Dragan Stojčevski & Tereza Benešová & Jan Beneš
(Serbia – Czech Republic)
MEHERE YOUTHERE …when the eyes teach the ears to listen
Czech Premiere!
This premiere project aims to examine the quality of darkness using light and the quality of music using silence. The audio-visual composition is based on the relationship between light and music. Our attention is drawn to two figures on an empty stage – a man and a woman – playing an accordion. The music forms an intangible material that connects the different levels of pitch in their communication. The words in their dialogue replace melody, sound. The light joined to this dialogue becomes the music’s partner, changing vividly in connection with the composition. This creates the impression that the light is the force that is driving things, a factor or third party present in the musicians’ dialogue… So the eyes teach the ears to listen.
Tereza Benešová (1984) studies stage design for alternative and puppet theatre at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts. Alongside working on stage design she also plays the accordion and sings in several bands (Five Pussies without Pipes, Liars, A Bit Better than a Bun, Bathroom Band).
Dragan Stojčevski (1979) was born in Pančevo (on the territory of former Yugoslavia). After studying at a secondary school for the arts in Belgrade he studied stage design at the Theatre Faculty in Prague and he also studied in the Studio of Doc. Vladimír Kokolia at the Academy of Fine Arts. He designs costumes and posters as well as creating stage designs. At present he is involved in creating some site-specific projects in the Czech Republic and abroad.
He has had several independent exhibitions as a painter and graphic artist. Since 2007 he has been heavily involved in performing on the accordion with the band Mamapapa and composing stage music. Since 2008 he has been a member of the band IconOrchestra, which plays live music to accompany silent film (Erotikon, Adventures of Prince Achmed) and theatre performances (Prophets of the Word, Wandering in Branches, TransFroma in Halle).
Jan Beneš (1974) is a performer, choreographer, and light designer with experience working on many projects and for many theatres. He graduated from the Duncan Centre Conservatory and studied for a year at the Laban Centre in London. As an artist and interpreter he has been behind successful projects such as The Amazing Travels of Jan Eskymo Welzl, Polaris, and he studied the dance work Softly Harshly with the dance company NANOHACH. As a dancer he has performed in the project of the company Dejá donné. One of his important works in light design is the project Dowel (2009). He also plays the accordion.
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