Choreography & concept: Tomas Danielis

Outside Eye: Alexander Andryashkin

Music: Anthony Rouchier

Lights: Thomas Jelinek

With: Maria Bodrova, Olga Timoshenko, Alexandra Rudik, Kamila Abuzova, Alexej Narutto, Alexander Shuisky, Ilya Romanov, Kostja Chelkaev

2017 Equilibrium, Souvenir

Equilibrium was commissioned by Ballet Moscow and is based on Game Theory, focusing on the mechanics of power and their impact on contemporary society.

“I will not be a cat” is an intermedia/AI dance project, which sprung out of interests converging on lines of researching human behavior, the value of contemporary art especially dance, technology, AI and common curiosity along with a bit of fear about the future.
“I will not be a cat” is the project where Human and Artificial Intelligence is in a discussion as main subjects and objects of the performance.
“I will not be a cat” project asks the questions – what is the inherent value of human being and AI. Can they possibly merge? Who will be in control and what are the possible trade-offs?
“I will not be a cat” is a project where human and AI will co- operate to create audio-visual, dance and text environment.
 

SUVENÍR is a new form of study, research, and presentation of an interdisciplinary work that does not take itself too seriously. A souvenir is something one brings back from somewhere or receives from someone. Selected artists met and collected their own “souvenirs” in various locations across Slovakia, while also appropriating elements from one another’s disciplines. The aim was to work as a collective ego, maintaining a shared balance between media. The process resulted in an improvised work built around staged elements and a solid structural framework.

Conceptually, the project draws on the multimedia project SOUVENIR by British artist Alastair Mc’Neill, whom Nástupište 1–12 invited to participate as artistic director in the initial phase of the project.

Performers / Contributors:
Eva Andrášová (architecture)
Mária Čorejová (drawing)
Tomáš Danielis (dance and choreography)
Zuzana Novotová-Godálová (artistic arrangement)
Zuzana Husárová (literature)
Ľubomír Panák (music)
Jakub Pišek (multimedia)