NOTHING THERE

The real-time video technology employed by this piece reacts to the position in space of a body in motion, as well as its shape, direction, and dynamics of movement, transforming the gestures of the six dancers into the projection of their anxieties and fantasies, and their web of relations into a mobile abstract painting.

“Innovative to the bone, Réka Szabó’s new work is based on an overwhelmingly creative idea. Thanks to superb dance character performances, first-rate jazz compositions by Albert Márkos, remarkable costumes by Fruzsina Nagy, and fascinating space and lighting design by Attila Szirtes, […] we glimpse the outlines of an emerging opus whose originality, intellectual drive, playfulness, wit, and refinement must be declared truly exceptional–not only in the context of contemporary dance scene of Hungary, but by any standard you care to apply.” (Krisztina Horeczky, Népszabadság)

Directed by: Réka Szabó, interactive technology: MTA SZTAKI Media Technology Group (Gábor Papp, Anita Sárosi, Viktor Vicsek), light and set design: Attila Szirtes, costume design: Fruzsina Nagy; music by: Albert Márkos, sound: Márton Németh, soprano: Orsolya Kozma, mezzosoprano: Veronika Harcsa, violoncello: Albert Márkos, piano: Péter Puskás, doublebass: Ernő Hock, drums: Hunor G. Szabó; dancers: Ákos Dózsa, Rita Góbi, Andrea Nagy, Dániel Szász, Zsófia Tamara Vadas, Csaba Varga.

The Symptoms