LUTTE: Compagnie Pal Frenak

Compagnie Pal Frenak: LUTTE (2016) from CIE Pal Frenak on Vimeo.

Struggle, fight. revolution, battle.

The latest creation by Pal Frenak, Lutte is an intense, really physical, but also poetic dance piece about our human struggles, our fights – in a symbolic and practical sense as well – our social and emotional hierarchies. How can we overcome on ourselves and others? How can we defeat on our ego? How can we handle our everyday fights? LUTTE – choreography by Pal Frenak – combines the elements of sport and contemporary dance, sign language and design – using certain motifs of conquering from the Scandinavian mythology.

„I think our contemporary social systems keep human beeings in a constant state of war. I’ve been dealing with the relationship of power and body in the last ten years, the body often beeing a tool, or instrument in authority practices. This topic reappears in Lutte too. We keep each other on a shirt leash as long as there’s satisfaction, we caress but we pull the strings hard in the minute one of us tries to escape or walk away – you're free to do what I am allowing you to. We tried to bring to the surface the problems of acceptance and inclusion.” – emphasizes Pal Frenak.

Performers: Esterházy Fanni, Halász Gábor, Keresztes Patrik, Eoin MacDonncha, Maurer Milán, Várnagy Kristóf
Concept and choreography: Pal Frenak
Choreography assistant: Várnagy Kristóf
Consultant on cultural history: Dunajcsik Mátyás
Music: Gryllus Ábris
Lights: Márton János
Sound: Hajas Attila
Alpine techniques, stage: Zoltai György
Costumes: Márton Richár