
Záhrada – centrum nezávislej kultúry (The Garden – Centre for Independent Culture)
Her professional training includes academies such as the J. L. Bellu at Banská Bystrica in Slovakia, the SEAD Salzburg experimental dance academy in Austria, P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, Belgium. She has worked with the Portuguese choreographer Rui Horta, with the French company Kubilai Khan, and in November 2012 she joined the renowned company Última Vez in Brussels. In November 2015 she founded the performing arts company Colectivo Priekopník Veverička resulting in several performances (#whateveristrendingnow, PRACH/POLVO, La Plancha) and collaborations around the world such as the co-creation with Slovak artistic collective MimoOs (DoDna, Millennial Magic Mirror) also with Honey and dust Company (EU.GENUS), with Divadlo Štúdio Tanca (Čin, Punk Pajama Party, SEN, re-member), with Divadlo K (Nefotografie, Neistota, Jaskyňa) and with Odivo (Vnorená/Immersed). The performance Čin won the Dosky 2019 award in the category extraordinary performance in dance theater, and the performance Vnorená received 3 nominations for the Dosky 2022. Also has shared her movement practice workshops Mindcross and Multipartnering-Infinite Synapses together with Zebastián in Germany, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Slovakia, Hungary, Mexico, Nicaragua, New York, Panama, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Russia, Austria and Greece. In the year 2020 co-founded the RED Movement Network online training platform.