opera.exe | Krakow Dance Theatre

What if - cyber beings from the future encoun tered classical operas? How would they - interpret the characters depicted in famous ari as? Which themes would be irrelevant, and which would be - answer these ques opera.exe highlighted? The creators of tions by giving free rein to their imagination. At the center Medea of their
choreography are four opera heroines: (Richard Strauss), Elektra and Salome (Luigi Cherubini), (Giacomo Puccini) – figures traditionally Turandot and - portrayed as victims of passion, madness, or fate. They ex tract from their stories themes of resistance, emancipation, and radical opposition to the patriarchal order opera.exe in which they were confined. develops the idea of embodying the voice, which in opera has so far been appropriated by the male gaze. The performance is an experiment in which we test the extent to - which opera can become a me dium for articulating female subjectivity.

concept, choreography, set design, and costumes: Eryk Makohon
music: Piotr Peszat
choreography and performance: Agnieszka Bednarz-Tyran, Natalia Myczewska,
Yelyzaveta Tereshonok, Patrycja Marszałek
performance of opera arias: Anna Zawisza
multimedia and graphic design: Weronika Wawryk
costumes: Elżbieta Kwasek
set design cooperation: Mateusz Hajdo, Scenografia Plus
lights: Filip Marszałek
video: Borys Dubiański
dramaturgy cooperation and production: Izabela Zawadzka
coordination: Paweł Łyskawa
producer: Krakow Dance Theatre
co-producer: The Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor
CRICOTEKA
premiere support Fundacja Zawsze Silni

*Premiere produced as part of and with the support of the Opera Rara festival,
*This project has received funding from the European Union’s NextGenerationEU
under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO). #NextGenerationEU
#FunduszeUE #KPOdlaKultury

The Krakow Dance Theater has been operating continuously for thirty years. The Theater’s performances, shown in Poland and around the world, have been seen by tens of thousands of people. KDT combines artistic, impresario, and educational activities. It supports the Polish creative community, implements international projects, brings outstanding artists to Poland, and organizes residencies, workshops, reviews, festivals, and dance shows. In cooperation with Cricoteka (The Center for Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor), it reinforces good practices based on partnerships between - non-governmental organizations and public in stitutions. Through its artistic and educational activities, it builds an inclusive, sensitive, and empathetic community.

***The presentation is a part of the project Krakow Dance Theatre on International Stages co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund.